For his Oscar-nominated animated short film, Opera, director Erick Oh wanted to create an animation that captured the essence of human history.
The looping cycle style of animation was ideal for the story he wanted to tell, which Oh attributes to the cyclical nature of history.Comprised of many small scenes interacting and playing out beside each other in a large pyramid structure, Opera is a large-scale reflection on the cyclical nature of humanity.
In this nine-minute animation, the film plays out the history of a civilization, from beginning to gruesome end, only to repeat itself again and again.Duality was a big factor in Oh’s decision-making process for the short film, which was shown conceptually with the two opposing sides of the
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