An anatomy of melancholy.

A cinematic meditation on mortality which takes the form of a special anatomy book - one in the process of being made. As hand-drawn illustrations appear slowly and painfully on the pages of the book, showing us parts of a dissected body, we witness the act of creation and a testament to our passing. Accompanying the simple but powerful images of the human body we hear the words of Keats' "Ode on Melancholy": 'Ay, in the very temple of delight / Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shine....'. The film was funded by an Arts Council of England/Channel Four Animate! award.