Into The Flame.

Life begins to unravel for Floyd — an overworked, unfulfilled businessman — in his wife’s sudden absence. So many questions. So many seemingly strange answers leading him forward. Moths are appearing all around him and no matter what he tries, he can’t halt the visions. In a panic, he flees, running wildly for days. Exhausted, there seems to be no escape for Floyd … but in the end, there may be no end at all.

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Client: Hue&Cry Studio: Hue&Cry

Process.

Compositing 3D-animated elements into 2D scenes while maintaining depth, dimension, and contrast via 2D simulated shadows and lighting adjustments.

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For this shot, I animated the vultures in Photoshop, using footage as reference for my frame-by-frame animation.

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For both of these shots, I added in and masked out Floyd’s shadow to follow his path as he walks out the door and down the stairs.

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Simulated shadows.

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More compositing.

Merchandise Mock-ups.

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Credits.

Written & Directed by
Sean McClintock


Character Design
Timo Prousalis
Diego Abad
Sean McClintock


Designers
Sean McClintock
Timo Prousalis
Diego Abad
Angie Yeun Son
Matt Deans


Lead Animator
Timo Prousalis


2D Animators
Diego Abad
David John Reyes
Travis Schmidt
Sean McClintock
Ryan Musselman
Reza Iman
Kavan Magsoodi
Lauren Cash


Cleanup Assistance
Symbiosys

Final Mix
Overcoast

3D Animators
Travis Schmidt
Ryan Musselman
Sean McClintock
Paul Wei
Anthony Palermo


Technical Direction
Ryan Musselman
Travis Schmidt


Storyboard Artists
Diego Abad
Timo Prousalis
Matt Deans
Sean McClintock


Concept & Story Assistance
Sean McClintock
Timo Prousalis
Matt Deans
Diego Abad
Ryan Musselman
Travis Schmidt
Magnus Hierta
David John Reyes
Angie Yeun Son
Mariah Hourihan
Jeff Bybee
Whitney Green
Cloie Leger
Giao Roever

Executive Producers
Magnus Hierta
Whitney Green
Sean McClintock


Senior Producer
Jeff Bybee


Junior Producer
Cloie Leger


Editors
Sean McClintock
Danny Reidy


Compositors
Angie Yeun Son
Ryan Musselman
David John Reyes
Travis Schmidt
Diego Abad
Richelle Son
Carly Johnson
Morgan Allison
Sean McClintock
Timo Prousalis


Drums
Niccoló Chotkowski


Sound Design
Niccoló Chotkowski
Guido Montalcini

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