Silent Whispers


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Creator/Artist: Somnath Pal

Category: Animation Design

Document: P1 Project

Batch: 2008-2010

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Book pdf

Supervisor: Mr. Abhishek Singh


Detailed Description

“Silent Whispers” is a six page sequentially illustrated story. It was made after being inspired from various anthology Graphic novels like “Flight”, “Batman in black and white”, “Out of picture” etc. where a writer tries to follow the comic book format for shorter stories. However, such endeavours are more inclined towards artistic brilliance and have a lot of experimentation with style and medium, way beyond those seen in ordinary comic books. My story deals with the everyday ranting of a puppet, who assumes herself a dancer in a troop. It is with the narration that the inner yearnings of the character get revealed- a character who though perky and lively has now been retrained from the one thing she truly loved- her dance. In addition it gently titillates the reader to seek for something he truly desires. The overall mood of the story though mildly dark, is inviting because of the chirpiness of the character and her accentuated Hindi reactions between her broken English lines. However, it does not poke fun at her language or empathize it at any point. Instead it tries to indulge into it adding to the liveliness of her character.