and we already had wanted to do a videopoem together, so we thought we’d do it on this subject.Ĥ) What governed your choice of media for it?ĪNDREA: I had the idea that I wanted live action mixed with hand drawn animation but had never done it before. TANYA: yes, andrea and i were talking a lot about being alone, solitude, art, loneliness, inspiration. We decided to apply to Bravo!Fact for a grant to make a film based on one of Tanya’s poems but she wanted to write something new and asked me to give her a theme of something she could write about so I gave her the title, How to be Alone, and said, ‘okay, go!’. As we were getting to know each other, we talked a lot about the worthiness of being alone. So we’re reposting it.Īndrea Dorfman (Filmmaker) and Tanya Davis (poet)ĪNDREA: I am from Toronto but have lived in Halifax since ’92.ģ) Where did the inspiration for this project come from?ĪNDREA: When Tanya and I first met, I had just gotten into a relationship after being single for a while and Tanya had just become single after being in a relationship for a while. UPDATE – Tanya Davis, the poet half of the team, also replied this week! We’ve just folded in her answers below. The filmmaker half of the creative team, Andrea Dorfman, was kind enough to answer our patented ‘8 Second Exposure’. It has obviously struck a chord and is filling a void for viewers. After seeing how this short racked up 1,063,244 views on YouTube in just two and a half weeks, I just had to track down the collaborators of the gentle yet stalwart film ‘HOW TO BE ALONE’ (2010).

How to Be Alone by Tanya Davis