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PROJECT-ESC
Telling stories through art.
About Project-ESC
Project-ESC is a 2 1/2 minute film about two unlikely friends as they make their way out of a deep sea laboratory. The 2 protagonists; RA-98, a Robotic assistant, and Curiosity, a genetically modified Sea Otter, escape together after RA finds some devastating news.
PROJECT_ESC
Animatic
Project-ESC Music
The Music for Project-ESC was made by Sam McElroy. They are an incredibly talented artist and I couldn't be more thankful for their hard work.
You can see more of their work on these Socials:
Spotify: Sam McElroy
Website: https://sammcelroy.carrd.co/
Youtube: Aurora Compositions
Project-ESC
30 Scenes and Breakdown
Making PROJECT_ESC
PLACE HOLDER!
This Video is still in production :c
Title Screen
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 5 seconds
VFX by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 01-02
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 21 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 03-04
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 25 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 05
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 7 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 06
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 7 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 07
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 4 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 08
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 8 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 09
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 3 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 10
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 6 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 11
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 6 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 12
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 4 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 13
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 2 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 14
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 2 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 15
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 6 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 16
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 4 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 17-18
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 6 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 20
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 2 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 21
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 4 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 22
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 6 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 23
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 5 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 24
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 3 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 25
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 2 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 26-27
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 4 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 28
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 2 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 29
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 3 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes Credits
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 22 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Art: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Scenes 30
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Length: 3 seconds
FX by: Laura Karsten
Character Animation:
Laura Karsten
RA-98 Rig by: Laura Karsten
BGs by: Laura Karsten
Characters and Concepts
RA-98 is a Character Cut-Out Rig made by: Laura Karsten.
While not perfect RA worked very well as a rig during production of Project-ESC.
Eventually I will make the Rig available to download to the public, but for now I'll only allow it to be used by select groups.
Curiosity on the other hand had a Failed Rig. Due to the characters complex movement, I instead opted to retire their rig and draw the character by hand.
Backgrounds
Extras and Bloopers
Blooper Reel
Length: 27 seconds
This is just all the weird errors, or test exports plopped into a compilation with no real editing.
I did put a nice one at the end
as a form of eye bleach though.
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