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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
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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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