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Primogeniture (2023)

Primogeniture is an award winning debut short film directed by Savanna Menzel. The feminist horror short follows the story of the first born daughter to a family who lost all patriarchs, leaving the only male figure a toddler. When the boy gets marked for death by a creature that stalks this city's streets, her grandmother secretly marks her to take her brother's place.

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Worked As: Visual Development Artist, Concept Artist, and Layout Artist
 

The Boy Gets Marked

The initial scene where the main character's little brother is out past curfew in the park and gets marked off screen by the creature.

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Leaving School

Claudia leaves school and is wary of the looming curfew and rushes to get groceries before time runs out.

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Grocery Store

Claudia gets groceries and overhears some women talking about her family's predicament.
(Images not missing, the first frame is black.)

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Ending

The grandmother makes a plea for understanding from the audience and then we watch from the other side of the door as we hear Claudia get killed.

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Early Storyboard Designs

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