DESOLATE - Animated Student Film

A girl wakes up alone in the cold, surrounded by concrete superstructures fading to white as far as the eye can see.
see more about development at elsira.me/works/DESOLATE
Directed by Sira Sesso (elsira)
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Story
Ryan Bode (Writer)
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Sara Aparicio (Editor)
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Sira Sesso (Writer)
Producer
Jason Eppink - CAR 401
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
Character Animation
Alex Desvarieux
Ellen Shank
Jackey Jiang
Jia You
Joey Steiner
Kevin Lin
Ryan Bode
Sara Aparicio
Sira Sesso
Thomas Granville
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Yi Hsuan Huang
Coloring
Alex Desvarieux
Ellen Shank
Jackey Jiang
Jia You
Joey Steiner
Ryan Bode
Sara Aparicio
Sira Sesso
Thomas Granville
Yi Hsuan Huang
3D Team
Chase Cooper
Charlie Owens
Animatics
Alex Desvarieux
Ellen Shank
Jackey Jiang
Ryan Bode
Sara Aparicio
Sira Sesso
Thomas Granville
Character Design
Alex Desvarieux
Kevin Lin
Sira Sesso
Concept Artists
Jackey Jiang
Jia You
Sira Sesso
Yi Hsuan Huang
Storyboards
Joey Steiner
Kevin Lin
Ryan Bode
Sira Sesso
Sound Design
Sara Aparicio
Voice Acting
Sara Aparicio
Editors
Rachel Dreilinger (weekly timelines)
Ryan Bode (master animation)
Sira Sesso (post & snow)

[@fadlanal-amsi9839]

underrated af

[@snailsnip]

I really like this! It must've been crazy to reach 5 minutes runtime as a student film while still keeping the animation fluid, the characters expressive, and the soundscape immersive, but the effort results in a story that gets to have a mix of depth and proper pacing that indie films often fail to achieve. The stretches of silence, looking for something and finding nothing in an empty world, really help the idea of the story sink in.

[@elsira5521]

Thank you so much for the kind words!! The team really pulled out all the stops to get this produced in a couple months - it was an absolute blast!

[@ascendwithgorb8504]

Like the metaphor of accepting part of yourself and all rhe convepts going on, good stuff.

[@sistersans7433]

this one was a banger

[@maverickzalewski2871]

Remarkable amount of work goes into animating this is so freaking cool

[@dracomundo1498]

You did fantastic!!!

[@bambootriangle]

That's a really cool animation

[@user-de4fk8jv7f]

This is so good!!!

[@bell2023]

Awesome! Is this inspired by inifnity train in addition to celeste? Are there any other main inspirations? I commented an explanation of why at fitst but now that I looked at the channel I'd be so fukcing surprised if it wasn't

[@elsira5521]

It likely was, but not consciously! Much of the initial concept phase was heavily inspired from marshall h's Glyph mod, I listened to the soundtrack while developing the environment in particular, but a lot of the story fell into place after that!

[@bell2023]

@@elsira5521 Neat, thanks!!

[@user-sm6oj4km2p]

hi, what tool did you use to make this animation?

[@elsira5521]

We used a bunch of software, including TVPaint, Blender, and Premiere. You can read more about it at elsira.me/works/DESOLATE !

[@user-sm6oj4km2p]

@@elsira5521thanks for answering!