SVAD experimental animation thesis short, 2023 (+ full animatic)

Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to finish the entire 5-minute short, and it had to be condensed to only the first scene. So I've put it together with the rest of the storyboards to showcase the full journey of these characters for now, until I get a chance to perhaps finish the short someday!

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"NATÏVE" follows the story of Sascha, the motherly coyote, and Naïchi the orphaned bobcat kitten, and the unlikely bond they develop. Scene 1 - Find introduces the characters and establishes the beginning to this heartwarming, bittersweet tale of growing up and following your own path.

With Florida being the setting, I want to subtly bring awareness to our underrepresented wildlife as a more meaningful message, while keeping the story light-hearted and grounded in the emotions and situations of these specific characters. My hope is for anyone to be able to relate to the themes in NATÏVE and to see a bit of themselves in this story.

This short was a labor of love, created in one semester from concept to finished animation for my Advanced Experimental Animation course. The project highlights much of the preproduction aspects, such as script, character design, and storyboards. "NATÏVE" was created using a blend of digital animation and traditionally painted watercolor backgrounds. The project was animated solely on iPad using Procreate.

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WRITTEN AND CREATED BY:
A.K. / Emma Clarke (my online name!)

MUSIC:
"Snowy Peaks pt I" - Chris Haugen
"Snowy Peaks pt II" - Chris Haugen
"Pink Horizon" - Chris Haugen
"Everything Has a Beginning" - Joel Cummins
"Chase - Scoring Action" - Kevin MacLeod
"Wake Up" - Infraction

AUDIO:
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care: https://ltwc.org/
Jacob Job:   / gaviaimmer  
All other sound effects used with permission from Freesound.org

Special thanks to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care for providing the bobcat kitten vocalization audio
and to Jacob Job for the use of the coyote vocalization audio! Also to Gatorland FL for allowing me to sketch and photograph their bobcats for many hours! c:

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