Balogh Mirjána

Animation MA
supervisor
Farkas Júlia
masterwork opponent
Rév Marcell
thesis consultant
Babarczy Eszter
thesis opponent
Kapitány Ágnes
masterwork

Wish You Were Ear

My masterwork is an animated short film set in a world where after a breakup, partners must swap a body part. This means people literally lose a part of themselves and they also carry all previous relationships with them. I wish to reflect on the formative impact of our relationships with our body parts; every extrinsic part is a symbol of a change. The main focus of the film is self image. The protagonist has a distorted image of themselves and a longing for their original, whole body, until one day they see their original ear on someone else, which sets them off on the path to self-acceptance.
thesis

The conlang as part of world-building in cinema

Ours is the golden age of constructed languages, or conlangs, in science fiction and fantasy films. In my thesis, I explore the visual representation and typography of these languages in an animated film, a series and a feature film, describing the role they play in world building.