You Don't Have To Go Home, But... (Title Animation)




My approach to this project was to think of the titles and credits as representing both the dancers themselves and the lights inside night clubs – brightly coloured and always in motion. 

This Blackstar Film Festival featured documentary by Aidan Un is an ode to dancing bodies, a grimy love letter to Philadelphia, a story about what to do when the DJ has played the last song, the club’s lights have come on and you gotta go . . . somewhere. Following three dancers at different stages of their lives, with legendary Philly dance party Second Sundae as backdrop, this documentary film examines the possibility of spiritual fulfilment in a socioeconomic configuration that ultimately doesn’t value the practices that make us free.

Title, credits and classic footage animations by Bret Syfert (@hydeslovelies). Thank you to Aidan Un for trusting my vision of his vision. Thank you to Steve Believe for the introduction and support. To be a creative contributor to this intimate portrayal of the Philadelphia dance scene so many years after being born from it was a gratifying gift in itself.

I modelled the hand written and animated credits at the end of the film on the Tallhand Punchline font created by myself and Curve (@the_curvazoid), an appropriate choice due to the Second Sundae event's long standing use of our Tallhand fonts in their promotions.

Tickets for live screenings and home streamings: https://www.blackstarfest.org/festival/events/you-dont-have-to-go-home-but-2/

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