Related Images is a column in which filmmakers invite readers behind the scenes, into their sketchbooks, or otherwise through the looking glass to learn more about their creative processes.
Flóra Anna Buda’s 27 is now showing exclusively on MUBI in many countries.
All images from Flóra Anna Buda's "In the wake of emotions," 2020–ongoing.
I started drawing the series “In the wake of emotions” during the early production of my short film 27. It was COVID times, and I was seeing a therapist who was helping me understand my different emotions. This led to a morning routine that made me start my day by drawing an imaginary portrait of my actual mood.
It was important to me, first of all, on a personal level since I had a hard time detecting my own emotions, understanding them, and allowing myself to feel them. On the other hand, it was the time when I was drawing the layouts of 27 with all the important acting positions and closeups of facial gestures, so I needed to become aware of how these different nuances and reactions work on my character’s face.
I chose crayon because this is the media I used most of the time as a child and it is sort of comforting. Since these drawings were made during the first lockdown in 2020 and later at the second one in 2021, comfort was very important to me. By using crayon I could enter a mind-space that was safe, and also I could connect to that level of free imagination that every child has. I felt very inspired, and it was a lot of fun coming up with these colorful, bizarre faces. It is slowly turning into—hopefully—a little book project focusing on all these emotions and gestures.
