Dissertation Short Film
‘Tea, Please.’ was my final year project that I conceived and began developing. The idea was ambitious, a silent, 3-minute, 2D animated short telling the tale of an elderly man with dementia, trying his best to make himself his morning tea.
The film has a heavy focus on the specific nostalgia around grandparents, particularly British grandparents, as the film is based on my own family. It was drawn in Clip Studio Paint Ex as I wanted a homemade spirit that I thought would be better achieved with raster layers over vector. Below are the foundational pieces of the world I’m trying to render. The project is still ongoing.
Concept
Beatboard
Character
storyboard
Environment
Animation
Utilising my pre-production materials, I have been able to work through this film incrementally. Here are a collection of shots I collated to give an impression of the short’s image.
Preview
Character
Here is a collection of animation tests to hone my character animation principles, including giving ‘character’ to inanimate objects through movement. Simple concepts shown through 2D drawings done in Clip Studio Paint.
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