A relief print that carves itself: every shot is one black wood block printed on warm laid paper inside a paper margin. Light exists only where the knife has cut the wood away, bright areas are wide cuts and dark areas untouched wood, and the cuts follow the form; the picture appears stroke by stroke and titles are carved too. Only ink and paper, plus at most one colour for the one thing that matters (a fire, a lamp, a lit window). Drawn entirely in code, in English or Chinese, landscape or portrait.
Use this styleDescribe the scene or story and the short title, place or date to carve on screen; it suits folk tales, crafts, book trailers, history and weighty subjects. You may name the one colour (copper, Prussian blue, oxblood, ochre, moss) and what it belongs to. Photos are re-cut as knife lines and are optional.
A black wood block carves itself: the glow of the horizon, snowy peaks and a stone viaduct, a moon and stab-cut stars, then THE NIGHT TRAIN cut letter by letter; a steam train rolls onto the viaduct from the right, its headlamp a burst of carved rays, its windows and beam the film's only colour, ochre.
Woodcut · 16:9 · 7.0s