Healing the World Through Animation
Our most recent class of 3D Character Animation graduates have banded together to create their own virtual studio in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the name Pandemic Studio, they have produced an animated short that gives tips on hand-washing, social distancing, and staying safe.
Kerissa Findlay, who wrote & directed the short, sent us some words on how and why they did it:
“During our last term we heard of a little thing called COVID-19. We weren’t really sure how much it would impact us in the future, but as we found out (graduating in March) most studios had slowed down or halted their production and hiring. A couple weeks later, I contacted a few people in my class asking what they were up to. Nobody seemed to be doing much, so I thought to myself, we really need something to do to keep us encouraged.
So I came up with an idea for a short film and pitched it to everyone, and here we are, 2 months later, with a finished version of our video. It was quite a process figuring everything out, but with everyone’s abilities and skills we made it happen! We were able to do everything online which was easy and we were able to meet every Monday for our video chat. It worked out nicely.
I definitely thank the teachers at VanArts for showing us what we learned over the past year. I believe all of us gained more information than we expected. I really appreciated the way the course was set up, it really helped us to develop our skills.”
Don’t let quarantine get you down…these animators have shown you can turn negatives into positives through the power of creativity and teamwork!
You can watch and share their short film on YouTube or on Facebook.
Writer/Director
Kerissa Findlay
Narrator
Jordan Findlay
Production Coordinator/Script Editor
Trevor Wood
Editing/Compositing
Kerissa Findlay
Motion Graphics
Jessica Pollack
Rocio Perez
3D Animation
Modeling
Lighting
Rendering
Jeett Dedhia
Jessica Pollack
Kerissa Findlay
Rocio Perez
Po-Chen Yeh
Trevor Wood
VFX
Rafael Laffitte
Effects Animation
Rigging
Trevor Wood
Character Design
Rocio Perez
Rigs
Long Winter Rigs
AnimSchool
Artem Dubson
Characterrigs.com
Music
Piano by Kerissa Findlay
Sound
Freesound.org
© 2020 Pandemic Studio