ifornia, Berkeley graduate) is an
actor, writer, digital artist, con-
cept artist, photographer, and a
competitive figure skater. H was
seen by millions of fans in Eng-
land on the popular UK show
Dancing On Ice. One of the most
interesting aspects of the film is
how Silecky utilized digital art
and animation in the film to help
photographs come to life. The
end effect is akin to a 3D, surre-
alistic dream. Silecky compares
them to the way we perceive
memories.
“What are memories?” he asks.
gave him new insight into the
“To an extent, memories are
documentary’s importance.
brought into our dreams. So
Having survivors interviewed
that whole concept of dream-
in the documentary makes the
scape plays an important role
history more real. Even though
as well. I did the animations
their stories have been passed
myself, splitting some of the art-
down from generation to genera-
work with a fellow artist in the
tion, it’s powerful to hear the sto-
Ukraine. There is a slight differ-
ry directly from one who lived it.
ence in the artistic style of them,
In addition to filmmaking,
but the artwork and animations
Silecky (a 2015 University of Cal-
were designed to be not fully
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