Quiete violenta
Audiovisual ProjectProject
Final Year ThesisYear
2022Final Deliverables
Concept Development, Scriptwriting, Creative Direction, Film Editing, Stop Motion & CGI, Sound Design, Visual Narrative, Research ThesisQUIETE VIOLENTA
Quiete Violenta is a thesis-based audiovisual project exploring the invisible violence of eating disorders, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is a story of control, silence, isolation, and obsession—told through a mix of research, film, symbolism, and visual experimentation. A work that reflects on the mental health crisis affecting today's youth, and the desperate need to see the unseen.
A story that doesn’t explain eating disorders.
It lets you feel them.
CONCEPT
How do you show a mental illness that hides so well?
This project gives a face and a form to anorexia nervosa. The disorder is transformed into a living presence—mold, worms, fire, fragmented reflections—haunting the protagonist as both predator and part of herself.
The narrative is non-linear, emotional, and visceral. The viewer is drawn into the internal corridors of a teenage girl’s mind, moving between personal memory and symbolic decay. It’s a visual descent into anxiety, identity loss, obsession, and finally, disappearance.
This is a project for those who suffer, and for those who love someone who does.
It speaks to parents, friends, classmates, and caregivers—inviting them to listen, understand, and never minimize.
RESEARCH & CONTEXT
Developed during the final year at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, the project is grounded in extensive research:
Impact of COVID-19 on adolescent mental health
Increase in eating disorders during lockdown
Social media and body image distortion
The lack of institutional response and emotional support
First-person testimonies from teens living with EDs
VISUAL STRUCTURE
The short film follows a rising emotional arc:
Beginning
Lockdown. Silence. Screens. Sleeplessness.
The girl wakes in a daze, disconnected and numb.
Middle
Control. Obsession. Ritual.
Food turns into numbers. A presence takes shape. The mirror cracks.
Ending
Fire. Mold. Isolation.
The illness consumes her.
She lays still. White text on a black screen remains.
If you or someone you love is struggling with an eating disorder, know that asking for help is not a weakness— it’s the beginning of something stronger than silence.
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