Seelenheil nominated for a 2008 Showcase Award

“Seelenheil” the three minute flash animated film that I directed and produced in partnership with Rick Stefanowki has been nominated for best Animation at Showcase, the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Awards.

Since I have a pretty bad track record with award nominations thought I would thank everyone here for there great work on a tough project.

Rick - Great Job. You found this project, financed it, kept it moving forward, lost hair because of it, and ultimately got it done. Good Job. That is what it is all about.

Andrew - Thanks for creating a rich, epic WWII story with suprising relevance to the world we live in today.

Torin - Thanks for all your help. A great editor challenges the picture to be better. You did and the film is better because of you.

Ross & the team at Cosmic Pad - Great Job on the audio. The music is awesome, the foley is great. Thanks so much.

Nathen - Great Job. You persevered and work with me to deliver a great film, thanks.

Paul - Awesome Animation - Thanks again. I know it was a lot of work.

Chris - Those BG’s are awesome. Without your wonderful color, this project just would not have the tone and depth that the final picture drips with.

To the voice Cast - Thanks Again.

Most importantly, Thank you SaskFilm, The Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the National FilmBoard of Canada. With out you this film would not have been possible.

 

Seelenheil Animation Preview

I have been working on an “epic” 3 minute animated film for about the last year. It is a period piece that is adapted from a graphic novella called Seelenheil, and is set during WWII. It has been a very involved film to animate with intense subject matter and a wide range of characters and locations. Rick Stefanowski is producing and put together financing for the film from SaskFilm, the National Film Board of Canada (FAP), and the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

The film is animated using hand drawn assets within Flash. It is at that exciting point of creation because right now the animation is finished, we are very close to locking the picture now, and all the colored backgrounds (we are going for a film noir / watercolor look) are starting to appear.

Here are a couple of shots from the show.