Alejandra Alfaro
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Production Designer | Art Director | Costumes | Makeup
Tropelia
art director
Short Film | 2016, Mexico City | Directed by Arturo Cerón | Cinematography by José Grimaldo
Sinopsis: Daniel lives in a complicated environment. There are vices in his home. Despite these difficulties, he and his younger brother Thomas, remain united. They are partners in crime and best friends, until one night an incident causes the rupture of this brotherhood forever.
Tropelía | Cortometraje
dissecting my work
Tropelía was all about symbolism and excess. Through every set, I wanted to represent a bit of each character, for one brother it was music, so we would see baby instruments at the beginning; for the other brother, it was art, so his bedroom is the perfect art exhibition.
The main subject in the story is vice so I took it a great opportunity to portray mess on each set, that's until we get to the coldness of the support group in, here the emptiness of the set is also a state of our main character's mind.
Main sets: Living Room | Bedroom | Party | Support group
*My favourite thing about this project was the chance to make a delicate mess. In "real life" our messes don't necessarily look good in front of a camera, here every item I placed on frame was thought thoroughly.