Producción de cortometraje de animación experimental para darle visibilidad a las mujeres deportistas ecuatorianas

Abstract

CONDITION FOR PUBLICATION OF PROJECT. The project focuses on the issue of the invisibility of young female athletes in Ecuador, particularly in lesser-known disciplines such as figure skating. Its main objective is to develop an experimental animated short film that uses symbolic storytelling to represent the difficulties faced by female athletes due to a lack of institutional, social, and media support. The hypothesis is that audiovisual language, through unconventional narrative and visual resources, can become an effective means of making these experiences visible and opening up spaces for recognition. To develop the proposal, mixed media, stop motion, and audiovisual recording techniques were used, combining digital and analog animation resources with scenes filmed in real contexts. The production included pre-production, production, and postproduction phases, which integrated various sports disciplines, illustrations, and a sound design adapted to the narrative rhythm. The result was the short film “País de Campeonas” (Country of Champions), a hybrid work that combines fiction with reality to convey the emotions, dedication, and skills of female athletes. It is concluded that this type of project contributes to the visibility of women's sports from an artistic and social perspective, generating an innovative and relevant product in the Ecuadorian context. Keywords: women's sports, short film, experimental animation, visibility, Ecuador.