Mostafaei: end the death penalty

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Hodgson, J. 2012. Mostafaei: end the death penalty.
Media typeVideo
Title of workMostafaei: end the death penalty
CreatorsHodgson, J.
Description

In September 2011 I was commissioned by Amnesty International and Guardian Films to direct a short animated documentary about juvenile executions in Iran, which would be a pivotal part of a viral internet campaign. The research for the project was based on a four hour Skype interview which I conducted with exiled Iranian human rights defence lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei. Working with writer Afarin Eghbal I produced a 5 minute script that was a distillation of the interview. The script describes firstly how Mostafaei’s childhood experience of poverty and abuse motivated him to become a human rights lawyer and secondly how he defended a young man who had been charged with murder at the age of 17 and witnessed his hanging under sharia law by the parents of his victim. I made drawn sketches based on the script which over a three week period were made into an animatic. This was followed by a 2 month animation production period. The completed project demonstrates how animation can be used as a tool to present harrowing and hard to obtain information in a palatable form to a global audience.

Output media2D digital animation combined with a soundtrack featuring a narration by an actor, specially recorded sound effects and music.
Research GroupElectronic and Digital Arts cluster
Publisher or commissioning bodyGuardian Media Group
First publicly available date
Print27 Mar 2012
Publication process dates
Deposited10 Sep 2013
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2012/mar/27/lawyer-fight-juveniles-execution-animation
LanguageEnglish
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