MORT
2022
A moss covered lint creature escapes from the familiar space of a dingy abandon laundry room into the foreign outside, looking for a safe home.
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds
Film genre: Adventure, Drama
Experimental 2D animation & stop-motion, motion-control rig camera
Credits:
3rd year film by Weiwei Wu
Music by : Benjamin Sigerson
Production assistant & Colourist: Minchae Jee
Trailer
Official Selections
Sparks Animation 2022 – Vancouver, Canada
Cardiff Animation Nights ( Nominee for audience voted Best of Cardiff Animation Nights event) – Cardiff, United Kingdom
Blacksphere Festival – Javorník, Czech Republic ( Semi – Finalist)
Sommets du cinéma d’animation – Montreal, Canada
Concordia Film Festival – Montreal, Canada
UWPG Film Festival – Winnipeg, Canada
YOUKI International Youth Media Festival – Wels, Austria
Film Stills
Behind the scenes process:
Starting with trying out rough cardboard set and practicing runs with the motion control -rig camera
With the finished set and footage shot, 2D animation done in Harmony Toon Boom matched with the frames of the footage
Finished animation is composited on top of footage using AE with some using keyframes to maintain contact points
More information on the sets in Mort, linked below
Wanna know more? Chat with me at weiweianimate@gmail.com
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