ALICE- 2020

In the summer of 2020 I wanted to do something. I was rereading my childhood books and I found Alice in Wonderland especially interesting as our world was flipped upside down. I watched many different versions of Alice. I especially liked the BBC 1966 version and Jan Švankmajer’s 1988 mixed animated version. They are both quiet and slow, showing the strangeness and wonder of life. I wrote the script, storyboarded, identified locations, and searched for people who were willing, able, and felt comfortable doing this during COVID. I created many of the props and costumes for the film. We shot the film on 16mm with a camera found in a second-hand store. I directed it, edited it, and animated some scenes. Looking at it today, my version is faster and louder than my favorites and how I would do it now. I wanted to make wonderland an exciting world to jump into, especially compared to the slow one we were living in. I like what I have done. It was my first large project.