Life and Fate
Runner up ident for Penguin Random House, 2017
In our interepretation of Vassily Grossman's novel, we explored themes such as nationalism, loss of identity and hope in our promotional animation.
Credits:
Jade Evans - Art Director, Lead Designer and Keyframe Designer
Hannah McNally - Animator, Special Effects, Producer
Katy Wang - Director and Animation
Ganna Vozyniak - Sound
Character designs of Sofya Levinton and Nikolay.
Colour was used as both a narrative and transitional tool. The scenes start with intense red colours, representing the proud Russian heritage that many soldiers and Jews felt during Stalinist Russia, however these colours abruptly turn to monochrome as this identity, particularly for the Russian Jews is stripped away from them.
Visualising the composition and transition of the interrogation scene where Nikolay is accused of treason.
Testing out complex light sources with clay and paper models
