Legend of the Red Cliff
Project details
- Year
- 2020
- In collaboration with:
- Lesley Blom & Rozemarijn Kon
- Programme
- animation
- Practices
- Autonomous
- Minor
- Critical Studies
The Legend of the Red Cliff is a concept for an IP about old Dutch folklores, myths and tales. With the goal of the series being to bring old unknown folklore stories back from obscurity and update them for 21st century audiences.
This project is a collaboration between Lesley Blom, Rozemarijn Kon and Wolfer Freijsen to create a concept for an atmospheric Animated series.
The Project
- Aimed at ages 7-14
- 12 Episodes
- 11 minutes per episode
- Different Dutch folklores in each episode.
Art Direction
One of the roles I had was the Art Director. As the Art Director I wanted to give the series a fitting atmosphere that conveyed the feeling of nostalgia.
I went with a painterly feeling since you don’t see a lot of shows with painted backgrounds anymore. As a 3D artist it was a challenge for me to implement this style for 3D renders.
Applying the style experiments in a scene:
Creating a scene from the storyboard:
Making backgrounds for the teaser:
Experiment of an animated camera with 2D animation in the scene:
Collaboration
The projects of the other team members: