Whale Song Screenshots

Second post! Hooray! So, today I thought I'd share some screenshots from my student film from last year. The title is Whale Song, and it's about 5 minutes long. It's about a young whale whose mother is killed by a whaling ship captain. The whale grows up wanting revenge, but when the Captain's young daughter falls overboard, the whale chooses to save her instead. 

It's been screening at a few film festivals recently, which has been exciting. So far it's been screened at the Melbourne International Animation Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival in the Kidsfilmfest section, Chesapeake Film Festival and the California International Animation Festival. It was also playing on a TV station in California as part of a short animated film showcase. If anybody saw it at any of these places I'd love to hear your feedback and what you thought! 

It's not currently online as it's still screening at some festivals coming up that don't allow it to be on the internet. But as soon as those are finished I'll be uploading it, probably later this year. I'll post it here when I do. :) But for now, here's some screenshots! I didn't ever ink or paint the characters, as I love the look of animation in pencil test form. There just seems to be some sort of life and dynamism in the lines that's lost when they are inked. So I wanted to keep the animation in this raw form. Also, as we only had a few months to work on it at uni, I wanted to focus on the movement and acting rather than split my time with inking and painting.