How Long Is “Sonoma”?

I relocated to the Redwoods of Sonoma County upon graduation and in that relocation process the animation for Sonoma began. The design was built around the concept of the long wide horizontal 'pan' shot to express the concept of a dynamic landscape that passes across the screen like a traditional Chinese Scroll Painting. The deep personal meaning relates to the 'relocation' that was occurring within my own being after having done 2½ terms of active combat in the jungle as a carrier enlisted with the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army functioning as a LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) and when based at Fort Bragg being the lead instructor in “Field Craft” jungle survival. I taught one class in survival as part of the Outward Bond Program at Sonoma State during the animation for Sonoma. This film is the 'spiritual' document of that relocation process in film art. —Sky David.