Logo Tanja Kerner
Logo Tanja Kerner

University

Open Circuit

Tasks:

Tasks:

Storyboard, Animation Lead, Animation, 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

Escape Studios

University

Ana Erbasu

Producer

Rosa Benitez

Asset & VFX Lead

Maddalena Manno, Rosa Benitez

Director

Tanja Kerner

Animation Lead

Escape Studios

University

Ana Erbasu

Producer

Maddalena Manno, Rosa Benitez

Director

Rosa Benitez

Asset & VFX Lead

Tanja Kerner

Animation Lead

Alex Nowak

Layout, Animation, Editing, Sound

Alfred Grealis

Storyboard, Layout, Concept Art, Animation

Ana Erbasu

Producer, Animation

Ben Swallow

Animation

Davide Gaggioli

Modeling, Shading, Rigging, VFX, Rendering, Compositing, File Managment

Jake Thompson

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Karolis Butkus

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Lorenzo Pelli

Original Music

Maddalena Manno

Direction, Story, Animation

Maria Josefina Armstrong

Concept Art, Modeling, Shading, Lighting, VFX

Richard Blackburn

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Rosa Benitez

Direction, Story, Modeling, Shading, Lighting, VFX, Rendering, Compositing

Tanja Kerner

Storyboard, Animation Lead, Animation, Lighting Assistance, Compositing

Thomas Donnelly

Animation

Yu-Tong Pan

2D Animation

Alex Nowak

Layout, Animation, Editing, Sound

Maddalena Manno

Direction, Story, Animation

Alfred Grealis

Storyboard, Layout, Concept Art, Animation

Maria Josefina Armstrong

Concept Art, Modeling, Shading, Lighting, VFX

Ana Erbasu

Producer, Animation

Richard Blackburn

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Ben Swallow

Animation

Rosa Benitez

Direction, Story, Modeling, Shading, Lighting, VFX, Rendering, Compositing

Davide Gaggioli

Modeling, Shading, Rigging, VFX, Rendering, Compositing, File Managment

Tanja Kerner

Storyboard, Animation Lead, Animation, Lighting Assistance, Compositing

Jake Thompson

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Thomas Donnelly

Animation

Karolis Butkus

Modeling, Shading, VFX

Yu-Tong Pan

2D Animation

Lorenzo Pelli

Original Music

Cartoon Man Rigged by CartoonFactory

Rig

Cartoon Man Rigged by CartoonFactory

Rig