Animatic – “The little photographer” (Daphne du Maurier)

This animatic is a tribute to the short story “The little photographer” by the great Daphne du Maurier.

The goal here is to stage an argument without resorting to dialogue. I therefore focused my work on the distance that separates the characters and on the rise of tension between them.

We follow a young marquise who has gone on vacation without her husband, who is absent. Faced with the gloom and boredom of her daily life, she fantasizes about a crazy romance. It is then that she meets a photographer, who is madly in love with her. Their affair will lead the marquise to abandon all morality…