SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Gosh

Molly Midori Huson | 2024 | 4m | Australia | Australian (Animation)

Circles, triangles, squares and outlines of people morph rhythmically to a soundtrack to create a story.

Credits

Director & Writer
Molly Midori Huson

Producer
Aidan Smith

Reviews

Written by Edward King
Flinders University Bachelor of Creative Arts (Screen) Student

Lying somewhere between a music video and an experimental, abstract film, Gosh is an assault on the senses. The juxtaposition of perfect geomatic shapes being animated in an imperfect shaky hand is an interesting idea and lends what may otherwise be quite a cold abstract piece character. This is paired well with a computerised dance track, accented with the occasional shout and exclamation of human voices which, like the animation, injects humanity into something artificial. As Gosh continues, it works its way towards a truly hypnotic conclusion giving the non-narrative piece a through line and wrapping it together as a single cohesive piece. As the title suggests, Molly Midori Huson’s punchy short packs a whole lot more surprise, energy, and excitement than your average abstract experimental piece.

Written by Noah Montgomery
Flinders University Bachelor of Creative Arts (Screen) Student

Using little more than simple black and white doodles as animation is proven anything but limiting to this film. It is constantly throwing everything it has at the audience; moment to moment, Gosh is always changing and growing and reinventing itself, displaying boundless imagination in how these vivid motifs keep coming at you, and moving in different ways that leap far beyond any preconceptions of “doodles”. The music is the beating heart of the film, abrasive, scratchy and punchy, complimenting the animation and holding it to a rhythm. Every frame is a striking work of art that climbs into something completely hypnotic to the audience.