14-TH EDITION PROGRAMME
WHAT IS YOUR BROWN NUMBER?
Animation ,
Sun, 2016-12-04, 17:00
/ Thu, 2017-06-01, 17:00
/ Tue, 2017-06-27, 15:00
India , , 4'20''
Director: Vinnie Ann Bose
Producer: Nilima Eriyat
Writer: Vinnie Ann Bose
Animation: Vinnie Ann Bose
Composer: Rajat Dholakia
Editor: Vinnie Ann Bose
Synopsis: “What is your brown number?” talks about Indiaʼs obsession with skincolour, and how there is a sense of idealism and beauty associated with fair skin, whereas it is negativity and repulsion that is associated with dark skin. A concept of “brown number” has been introduced in this film. Every person is born with a brown number that corresponds to the shade of their skincolour. Darker the shade, higher the brown number, lower the worth. The film is a montage of people’s reactions to ‘brown number’. These reactions have all been written based on real life experiences of people living in India.
Director: Vinnie Ann Bose
Vinnie Ann Bose created “What is your Brown Number?” as part of her graduation project at National Institute of Design, India. The film was sponsored by Studio Eeksaurus, Mumbai, and Vinnie created the film under the mentorship of the Studio Director, Suresh Eriyat.
“What is your brown number?” is Vinnie’s second student film from NID, from where she graduated in January 2016. After working as a freelancer on animation, illustration and comic book projects for a few months, Vinnie applied to La Poudriere, to pursue her Post graduation studies in Animation Film Direction. Currently she is a student at La Poudriere, an Animation Film Direction school in Valence, France.
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