Festival Guide

Windows, Masks, Doors

Winner: 1st Place Animation

Directed by Sarah Orenstein
Rhode Island School of Design, USA

In an old radio, a conductor tunes a medley of tracks revealing masked players hidden.

Director's Statement
Windows, masks, and doors first appealed to me in their uses of intentionally concealing and revealing. This seemed like a marvelous way to expose space and characters. Both visual and aural motifs are utilized to create an old radio music box and it's conductor who tunes a medley of tracks revealing masked players hidden. Tinkering with the idea of a music conductor/train conductor and music tracks/train tracks, the viewer is given a carnival ride on a toy train through the perpetually changing sets of the radio and the shadowy imagination of a masked traveler.

Category: Animation
Run-Time: 4:33
School: Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Year of production: 2006
Screening format: BetaSP (NTSC) 

People/Crew

Producer/Director Sarah Orenstein
Sound Mix Chris Lane
Original Music Ari Picker 

Filmmaker Bio

Sarah Orenstein
Sarah Orenstein was born in New York City. She fell in love with lighting and set design while working in various theater productions in elementary school. Many years later this led her to the Rhode Island School of Design where she graduated in 2006. With open eyes, Sarah is excited to continue making things come to life through curiosity and whimsy. She would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers along the way for their never-ending support and inspiration.

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