The Reunion. Short film. Drama and fantasy. 31'35''. 2021.

Synopsis: Entities masked as animals meet again to celebrate the Fox's Day, when, once again, she finds herself in a dilemma between her beloved and longing companions and loneliness.

Short film born from my artistic laboratory research called O Nata. It was produced during the pandemic (2020-2021) in a home studio, with a production crew of 2 socially isolated people. It participated (July/2021) in the AVANCA International Film Conference - Art, Technology and Communication (Aveiro, Portugal) as scientific communication, in which the systematization of its production process and the correlation between art and design in the project was presented. It was made out with the support of the artistic experimentation public notice of the Pro-Rectory of Extension of the Federal University of Bahia - PIBEXa Tessituras.

O Nata is a transmedia work about relationships and social constructions from a dreamlike and self-referential universe. In it, a series of characters wear animal masks made of ceramic, live together and reinterpret my family, friends and loves. The work investigates topics such as the interpretation of social roles, the mutations of being, the construction of personality, aging, the cult of self-image, affective and social relationships, family, love, friendship, longing and loneliness.

Five of the characters in the film (Fox, Bird, Dog, Ape and Lion) correspond to one of the masks developed — brilliant ceramic sculptures that reinterpret and ironize the self-image of the socialized individual through the conflict between their characteristics: weight, fragility and attractive appearance. Two other characters make use of other simulacra: Ms Snake hides her face between the shadows of her hat and her jewelry, and Little Monkey imitates the elders with a papier-mâché mask, playing at being an adult. Little Monkey was played by Camilla Motta and Clara Leonelli, the other 6 characters were played by Orlando.

​To make the film, a small home studio measuring approximately 3.4 x 3.3 m was built in an apartment room. He received infinite black fabric backgrounds, the window was covered with a blackout and with a mattress, which softened some noises coming from the street during night recordings. From this base, the sets were assembled with key elements that suggested in which room of a house a certain scene took place, similar to how it happens in the theater. At this juncture, the costumes and masks start to play the main role in the art direction. Photography is also guided by the limitation of physical space and, with that, it uses the dream narrative as a tool to delve into details and closed plans; vibrant color lighting is transformed in favor of the characters' sensations and in favor of spatial construction, also demarcating the scenarios.

The soundtrack deepens a dreamlike atmosphere, accentuates and slows down the narrative through electronic music artifices, a style that fulfills the role of dissociating the sound from a naturalistic atmosphere. The montage follows from a dragged and confused beginning, like the routine and state of mind of the protagonist (The Fox), until it reaches a dynamic rhythm marked by the presence of the other characters, which I like to consider as the union of the different facets of The Fox — such as the union of my performances, together with Camilla and Clara. With the change of rhythm, also comes the variation of frame proportions that also correspond to the mood of the characters, the intensity of the story. And obviously, finally, the story picks up the pace of the beginning, portraying a new cycle so similar to the previous one that it suggests the possibility of being a mere return to the beginning.​