A short animated film witnessing the pause of life brought on by the Covid-19 virus.
Shelter in Place here on the west coast, in Santa Cruz, CA, is a period of quiet alert. We wait, watching remotely as the pandemic overwhelms, spreads and takes on the proportions of a national catastrophe without a coordinated Federal response.
Stop motion sequences constructed by hand with drawing and cut paper, are punctuated by local landscape in live action video. A captivating soundtrack, at once dreamy and tense, is by Jason Treuting, and beautifully performed by Janus Trio.