“Alone in the Darkness” is a neon-noir music video for the Argentine indie band Siamés, created by Minneapolis animation studio Make and directed Danny Robashkin.

A long non-binary figure navigates menacing alleyways and along deserted sidewalks. Once home the individual struggles to sleep, haunted by a variety of demonic figures, and soon finding themself futilely fleeing the demons at every turn.

Facing one’s fears has become an increasingly prevalent theme in short animation – both for kids and adults. “Alone in the Darkness” is no exception. With its lush mix of black, blue, and red, the story – like the song – suggests that you can run all you want from your demons, but they’ll still be there the moment you turn around, so best you just meet them face to face and deal with your shit here and now.

To capture the continual shifts in mood, the team “designed the world to be dark, with light creating shapes from the outside in.” According to Make:

Instead of starting with white, we used black as the base. Characters were outlined in white, detailed with blue or red, and kept mostly black for high contrast. Each animator had their own method, usually starting with black lines, adding red or blue, and then white highlights, or mixing up the order based on what worked best for each shot.

On its own Youtube channel, Make posted an edit of the video that compares images from the animatic to the final video:

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The 911 call transcripts from a fatal Aug. 13 Minneapolis fire reveal frantic calls made to dispatchers as residents fled from flames.

911 call reveals frantic escape

The transcript shows a caller telling the 911 operator that “someone set our building on fire” as the caller ran through the hallway to escape. The caller also said “The whole hallway is hot” and “smoking.”

The caller then realized they forgot their cats were inside and pleaded with the 911 operator to send help quickly. The operator then tells the caller to remain outside before firetruck sirens are heard in the background. Officials did not report any deceased animals or pets following the fire. 

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Fire crews did rescue a dog that was reunited with its owner after receiving oxygen treatment.

911 caller reports possible suspect

Another 911 caller reported someone set the fire in the second-floor hallway. 

The caller then gave a description of who they believe set the fire, but police say no arrests related to the fire have been made. 

What we know 

The fire was reported just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at a four-story apartment building in the 1500 block of 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis.

The fire left four people hospitalized, including a child, while several others had to be rescued from the burning building. Two adults and a child were treated for burn injuries and another person was treated for smoke inhalation. 

The first body was found around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15. Authorities described the victim as an elderly man who was found under the debris of a collapsed roof. 

The second body was found later in the day on Thursday. Officials say the victim was a woman who was also found underneath the debris.

Both fatal victims were found in the same apartment on the top floor.

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The building was not equipped with an automatic sprinkler system.

What we don’t know 

Officials have not announced any charges related to the fire, but said they are investigating it as an arson. 

Police say the fire is still under investigation and no arrests have been made. 

A man received a 47-year prison sentence for killing two people in Minneapolis, including a man from St. Paul, and for the attempted murder of an additional two people.

Ali Reed, a 26-year-old from St. Paul, lost his life “simply by being at the wrong place at the wrong time,” his mother said previously.

Reed and another person encountered a group of three males walking near 21st Street East and Chicago Avenue South on June 25, 2023. After they crossed paths, a man in the group of three pulled out a handgun and shot Reed. Reed collapsed and died at the scene. The person with him ran away and was shot at.

Then, on July 23, 2023, police responded to a shooting at an apartment in the 3000 block of East 58th Street and found Tonia Powell, 30, with multiple gunshot wounds. She died at the hospital. Another woman in Powell’s apartment had also been shot; she underwent surgery and survived.

Investigators matched firearms evidence from both shooting scenes, and arrested Calon Markus Hatchett on July 24, 2023, with the gun used in the shootings, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Hatchett was sentenced Wednesday.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Midway in St. Paul, where Reed was baptized and where his funeral was held, dedicated a garden in front of the church as “Ali’s Garden” in June.

Reed’s family remembered him in his obituary as as “a smart, loyal, funny, and fearless man who was always ready for the next adventure. He had a contagious smile and outgoing personality.”

Originally Published: August 29, 2024 at 9:45 a.m.