Thursday, January 09, 2014

Short Film: 'Junk Head' by Takahide Hori

"In the distant future, humanity is hurtling down a path of ruin. Global environmental destruction caused by chemical contamination, radioactive fallout, and UV rays coming through the patchy ozone layer has lead to deterioration of the human genome. 
In an attempt at escape, humans expanded their sphere of daily existence underground, but they were decimated by an ancient virus that had been sealed there. 
The outbreak of a new virus saw the population reduced even further, and human society reached a critical point in the fight to preserve mankind. 
It is during this crisis that a surveillence camera sent underground discovers clones that were unexpectedly able to reproduce, and an investigation is launched.
It is unclear how far the underground extends.
 
The ecology of the uniquely evolved clones is also unknown. However, in order to carry on the species, mankind desperately needs that genetic information."
'Junk Head', a stop motion animated short film by Takahide Hori, took four years to produce, and there are plans to make a follow-up. Takahide has set up a funding project via IndieGoGo, where he's looking for $100,000 to get the two-year project off the ground.

No comments:

Post a Comment