"TOM" is a short film that I finished in 2020. I was involved in all the stages of this project, from the script to the final edition. Part of the animation was done by some dear friends, and the sound effects and music were created by really great professionals. I am very pround of the result, and I hope you enjoy it.
An astronaut spends his days at the International Space Station waiting for a return.
SCRIPT, DIRECTION, ART and ANIMATION
Felippe Steffens
ANIMATION
André Araújo
Daniela Caligario
Felipe Almeida
Gabriel Jimenez
Leonardo Bentolila
Maria Amélia
SOUND EFFECTS, SOUND DESIGN and MIXING
Guilherme Cássio
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Gustavo Foppa Jonts Ferreira
CHARACTERS
Getting to the final character design was a long process. I was testing some ideias while doing the storyboard, and with time I realised that I needed a robust character to tell this story, so the final version of Tom started to come out.
BACKGROUNDS
It was important to me that the film had the International Space Station as background, and was not a made up spaceship floating in space. I was searching for a contrast between reality and fantasy, and also between a small and tight place, like the station, and a robust character like Tom, living in isolation in the vast space.
ANIMATION PROCESS
The animation was a mix of traditional digital animation and cut-out animation, done on Toom Boom Harmony.
Poster
The final detail (on the left) was the movie's poster. It is a reference to 1957 Laika's poster (on the right).
Still frames
Thank you!