2020
Director
Art Director
Head Background Artist
Head Compositor
Animator:
Keys, Inbetween, Clean Up, Colour
Editor
Awards and Nominations
• British Animation Awards 2022 - Nominated Best Under Graduate film
• BAFTA GSA Student Awards 2021 - Short-listed for a Student BAFTA
• London International Student Film Festival 2021 - Best Animated Film
• Overmountain Animation Festival - Nominated for Best Under Graduate film
Synopsis
When an unexpected security feature derails her mission, a brash spy is forced to pursue a runaway villain in a chaotic chase through and on top of a commuter train. There’s nowhere to run and failure is not an option.
After sketching lots of character designs, I came up with Spy and Wallace and their bold silhouettes stood out. I wanted to bring something different and unique to the films, by including elements of motion graphics and graphic design shapes. This meant that my film was going to be very stylised, but as the characters' proportions were silly, they had to be accompanied by a ridiculous story. The plot was centred around a briefcase locked by a fingerprint passcode, what could go wrong?
This film has been once in a lifetime opportunity to direct, and I have learned so much from this experience. I was hands-on in all project areas, whilst also directing my team. During the coronavirus pandemic, our team were driven to get the film finished from home, and we did despite the circumstances. This was such a great achievement for us, that Spy and Wallace's story can get told to a wider audience.
Character Design
Character Design
Vis Dev and backgrounds
Shot breakdowns
I was responsible for doing all the layouts for the film, working in both 3D and 2D mediums to make sure the shots matched the dynamic animatic. Once the 3D model of the train was complete, I would set up the camera to match the animatic's perspective. Then used these layouts to give to the animators and background artists, this was very efficient as we got a good rhythm going during production.
