# animate! › Films › Sweet Salt by Katerina Athanasopoulou › background material

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, cut-out animation, live action and animation, digital compositing, obsession, love, loneliness, dark fairy tale, filmmaker, animation artist

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**Sweet Salt** a film by Katerina Athanasopoulou

2005, 6 min 02 sec

### production material

#### reference images

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_concept_still01.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_concept_still02.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_sketch01.jpg)
Sketch

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_sketch02.jpg)
Sketch

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_sketch03.jpg)
Sketch

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_sketch04.jpg)
Sketch

#### design

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![Dark water texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_texture01.jpg)
Dark water texture

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![Sky apples texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_texture02.jpg)
Sky apples texture

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![Steam texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_texture03.jpg)
Steam texture

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![Slime texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_sweetsalt_texture04.jpg)
Slime texture

### first public screening

**Channel 4 Television**
6 December 2005

**Sweet Salt** film, stills and other materials © Katerina Athanasopoulou 2005