
PHILICIDE
A STORY OF UNSPOKEN GRIEF
DIRECTED BY JILMIL
USC JUNIOR THESIS FILM- LOOK BOOK
LOGLINE
Overcome by the grief of losing her children, a woman goes to extreme lengths to become a mother
at the expense of her husband and her perception of reality.

INSPIRATION
CONCEPT ART

INT. NURSERY

INT. BATHROOM

INT. BASEMENT
PROCESS WORK

These six feet tall vats in the basement were handmade from waterbarrels, aluminum air duct pipes, styrofoam, nails, bolts, and 0.1 mm sheets of polyurethane plastic. After paint and aging, battery operated lights were placed inside, and clay fetuses were rigged from inside

Along all the walls of the basement, a treatment of insolation, chicken wire, electrical tape, and reproductive medical posters was used to add texture, context, and depth. In addition, set dressing included test tubes, medical books, microscopes, and other live experiments.


The nursery was created using repainted scrap furniture, fabrics, and used toys. The focus was to create a dark palette while also displaying elements of her lost children through colorful toys, bottles, etc. By overdressing the nursery, it served to convey her inability to move on and to juxtapose her barren family.
With an extensive background in sculpting, Jilmil handsculpted over 8 fetuses (as seen above) and a life sized newborn for the prop baby. These sculptures accrued to over 30+ hours of work and were inspired by the works of @mytangiblepeace
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