REM
REM, MY GRADUATE FILM, TAKES PLACE IN OUR PROTAGONIST'S MIND, IN AN APARTMENT SETTING, A DARK VOID AND AN EXTERNAL BEACH. THIS BACKGROUND WORK WAS COMPLETED FOR THE 2D SEGMENT of the film, the PROP AND SET DESIGN was COMPLETED FOR THE STOP MOTION SECTION WHICH WAS PASSED ON TO A TEAM OF SET AND PROP BUILDERS.
NB// SET AND PROP BUILD BY CUTTLE, ANNIE SUN, EMMA CLARKE AND ELLEN FARQUHAR
GORTA
GORTA, A PROJECT CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT, TAKES PLACE ON THE RURAL WEST COAST OF IRELAND. THIS RUGGED LANDSCAPE IS CAPTURED IN FULLY PAPER BACKGROUND DESIGNS.
PIKE
Another personal project, pike is set in a gritty farmer's market and centres around a cigerette smoking fishmonger who hates his job. Intended for a 2d digital treatment and geared towards an older audience, the background and prop design carries an unkept and grimey atmosphere.
CLIENT WORK
BACKGROUND EXPLORATIONS COMPLETED FOR 'AROUND SOUNDS', A PRE SCHOOL SHOW THAT I WORKED ON WHILE INTERNING AT KINGBEE. THE AESTHETIC OF THE SHOW WAS A GENTLE MIX OF CARTOONY LANDSCAPES AND REAL LIFE TEXTURES.
GRANDAD
PROP EXPLORATION FOR MY SECOND YEAR COLLEGE FILM 'GRANDAD'. THIS PIECE WAS A MIXTURE OF 2D ANIMATION AND LIVE PHOTOGRAPHS SO THE COLOUR SCHEME WITHIN MY DESIGN HAD TO REMAIN GROUNDED AND REALISTIC WHILE ALSO MATCHING THE CARTOONY NATURE OF THE CHARACTER DESIGNS.
SKATE
A PERSONAL PROJECT DIRECTED AT A YOUNGER AUDIENCE THAT FOLLOWS YOUG ANNA-LEE ON HER ADVENTURE TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER. INSPIRED BY A TRIP TO VANCOUVER, 'SKATE' USES A SIMPLIFIED AND GRAPHIC STYLE TO A
BELONGING
A SET OF WORLD CONCEPT PIECES COMPLETED FOR AN EARLIER RENDITION OF 'GORTA' WHERE WE EXPLORED THE IDEA OF THE STORY BEING SET IN THE DESERT, USING A MORE TRADITIONAL, PAINTERLY AND HANDDRAWN STYLE TO CONVEY THE VASTNESS AND WILD NATURE OF THE LANDSCAPE.
