Realms of the Unreal

This was a very eerie but beautiful Doc. It was a little on the long side. It felt like Alice in Wonderland meets Van Gogh meets Peter Pan maybe? I am very impressed with they way they animated Henry Darger’s work. I had actually seen his work before this documentary, but finally learning more about him was enlightening. I wish that I could do the same things they do with animation in flash or after effects or whatever they used.

In looking back at it, most of the film was the illustrations, b-roll, photographs, stock footage and documents. All of the individuals talking were simply underplayed beneath his work. This conveyed the importance of audio and what you can do with only audio. I’d like to implement most of the things I’ve seen in this doc to mine.