Sub Terra

sound design, re-recording mix
experimental short film by Jeffrey Zablotny, 2022

A routine tree inspection unexpectedly gives way to a journey into the deep. Set in a hidden subterranean world, ‘Sub Terra’ is the haunting mystery of a cryptic, first-person perspective.

The film’s visuals are a shifting blend of 2D animation, 3D animation, photogrammetry, motion capture, and live-action material. Sound artist Jana Irmert created a 5.1 mix entirely without dialogue, embracing surreal texture, mood, and a visceral sense of off-screen space.

 

“It draws attention – quite haptically, almost – to the unthinking ways in which we intervene in even the tiniest and most hidden of lives.”  The Film Verdict

DOK Leipzig 2022, World Premiere

Flatpack Festival 2023, Birmingham, UK

Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation 2023, Montréal

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2023

Vancouver International Film Festival 2023

Squeaky Wheel Animation Festival 2023, Buffalo, NY

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