Animated short film concept

  • University project
  • Year 2023
  • Tools Blender
Storyboard frame: a grandfather and a small girl in a yellow wheat field under a blue sky, a rocket in the distance

What was the brief?

My own brief for the final project: a first 3D animated short film, 30 to 60 seconds long, to support and raise awareness of the situation in Ukraine and to practise 3D animation.

What is the story?

A grandfather walks through a yellow wheat field under a blue sky, his granddaughter jumping behind him. A rocket flies past towards a village far away; the camera shows it reflected in the girl's eyes. He turns and hugs her so she cannot see it explode. The camera moves through the village, then rises to a satellite view of the whole country.

No film was rendered. The pictures are storyboard frames generated with DALL-E for the script.

Part of BA (Hons) Digital Media Design, University of Winchester

Models used in the film (not made by me)

Storyboard frame: a grandfather and a small girl in a yellow wheat field under a blue sky, a rocket in the distance

Girl with glasses
Model
“Girl With Glasses”
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Changes
None: the GLB file as downloaded from Sketchfab
Storyboard frame: a grandfather and a small girl in a yellow wheat field under a blue sky, a rocket in the distance

RA-7 rocket
Model
“RA-7-Rocket”
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Changes
None: the GLB file as downloaded from Sketchfab

Pictures

  • Storyboard frame: close-up of a girl's brown eyes with a small reflection in them
  • Storyboard frame: a grey-haired grandfather hugging a girl in a pink skirt in the wheat field
  • Storyboard frame: close view of the grandfather holding the girl, wheat field and sky behind them
  • Storyboard frame: tall blocks of flats with a damaged, broken facade among trees
  • Storyboard frame: map view of Ukraine filled in red against green land and blue sea

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