Emilia Gozzano

Lucerna

Lucerna

A short animated film about loss in a dreamlike world.
7’02” animated short – 2021
Lucerna is a student short film made with VR painted environments (Tilt Brush) and 2D animated characters produced by CSC Animazione.
Emilia Gozzano worked on the screenplay, the direction, the VR environments and the storyboards.

Zara doesn’t want to remember the past, but she has to. In this journey with her little sister named Tia, she brings back her memory like pieces of a puzzle, but will she be able to face up to that memory after all these years?

Created by Emilia Gozzano, Giorgia Ubaldi, Alessandro Spedicato, Alessandra Quaroni, Luca Passafaro
Produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, animation department

View Conference: Italian Mix Award
GLocal film festival: best animated movie2
2D & 3D Animation film festival: best student movie
Contemporanea Film Festival: Official selection
Mic Hueyo Official Selection
Piccolo Festival Animazione, “ANIMAYOUNG” section: Official selection
Pulcinella Awards 2021 (RAI), “International showcase”

VR painted environment

VR art made for the film – VR painted in Tilt Brush (Oculus Quest) and rendered in Unity3D

VR storytelling studio

VR art made for the film – VR painted in Tilt Brush (Oculus Quest) and rendered in Unity3D

VR environment design

VR environment art for graduation movie Lucerna – rendered in Unity

From VR blockout to final shot

The description of the first video:
VR Layout – VR blockout for storyboard

The description of the second video:
Final shot – VR enviroment
rendered in Unity
2D animation by
Alessandra Quaroni