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Sinestesia

Short Film | 2023

Art Director & Co-Director 

LETIZIA FERRÈ

Director & Writer

gabriella spadoni

Director of Photography

Alessandro Mascheroni

Lead Actor

Adele Gropplero
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An exploration of sensory memory through experimental visual language

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CONCEPT

Sinestesia follows a character caught in the cycle of relentless ambition: constantly running in circles, never satisfied, always reaching for more. The short film explores the internal conflict between drive and exhaustion, achievement and emptiness.

Rather than a linear narrative, the film alternates between the character's actions in the physical world and abstract visual sequences, functioning as windows into the character's mind, translating emotions into pure texture and colour.

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APPROACH & CHALLENGE

My core challenge was to express complex emotions through organic, recognisable textures without any CGI. I believe real, tangible materials communicate more viscerally than digital effects: when we see mold, we instinctively recall the smell, the texture, the discomfort of being near it. This multi sensory response connects directly to the film's theme of synesthesia, where one sense triggers another.

I worked exclusively with in-camera techniques, physical materials, and colour grading to create tactile imagery that could communicate feeling without words.

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Fluid motion, urgent pulsating movements, saturated reds

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Acidic greens, distorted familiar shapes

Anxiety
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Contrasting colours, fast sharp edges against organic textures

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Close-up of a vinyl record with purple and blue lights reflecting off its surface.
Abstract image with vibrant orange, pink, purple, and blue colors and textured patterns.
Close-up of a green eye with detailed eyelashes and reflection in the cornea.
Abstract digital image with pink and yellow colors, featuring several large pink circles and smaller circles, with a black and yellow area on the right.
Close-up of colorful coral reef with green, yellow, orange and white hues.
Abstract, colorful swirl patterns with bright pink, purple, blue, and green hues.
Close-up of a blue liquid with darker spots and bubbles, possibly paint or ink on a surface.
Abstract close-up of a flower with green petals and red center, distorted with vibrant colors.
Close-up of pink liquid with bubbles and swirling patterns.
A close-up, colorful, illustrated depiction of a creature or alien with vivid green, purple, and black features, and an abstract background.
Abstract image with bold red and black streaks.
Abstract watercolor painting with vibrant purple, pink, green, and orange hues.
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Vienna International Festival 2023
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