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Mind of an Artist: Don McCullin

A short-animated film interpreting Don McCullin's contemplation upon his professional experience and it had on his life. Frame-by-frame charcoal animation. Use of charcoal was chosen to convey heavy war atmosphere impregnated with fear and dismay. Being organic, it evokes thoughts of faded memories, decaying buildings, deteriorated bodies.

  • Leszek Mozga
    Director
    Inverse, Tea Leaf, Warto kochać,
  • Leszek Mozga
    Animator
  • UAL - London College of Communication
    Producer
  • Don McCullin
    Key Cast
    "Voice"
  • Stefano Loungo
    Piano Performance
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 30, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    20 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • THE MIND OF AN ARTIST - Tate Modern, Starr Cinema
    London
    United Kingdom
    March 5, 2018
    London Premiere
Distribution Information
  • Tate
    Country: United Kingdom
    Rights: Internet
Director - Leszek Mozga
Director Statement

My animated film’s narrative is structured in a way to celebrate Don McCullen's visual triumph. His photographs illustrate his amazing ability see the most important, leading viewer attention to what matters. Throughout the body of his work, he demonstrates that war or any difficult situation for him is a single act of suffering of a single person. It makes us, viewers, to identify ourselves with the person on Don McCullen's photographs. Which makes it almost unbearable to look at.