SCAD Senior Thesis, Shadow Play

I am one of only a few SCAD students who have ever attempted an animated short film for their Film and TV Major senior thesis. 

During this nine month project, I wrote, produced, directed, edited and did design work for this exciting project. I also hired and managed animators, background artists, sound designers and colorists to produce this film. 

I created detailed character sheets for Shadow Play’s two main characters, Percy and Dinomight. The character sheets include a wide variety of facial expressions and posturing so that the animators had specific detail and direction to work from. 

The designs were purposely made in a simple fashion to be easily animated on a small budget ($1,600). This, combined with the detailed storyboards, helped the animation process go as smoothly as possible. I, of course, did make supplemental sheets during animation to clarify details in the storyboards and communicate specific edits.