Animated Shorts

"Justino" - A Spanish Christmas advertisement for the 'El Gordo' lottery. As this is an advert, my initial impression was being astounded by the level of detail in the animation. I also felt that it had a nice story.

"One Small Step" - By Taiko Studios which is run in both L.A. California and Wuhan, China. I love the style in their studios' work overall and I think this story is both moving ad relatable for anyone trying to make their family proud. 

"Children" - This short film was one of the first I found before coming to university. I last watched it three years ago now, and it has always remained in my mind because of the unique character the design, and the sinking feeling in my stomach that arose the second it began. This short clearly shows the conformity in Japanese schools and the pressure to maintain the highest level grades - and how the schools maintain this by balancing everyone's results, ignoring talent. Everyone has the same mind and produces the same work, so they are hard to tell apart. 

Autodale: An Animated series of short films (Playlist)

This Youtube animated series is twisted and has no relation to the audience at all, but it's interesting to watch as each short adds a new layer on to what you can see in the background of other episodes before it. 

"Noose" - an end of year undergraduate film about suicide which represents how a loss of a life can impact others', and that there's something worth living for, even if you doubt it. I like the backgrounds in this animation a lot, and I think that the style of the person is similar to what i have produced so far, which proves that I could create something like this too. 

Overwatch Animated Shorts (Playlist)

The Overwatch animated shorts have been used as a great marketing tool for the game, as most people can at least recognise the initial trailer even if they haven't played the game. The shorts allow all of the characters to interconnect and give them all a backstory, which has been so loved by fans that it is interwoven in to the game through secret character interaction dialogues, and outfits. For most people, this trailer was the best thing to come out of Blizzard Entertainment, and the shock of the air at Blizzcon made the game viral before it was even released. 

"Traces" (The full animation was shown at Manchester Animation Festival on Wednesday the 13th of November 2019) - This animation uses a painted texture to symbolise paint on a tribal cave wall. The French animation shows clear conflict of morals and duty and family bonds.

Passage by Simon Feat - New Chitode Airport International Animation Festival 2018.

(Not a short!! Animation company: Toei Animation. Makes Transformers TV shows, Yu-Gi-Oh, Sailor Moon, Digemon, Voltron (1984))