“La Niña de los Fósforos” is a re-telling of the classical story by Hans Christian Andersen which tells the tale of a small girl on the streets trying to sell her matches. In this adaptation the entire story has been lovingly hand-painted in acrylics. Utilising a combination of rotoscoping and more traditional animation “La Niña de los Fósforos” seeks to be a faithful and visually compelling adaptation of an old classic.

This film was created as my final project at Plymouth College of Art during my first-year before moving to Staffordshire University. The entire painted animation was done in a timespan of only around two weeks (Mon-Fri) as those were the only days I had access to the limited studio equipment. Editing then took place over the following weeks to match the footage to the recording which was done after all of the painted sequences had already been completed.

Animated on glass with Dragonframe, composited in After Effects.

For full detailed credits and thanks:

https://todola.media/blog/laninadelosfosforos

Originally premiering on Vimeo on the 26th of June, 2019 this short film has been featured at Weihnachtsfilmfestival in Berlin, Germany and BAM! Festival in Texas, USA.

BEHIND-THE-SCENES:

https://todola.media/blog/2019/8/5/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-la-nia-de-los-fsforos-the-little-match-girl

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