The Grey Hound

A woman struggles with her grey hound, her partner struggles to understand.

A black dog is one thing, but I think most of our hounds are grey.. They merge with us and distort us in ways only the owner sees. I like to use drawing to conjure the unseen. With this film I tried to shine a little light on mental state and illness.

All drawn on paper with pen and ink.
Drawing is like having a secret conversation with yourself and the more you draw the louder and louder it gets until other people start to hear it too.

2016 Royal College of Art Graduation film. Written directed and drawn drawn drawn by Josh Philip Saunders
Sound Design and Foley by Fonic
Original score Kevin Penkin

Winner of The Royal Television Society Student Awards 2017 postgraduate animation
Official selection Anima Brussels 2017
Official selection best international graduation film category Animated dreams festival Estonia 2016.
Official Selection Primanima Animation Festival Hungary 2016
Official selection Fête de l’anim’ 2017
Official selection Holland Animation Film Festival 2017
Official selection MIAF Melbourne International Animation Festival 2017

Cast: Josh Saunders

Tags: pen and ink, drawing, animation, 2d and royal college of art