VR Project
2024
"The Elephant" is a VR short film.
At the age of 25, I underwent my first ultrasound scan, a moment that inspired the creation of this film.
As the doctor applied a cold, sticky gel and pressed the ultrasound transducer against me, I saw my body in a completely new light.
This experience sparked a journey to explore my relationship with my body, delving into questions about pregnancy, bodily changes, and personal agency.
Collaborating with Shaool Levy, who oversaw animation and storyboard development, was a pleasure. Together, we had the opportunity to refine the film through the "NEXT LAB" workshop in Madrid. Furthermore, we were fortunate to receive a grant from the "Gesher Film Fund" & "Keren Makor"
to expand the project into a comprehensive 2D and VR experience. co-created with Shaool Levy.
When Gali goes for her first breast ultrasound, she feels uncomfortable.
She literally detaches herself from her breast, hoping to escape the exam.
To her surprise, she and her breasts are swallowed into a fantasy world.
In this world, she is trying to escape her breasts as well as the exam but finds out she cannot leave until she becomes whole again.
Style exploration
while creating this film I had in mind the conflict of the character, the scary ultrasound room and the imaginary world.
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This conflict gave me an idea of creating the room as as cold space using geometric shapes.
The imagination world is colorful and built with round shapes and breast like shapes.
Colorscript of boobworld
Colorscript of Doctor world
Main Character
This scene is really special for me, and was created in a different process than the rest of the scenes.
The other ones were created straight up in VR, but this scene was first animated in 2D,
searching for the right imagery and tone.
Pregnancy scene
This scene is really special for me, and was created in a different process than the rest of the scenes.
The other ones were created straight up in VR, but this scene was first animated in 2D,
searching for the right imagery and tone.
Pose to pose GIF
Production
We went into the process without any knowledge in VR, and we work on creating our own creative workflow.
Line in QUILL VR
created sketchy lines in Quill, a VR program. The idea was to test people's attention in the 360 space.
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Procrete- consept art
Then, I Took a screenshot of the main space of the scenes, and drew it in Procreate.
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VR
Eventually, I took the Procreate illustration back to Quill as reference.
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Poster
Festival Spotlight
Raindance Film Festival (UK, 2024)
ALPINALE Short Film Festival (Austria,2024)
NEXT LAB (Spain,2022)
NewImages Festival (France, 2023)
Kaohsiung VR Film Lab program in 2025
Clermont-ferrand international short film festival (France, 2025)