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Cartoon Brew TV #8: The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson
November 4, 2008 1:19 pm
This week’s short, The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson is a 2008 graduation film by Kat Morris from School of Visual Arts. The eye-catching short, about the luckiest girl in the world, Ophelia Jackson, and her encounter with a Sea Witch, stands out for its confident drawing style and sophisticated sense of design. Recently Kat Morris has contributed to the Adult Swim series Superjail. To see more of Kat’s work, visit her blog or check out this experimental short animated in Ralph Steadman’s style. The filmmaker will be participating in the comments section so if you have any questions for her, feel free to ask. Here are some production notes about the film from Kat:
A selection of pre-production artwork from the film: |
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I loved it. Nice drawings and nice story
Wow, that was really fun and appealing!
What would you say took up the bulk of the time spent making the film?
Design? Animating? Compositing everything?
Very nice! Loved the story and the pacing.
Loved the style and everything! Great work!
Awesome!!
That was awesome! Excellent work all the way through.
Hello new favourite artist of mine.
Bitchin! nice work Kat. Love the character designs.
I seriously loved this wonderful little film. The designs and story were great and the narration was awesome! I hope to see more from the artist! Very cool stuff, made my day.
We just watched your film in Celia Bulwinkel’s 2nd year animation class here at SVA! What a great little film!
that was great!
Smart short.
I think it’s very well written and well-edited too. Hope we see more fro you, Kat!
Very nice short, love the style!!!
girl animators are the new boy animator.
That was very enjoyable, I loved it. Everything worked well together and made a great atmosphere.
I even laugh at the end and came away with a smile on my face.
Great story, drawings, design & music. I love the line, “I look really bad ass with one eye”.
I immediately recognised that drawing style when I saw the short!
I used to love your ‘Return to Sender’ webcomic!!
Too bad you didn’t finish the story but it seems you’ve moved on to bigger and better things. Ophelia is so reminiscent of that female character in your webcomic too <3
Terrific! It worked great despite the limited animation. Great setting, the seawitch’s tongue is a great touch. And I was wondering where it was leading, but it ended in a fun way.
I ask for more !
If this is considered “limited” I prefer it over most of what I see coming out of most Flash studios these days. INCREDIBLY expressive drawings. The sea witch is a superb character design. Fully inspired.
Fantastic! It’s refreshing to see such a wonderfully designed and animated piece. Plus: the soundtrack makes me wanna go out and get in a good ol’ adventure. Also dance.
Fantastic story and amazing drawing skills. However, my favorite thing about this animation is the “bad-ass” finish!
About the short in Steadman’s style… Did Ralph Steadman see it or participate in any sort of way ? Are the designs directly inspired by some of Steadman’s work or is it a reinterpretation ?
I think I just fell in love. :)
Well told young Kat!
Thanks to everyone who has commented so far! The support is really wonderful.
Robert: Storyboarding/layouts were definitely the most time-consuming – I was still adding shots and fixing up layouts all the way down to the deadline. I hope to be more organized and decisive in my next endeavor.
paperplane: You’ve confused me with Vera Brosgol, which is completely flattering, so thank you. You can check out her recent work at http://www.verabee.com, including her graduation film, Snow-bo.
Jerome: the Steadman film was a project I did during my second year at SVA, without the knowledge of Ralph Steadman. Essentially, I chose a random artist (Steadman) out of a hat, and had to somehow integrate their style into a one-minute animation. I used one illustration of his as a layout, along with several character designs, but everything else is entirely my own. Maybe Ralph will see it one day…
That’s very awesome!
Congratulations Kat!
Amazing.
Beyond Hotness.
me likey a hole lotty-this was great and funny —more more.
Fantastic kat! quite lovely!
F**K yes, very proud
Wow! I found this by following a link from ZaneAsylum over at deviantArt. I am so impressed! This was such a great short. It kept my attention, had a pleasing resolution, and the final joke was absolutely hilarious. I truly love it. I wish you the best in your career!
Wow!! was not expecting that…Great story line and interesting characters with a captivating music score.
Wonderful drawings, well done! Did I sense a pinch of lugubrious tendency from the cast?
Nice work, we need more life lessons via short films such as this.
I was looking back through these, and I laughed to myself that you said “I’m not a very good animator.” How things have changed.
But the story and the design were more than enough blow my mind. I love it when characters who capture the imagination graphically can transform from their initial impression to another in a surprising, moving way…through story.
And of course, the tongue moment remains one of my favorites in animation. Burned into the ol’ cortex, that one is..