X. Curiosities (2024)

School Project

Curiosities is a title sequence for a Danish television series focused on rare art objects housed in Danish castles. The work, including a looping teaser, merges analog stop motion with digital crossfades to create a mysterious and captivating atmosphere, where oddities and rarities are immortalized. The enchanted objects are connected through implicit storytelling as they rotate and fade in the darkness, ultimately vanishing without a trace—symbolizing how history fades away when left unspoken.

The project began with preliminary sketches and was completed in After Effects, animating stop-motion elements captured in a black-screen studio.

Left: Inspirational photos for the concept development. Ranges from antique tin can Christmas ornaments to Peter Gabriel stage costumes for Genesis. @proculharun

Right: Teaser sequence, looping every 5th second, combining analog stopmotion and digital crossfade, clipped and animated in After Effects.