Guidance
2018 · USA
Directed by David De La Fuente
Genres: animation, experimental
Tones: contemplative, surreal
An animated short that fuses animation with semiotics, treating imagery as a system of signs rather than a narrative vehicle.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Animation work at the intersection of semiotics and moving image — De La Fuente treats imagery as a system of signs rather than a narrative vehicle.
De La Fuente fuses animation with semiotics — the Barthes-on-wrestling epigraph signals exactly the post-structural register at work. Hard to grade from a Vimeo human-check splash page, but the practice and pedigree (Jodie Mack, Emily Hubley) suggest the real thing.
De La Fuente's practice fusing animation with semiotics, treating imagery as a system of signs rather than narrative — that's a real conceptual approach but the page is locked and the runtime is unknown. Hard to commit without more.