EXTRA CREDIT 1PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, 1ST CAMERA ASSISTANT: BEN RUGGLES
SHORT SYNOPSISTHIS CONTEMPORARY DANCE VIDEO MONONOKE (もののけ姫) WAS INSPIRED BY THE JAPANESE ANIMATED FANTASY FILM PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997).
MONONOKE IS EXPLORING A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY. A CURIOUS AND SOLITARY FOREST DWELLING BEING SUCCUMBS TO THE IMPULSE OF SELF-EXPRESSION AND DARES VENTURE FORTH FROM THE SAFETY OF COVER. THE OPEN FIELDS WERE PREVIOUSLY LUSH WOODLANDS BEFORE THE MACHINES ARRIVED, NOW BARREN AND UNINHABITABLE. MONONOKE ATTEMPTS TO IMBUE THEM WITH SPIRIT IN AN EFFORT TO RETURN LIFE TO THE AREA ONCE KNOWN AS HOME TO CREATURES SIMILAR.
EXTRA CREDIT 2MAKEUP ARTIST, HEADPIECE JEWELLERY DESIGNER: METARAPH