Shadows
Animated short film | Spring 2021
ABOUT SHADOWS
Shadows was made at The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) by a talented team of six 2D animation students, over the course of a year (2020-2021). Its style was inspired by Japanese animated works, and the film takes place in Japan by a shrine and a rice field.
Our film's story is a metaphor about growth and transformation - in order to experience meaningful growth, we often must struggle and allow dark shadows to engulf us. We depict this idea in a simple way, through a young child and a flower.
Synopsis
While exploring a shrine withinforest, a four year old girl discovers a magical flower. When large shadows suddenly cover the shrine and follow her, the flower begins to die. She becomes determined to outrun the shadows into the sunlight in order to save it.
She soon comes to learn that shadows can be overwhelming and you can try to outrun them, but they can result in beautiful growth if you allow them to transform you.
Stills
Meet the Crew
Eunhae Mary Park
director・background and prop design・layout line and coloring artist・rough and clean up animation・compositing
Mason Wilke
producer・prop design・layout line artist・rough and clean up animation
Allie Ewers
character design : whale・background and prop design・layout coloring artist・rough and clean up animation・coloring artist・sound mix
Henry Prouty
character design : girl・rough and cleanup animation
Yizhe Yi
background and prop design・rough and clean up animation・coloring artist
Jiawen Tan
character design : girl (poses and expressions)・promotional design artist・layout coloring artist
Special Thanks
supervisors
and
Troy Gustafson
Jose Silva
Wendy Kong
layout coloring artist
Kelsey Necowitz
layout coloring artist
Miharu Murai
clean up animation artist
David Cieri
composer
Erik Ewers
sound mix