Ona Lasierra



My funny Valentine



Ona Lasierra 
2024 
Rotoscopy & 2D Animation 
Procreate 


In decadent 1930s New York, Valentine, a jazz club singer with dazzling talent and presence, finds herself trapped by a dark and ruthless world. Each night, under the bright spotlights of the jazz club where she sings, Valentine captivates audiences with her seductive voice and graceful movements. 
However, behind her apparent happiness and confidence on stage, Valentine hides a painful secret that corrupts her: she is forced by the club to sell her body to survive. Tormented by shame and despair, Valentine finds a glimmer of hope in William, a mysterious client who frequents the jazz club. 
As their relationship deepens and a love blossoms, Valentine faces a dilemma. Although she longs for the possibility of a different life with William away from the bad life they lead, fear of change and uncertainty plague her.
In the end, consumed by her own inner demons and the relentless cycle of abuse and despair, Valentine makes the devastating decision to stay in the brothel. She accepts her fate with resignation, convinced that happiness and true love are forbidden luxuries for someone like her.



The proposal of this project is to use the traditional 2D animation, the one that was done in 1930, the same era in which this short film is set, to fully transport the viewers to what those decades of progress were like. To achieve the verisimilitude that defends the project with all the aesthetic details (from the social environment, architecture, aesthetic elements and clothing), a rotoscoped animation is proposed, in which the entire short is first recorded and then animated from the frames obtained.