Experiencing Interruptions?

The whisper

During the long and depress COVID-19 lockdown, human suffering emotional depress and physical restriction. A girl's fantasy journey stars in one morning during her home quarantine, the fantasy journey gives her hope for the boring lockdown.

One morning, the girl got up. As usually, the sad emotional rules her. She made breakfast as usual. She opened the refrigerator and took out the milk. Then take out the bread and put the slices of bread into the bread machine. She opened the refrigerator again to look for eggs, she found something flickering in the refrigerator. So she touched it curiously. Then entered the world in the refrigerator.
The girl looks around, and all around are floating bubbles, dancing elves, dancing notes and so on. She fully get in to the fantasy world. They naturally lead the character forward. In the end, the "ding" of the toaster made her come back to her senses and found a gap in the refrigerator. As the sound wake her up, how does the emotional journey changing her lockdown life...

  • Xinyi Xu
    Director
  • Xinyi Xu
    Writer
  • Ziyi Xue
    Producer
  • Xinyi Xu
    Animator
  • Ziyi Xue
    Animator
  • Zhuoying Wang
    Animator
  • Zhuoying Wang
    Sound Designer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 3, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - The University of Sydney
Director Biography - Xinyi Xu

Xinyi Xu is an animator from China who loved this art since childhood. In 2015, Xinyi began to enter the university to learn more professional animation skills. In 2021, she began to take the Master of Moving Image degree at the University of Sydney, and began to learn more professional knowledge and skills.
She wanted to use animation to realize the various imaginative and creative stories she had in mind, delivering a fun and expressive experience. She hopes the stories she creates have inspiring power and a deeper cultural identity.
Xinyi has worked as a director and tried to shoot experimental and documentaries. She has also collaborated with group members on the drama "Heaven". Currently, she worked mainly as a 2D animator on professional productions and personal projects, providing additional skills such as screenwriting, editing, and sound design when needed.

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