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History, painted in motion.
Two films in 90 seconds
From clay tablets to desert caravans.
A cut from both films: the Assyrian scripts and the Early Islamic era.
Overview
Two eras, one oasis.
We made two animated history films about Al-Jouf and Dumat Al-Jandal — “Al-Jouf in the Assyrian scripts” and “Early Islamic era”.
The first film starts with animated maps: trade routes between Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula meet at Dumat Al-Jandal. Then the story moves to the fortress, the clay tablets and the royal court, with processions of gift-bearers in rich colour.
The second film is painted in warm desert tones: caravans on the dunes, travellers resting under a tree, the fortress under a red sun and the old city walls. Both films carry bilingual titles in Arabic and English.
2Animated history films
2.5 minEach film
AR · ENBilingual titles
2020Year
The two films
Two chapters of the same place.
Each film tells one era of Al-Jouf’s history.
Film 1
Film 2
- Film 1Al-Jouf in the Assyrian scriptsTrade-route maps, the fortress, clay tablets, the royal court
- Film 2Early Islamic eraCaravans, the desert, the fortress under a red sun, the city walls
Scenes
Paint, texture and slow camera moves.
Loops from both films.
FILM2020
Film 1The fortressMud-brick towers in red and ink.
Film 1Trade routesRoutes meet at Dumat Al-Jandal.
Film 1The courtGifts before a golden throne.
Film 1ProcessionRobes, jars and incense.
Film 2CaravanAcross the dunes.
Film 2Red sunThe fortress at dusk.
Stills
Credits
RegionAl-Jouf, Saudi Arabia
FilmsAl-Jouf in the Assyrian scripts · Early Islamic era
Year2020
NAOS scopeIllustration · animation · animated maps
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