Logo Tanja Kerner
Logo Tanja Kerner

University

Open Circuit

Tasks:

Tasks:

Animation Lead, Animation, Storyboard, Lighting Assistance, Compositing

Animation Lead, Animation, Storyboard,
Lighting Assistance, Compositing

Software:

Maya, Arnold, Nuke

In this short film, created during the MA Animation at Escape Studios, a robot helps a man break out from his depression in a post-apocalyptic world. The following are the shots I animated for the short film:

Animatic

Before jumping into animation I worked on the storyboard, together with Alfred Grealis.

Close-up of a man's eyes, a single tear rolling down his cheek
A man sits in a messy basemant as a robot approaches him
A man puts down a robot on a table, in the background a video of the man and his daughter plays on an old TV
Close-up of a man's eyes, a single tear rolling down his cheek
A man sits in a messy basemant as a robot approaches him
A man puts down a robot on a table, in the background a video of the man and his daughter plays on an old TV
Close-up of a man's eyes, a single tear rolling down his cheek
A man sits in a messy basemant as a robot approaches him
A man puts down a robot on a table, in the background a video of the man and his daughter plays on an old TV
An empty can of dogfood is lying on the ground
An empty can of dogfood is lying on the ground
An empty can of dogfood is lying on the ground

Rendering

Unfortunately, due to various circumstances, effects and rendering for the short film weren’t completed.
To get an impression of how it would have looked like, I did some renderings of my own.

A robot with a broken leg, lies on the ground as a man stands in the background
A robot with a broken leg, lies on the ground as a man stands in the background
A robot with a broken leg, lies on the ground as a man stands in the background
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at night
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at day
Medium Close-up of a cute but old robot
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at night
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at day
Medium Close-up of a cute but old robot
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at night
Rendering of a messy basement hobby room at day
Medium Close-up of a cute but old robot

Credits

Directors:

Maddalena Manno, Rosa Benitez

Producer:

Ana Erbasu

Story:

Maddalena Manno

Storyboard:

Alfred Grealis, Tanja Kerner

Layout:

Alex Nowak, Alfred Grealis

Concept & Art:

Alfred Grealis, Maria Josefina Armstrong, Rosa Benitez

Animation:

Alex Nowak, Alfred, Grealis, Ana Erbasu, Ben Swallow, Maddalena Manno, Tanja Kerner, Thomas Donnelly

Modeling & VFX:

Davide Gaggioli, Jake Thompson, Karolis Butkus, Maria Josefina Armstrong, Richard Blackburn, Rosa Benitez

Lighting:

Maria Josefina Armstrong, Rosa Benitez, Tanja Kerner

Compositing:

Rosa Benitez, Davide Gaggioli, Tanja Kerner

Editing & Sound:

Alex Nowak

Original Music:

Lorenzo Pelli

2D Animation:

Yu-Tong Pan