Lost Souls (CalArts Film 2022)

(music plays) I'm in the Land of the Lost The broken and forgotten I used to be cared for Loved by those who remember me My name is Maurice and I am a Lost Soul Once upon a time Centuries ago People would gather here for picnics They would sit by my grave In their corsets and party attire eating bread and drinking tea under my big oak tree Sometimes the folks would be so kind and even leave some food behind the ants would collect and bring it down for me to join in on the picnic too It felt like I was part of their group I felt alive! I died in 1773 from consumption now I spend my days alone in my underground home surrounded by memories of my family and friends they used to come and visit me and decorate my tree but those days have long since passed My best friend Walter came by often He brought me stones and flowers He picked from the stream near my grave He would reminisce on all the fun times we had like after school we would catch frogs in the stream and start a family of frogs in our backyards He would come and hold each frog to my grave showing me the different sizes, colors, and names he picked out One day he came by crying but didn't say a word I wish he could have heard me when I asked what was wrong his visit was short and he left one more gift a music box (music box melody plays) soon months had past and I.. I haven't seen him since maybe he moved away or maybe he just moved on it's been a while now I don't remember how long my grave is weathering away what used to be an area to be celebrated in has now become a place for the forgotten I don't know what I'm waiting for anymore and while I like to watch the sunset the golden light basking my grave when the daylight leaves me too I feel the loss and loneliness all over again the only thing to keep me company is the light of the moon I march further away from the existence of who I was maybe he can be a part of my family STOP! That's mine! oh no! Whos that? now, how am I supposed to get it back? Maurice You have been alone for what seems like centuries now no one is coming to see you anymore they all left you behind it's not what it used to be when you were alive you've been trapped inside your own head dwelling on the past no more hiding away doing the same things each day you'll be stuck and forgotten if you don't build up the courage to talk to her to talk to anyone Hello?! Oh! Hello? Who are you? I'm Maurice I've been stuck here for quite sometime but... I haven't seen you before how long have you been lost? Where'd you come from? I'm Matilda! I heard this music box and I felt happy again! I've been wondering at night to try to find it my mother used to sing me this song it's my favorite melody! is this yours? yes! someone gave it to me along time ago Wendall? no... Wallace? oh! It's Walter! he's the one that gave it to me he used to come and visit me but then one day he never came back oh! I had a friend like that! she would leave me these pretty rocks on my grave I keep some in my pocket to always have her presence around I started to forget and stopped doing things I know I used to love holding onto these rocks reminds me of who I was and the friends I had it reminds me to keep going even if I feel scared or alone I forgot the things and people that brought me happiness and joy I was forgetting my purpose I think I may have been forgetting some things about myself I forgot my friends and I forgot my hobbies I think you need to be honest and accept what happened to you then you can move on. You can remember maybe you'll like the same things again. or maybe you'll find new things we're all stuck here! But we don't have to be alone ya... you're right! I don't like feeling like this I want to go back to how it was before I died I know I can't I need to never forget Walter again! and be a friend to the other lost souls like he was to me! my new friend Matilda and I spent the night talking leaving our mark around the land gathering rocks and making trinkets of our own I am lost but no longer alone sometimes we don't know where we belong where to go or who we are supposed to be there's more of us out there scattered everywhere we're just trying to find our purpose before the darkness consumes us we are the lost souls

Channel: Christina Giordano

Views: 322,619

Keywords: animation, studentfilm, calarts, animatedfilm, art, drawing, tvpaint, photoshop, 2danimation, graveyards, newengland, Massachusetts, tombstones, salem, student, characteranimation, lostsouls, adobe, aftereffects

Id: zZLsX5Y_O9g

Length: 6min 58sec (418 seconds)

Published: Sat May 07 2022