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Empty Can
| · Director | CHOI Jinuk |
|---|---|
| · Information | 2025┃┃Color┃8m 10s |
| · Technique | 3D Computer |
| · Keyword | Daily, Social Satire |
Synopsis
An empty can drops into a bus from the sky. The silence breaks. Chaos spreads. Passengers clash. Caught in misunderstandings, selfish desires, and quiet schemes. A ‘danse macabre’ unfolds inside the bus.
Purpose
The idea began with a small observation: an empty can rolling across a bus floor. A bus is a strange little world; people with different stories, headed in the same direction for a while, then parting ways. It reminded me of how we live, sharing time and space but each living different lives. Historically, it’s often the small, absurd things that trigger larger events. <Empty Can> takes that idea—a falling can in a confined space becomes everyone’s business—and follows the ripple as things grow louder, messier, and strangely true to life. Set to Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral piece Danse Macabre, the film gently and humorously exposes the absurd routines we mistake for progress.
Filmography
2025 The 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival, Competition / Korea
Director
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CHOI Jinuk- 2025 [Empty Can]-2025 The 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival, Competition / Korea2023 [Hair Universe]2020 [Beyond the Line]
Staff
- Producer/Scenario/Storyboard/Character/BG/Lay Out/Camera/Editing CHOI JinukAnimation KIM Sooyoung, HONG Junghwa, HONG Youngseop, AHN Jinwoong, KWAK Sunmi, HAN JaeyoungEffect CHO HanjinSound LEE JusukMusic PARK JinsukViolin KIM Hyungseon
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