Patrick Neary’s new animated short film will be having its premiere right here in Portland, at the Portland Film Festival – #PDXFF16 – running August 29-September 5.
“Just Like it Used to Be” is a stop motion music video inspired by an upcoming release from Swansea. The film is a rhythmic allegory of a diseased relationship, alluding to a lover lost to addiction and the struggle to pull them back.
In a departure from Patrick Neary’s earlier short films, “Just Like It Used to Be” uses compelling, shadowy imagery to touch on themes of loneliness, separation and loss. The film incorporates a dark, decayed aesthetic in set and character design, and a muted, nearly black and white color palette. The stop motion sets and characters were hand-made and incorporated found objects, and shot in our studio over a period of several months.
SCREENINGS
- Portland Film Festival – Sunday, September 4, 11:45am-1:30 pm, at Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside St
