London based animator and filmmaker Joseph Pierce’s critically loved and much buzzed about short is hilariously mad. A family portrait session goes horribly wrong as secrets and jealousy bubble to the surface under the photographer’s watchful gaze. “I wanted to continue using this rotoscoped technique to explore the ‘human condition’, which of course is quite vague. I was interested in the family unit, a la the British trait of suppressing emotions and sweeping feelings under the carpet. Once I decided on a female protagonist and set it during a photography (which I find deliciously awkward) session the script fell into place relatively quickly.” –Joseph Pierce
