Quite some time back, I had the opportunity to check out a short film entitled B R O K E N by writer/director Alex Ferrari. It was an amazing feat for such a small budget short film with great action, great kills and an interesting and “I wanna see more” type of storyline. So when Alex let me know about his newest film, this time an animated film entitled Red Princess Blues, I was more than eager to have a look.

Red Princess Blues: The Book of Violence is an animated prequel to the upcoming feature length, live-action film, written by Alex Ferrari and the directorial debut of Dan Cregan, who worked as the visual effects supervisor on B R O K E N.

In this tale we meet Princess as a 12 year old little girl who finds herself in a strange country looking for her father. She is then taken in by a “unique” looking man who goes by Nino. The short film is completely from the perspective of Princess and what she is going through. She soon discovers the “Book of Violence” and slowly begins her journey that one day will lead to vengeance.

As one who’s not particularly interested in animation of this style, I have to admit that the animation is gorgeous. Each segment is a mix of both true animation and also still frames in which the “camera” is able to move around in. Each segment is hand drawn and the details are equisite.

While there’s not much of a story here (as it’s only 7 minutes long), it sets up nicely what is sure to become a great action-oriented, indie feature with a strong, female, lead performance by the lovely Paula Garces (Harold and Kumar 1 & 2, FX’s “The Shield”). I’ll be sure to be watching for the release of this film as soon as it’s available.

But hey, don’t take my word for it, you can head over to LatinoRaview and check out the full version of this short, animated prequel. Feel free to leave your thoughts below, but I’m sure you’ll see the technical wizardry in the animation right from the get-go.

Paula Garces

Links:
See the short HERE
IMDb profile - full cast and crew
Official Site
MySpace Profile for Red Princess Blues