Title: Death Chess- Your Move
Proud to have worked on this project even with the tight deadline!
Here’s the full animatic version, showing how my visual ideas were carried through the rest of the production pipeline.
With the little time we had, my main focus was to ground the boards in strong acting and make sure the mecha characters felt believable and alive, while ofcourse, HAVING FUN.
A special thank you to Tshepo Sefadi for Entrusting me with this Opportunity to lay the foundations for the rest of the team, to Khaya Thambisa Animation Studio for leading this project with passion, and to the
@nfvfsa National Film and Video Foundation South Africa for continuously supporting emerging creators and helping ideas like this reach the finish line.
Watch till the end, hope you enjoy!
Team Credits:
Director – Lindo Dlamini
Producer – Khaya Thambisa
Co-Producer – Joshua Ushendibaba
Project Creator – Bongani Ndhlovu
Art Director – Tshepo Sefadi
@sefaditshepo
Storyboard Artist – Adrean Siggogo
Animators:
Tshiamo Kadiege
@mak_t_animate
Uafuluhedzea Hemavhola
@claimingagate
Immanuel Maxie jnr Pirikisi Pirikisi
@sonmadmax
Tebogo Twala
@tebza_ngwana_za
Concept Artist:
Deon Lodewick
@deon_lodewick
Character Layout:
Botlhale Manana
@artdumpbybo
Character Designers:
Botlhale Manana
Leandro van Schalkwyk
Kat Hollingworth
Neo Moshoete
Naseeha Shar
Chloe Quan
Environement Layout:
Deon Lodewick
@deon_lodewick
Mohammed Mukhtar Hoosen
@moelycaen
Environemnt Painter:
Khazamula Mhlongo
@khaza
Tshepo Sefadi
Sound & FX:
Wayne Simpson
Pete O'Donoghue
@upstanding_productions
Composite:
Tshepo Sefadi
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