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IT'S HAPPENING! Andrea Love Animates "FEAR"

9/23/2015

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When Andrea Love said "yes" to animating "FEAR," one of the four "Other Stories" included in the documentary, it was a landmark moment for me as a filmmaker. For years, I'd carried around a vision: to see each of the "Other Stories" animated by a different artist. For someone of Andrea's caliber to commit to Bipolar Girl Rules the World + Other Stories felt like a huge validation of the project. But more importantly, I believed that she "got" Zenglo, and I trusted her to enrich and deepen Zenglo's narrative with her visual storytelling abilities. 

Andrea and I went back and forth a few times before she agreed to work on the project. She wasn't being coy. To produce approximately 7 minutes of animation, Andrea will be working practically full-time between now and January. Animation is wildly labor intensive, averaging about 100 hours of work per finished minute. 

I was introduced to Andrea's work through Emily Ensminger, the artist responsible for drawing Bipolar Girl and Kacey the Wonder Dog. I went to Andrea's website and watched "Boulton Farm." Of all the truly amazing details that go into this animation, what I couldn't get over was the way a doll's hair moved in the breeze from the open window next to where he was being "interviewed." You can see what I mean, 20 seconds into the piece: 
Andrea's work shows a deep sensitivity to her subjects; she manages to bring humor to her characters and stories, but without a trace of meanness. The animation she's created so far for "FEAR" exceed all my expectations, and that's saying A LOT.

I'll be posting Andrea's progress here at [cracked]; I also encourage you to follow her Instagram feed.
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    For over two decades, Dawn Dreyer has worked as a writer, mixed-media documentary maker, and teacher. Since 2005, Dawn has been an outspoken advocate for herself and others with the lived experience of mental illness. Her current project is the animated documentary Bipolar Girl Rules the World. 


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