The lovely people from Node Fest approached us with an open brief to create the opening event film for 2023.
And so, a faux 90’s sitcom was born, featuring a cast of misfits and complete with its own theme song!
While it was fun to create a variety of different sitcom character tropes, we wanted to ensure there there was some justification and easter eggs within. After toying with different themes, we decided to base each character design on a common animation tool or technique – we were presenting to the animation industry after all!
Mom & Child were quite literally representing ‘Parent & Child relationships’ with a nod to the After Effects Pickwhip tool seen as Mom’s earrings and the child’s hair curl. Grandpa was a big ol’ ball of fur with gas emitting from his rear – our take on 3D particles and simulations.
Perhaps Netflix will pick up the pilot episode!
