About this project
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Onward is a unique stop motion / cg hybrid animation about a man named Sean who follows a compass around the world for several years, believing that he is being guided by his late wife. Throughout his travels he comes across strange signs and coincidences while living out the adventures his wife never had the chance to take. The imagery of the film combines photographed stop motion puppets and hand-made props with cg facial features and environments in a unique manner.
The trailer above is the first scene of the film, which demonstrates the technique, level of quality, and detail of the final short. This created a workflow and blueprint that will be used to finish the rest of the film. The environment around Sean was entirely CG, however with proper funding we will be able to create more practical props and settings for characters to interact with. We aim to finish by the end of 2012, allowing enough time to build sets, photograph, animate, and render. Running time will be around 20 minutes.
We feel there is a lot of potential for winning awards. Upon completion, we plan on making Onward travel, submitting aggressively to film festivals worldwide.
Onward touches on many universal themes. From losing someone we love, to longing for resolution, having determination without reason, and above all, hope. Onward has touched the hearts of everyone on the crew, and hopefully will touch everyone who is interested in supporting as well. We thank you for your time and consideration.
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Access to the Onward behind the scenes production blog and a thank you on our official website.
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Decide where Sean goes! All of the above plus you get to decide one of the locations Sean travels through in the montage of him walking the Earth. Be it a distant land or your home town, you get to guide Sean through it. You also receive a printed and bound version of the screenplay, autographed by the writer / director, and 2 tickets to the premiere of the screening in Los Angeles (travel and lodging expenses not included).
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All of the above plus executive producer credit and one of the original armatures used in the film.
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John Robson is a visual fx artist and filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA. He has worked in the film industry for the last 10 years, creating award-winning visuals in commercials for clients such as Apple, IBM, Discovery Channel, and AT&T, and music videos for artists such as Katie Perry and Gnarls Barkley, both best video winners at the MTV Video Music Awards. His short film, “At a Glance,” won grand prize in the 2005 Dreamworks 64 Second Film Competition. In addition, he co-directed the show opening trailers and commercials for the 2011 LA Film Festival. John studied film at UC Santa Barbara. When he’s not working on films he’s traveling the world. A collection of his work and travels can be found at latelunch.tv
