Mothership

my bfa2 calarts film!

music by chris olsen
sound design by shane vincent
with voices of erica malachowski, sonia lee, and manu pianesi

[sadbread]

Animating a child character with noticeable smear-frames is one of my favourite things to see in media. It's genius.

[reallifevibe]

I like how he completely misses the scar

[piplol]

I like the fact that there’s scenes where there’s almost nothing going on, like the gas station. It gives space for the audience to ponder and appreciate the art style and sound design.

[MAHD_Media]

I love how you made the aliens drawn in marker and feel friendly and childlike. They felt artistically like they were sepetate from the world and it worked so well

[Henry_TMF]

I love how the title can refer to “mothership” as in being a mom — but also as “mothership” like an alien mothership/spacecraft. Great detail and amazing effort was put into this masterpiece of a project. <3

[echothefreak]

Oh my goodness. The music suddenly stopping when she wakes up gave me chills… I can’t even explain how well-portrayed that was

[karamii]

so so beautiful and a lovely way of storytelling! i really love your character designs and touching upon on not belonging on earth is such an interesting concept! amazing work <3

[snyderdraws]

SO congrats on finally finishing such an adorable film!!! i loved all of it :) so inspiring!

[darkwoods]

The little dream sequence here is so sublime. I love how it looks like crayon drawings. This whole thing strikes of Miyazaki - keep it up!!

[watermellonqwerty]

I love this art style, it’s simplistic but so effective and it’s in general just very visually appealing

[Kotifilosofi]

I relate so much to this film. I've never wanted children of my own, yet I'm good at connecting with kids, maybe I'm a little bit like a kid still inside lol. I treat every encounter with a kid in a way that I'm present and listen and talk with them, not to them. I find that enough to fullfill my need to interact with kids. I also feel that many of those who do have children, forget to be present for them on the daily basis, because they're so busy and tired and look at the world only from the "adult" perspective. I think that's a real tragedy.

[francescagehr]

I’ll unfortunately admit that I had at first assumed this was a Pokémon fan animation about Brock’s childhood. I’m extremely glad I was surprised by this stunning animation, storyline, and overall project. The colors tell such a large story, each interaction is extremely heart-warming, and natural. Amazing job.

[empathyx]

This gives me Bee and Puppycat vibes. The way the characters talk to each other like it's just a regular conversation and not a series of scripted dialog feels so authentic. The art style isn't very similar to Bee and Puppycat but I think that's a good thing. This type of 'genre' can be expressed in a lot of different styles and settings! What I'm trying to say is I like what you made and wish you luck on your art/animation. <3

[GlitchWorm]

“Yeah, that is weird.” My man has no remorse😭

[crownclowncreations]

Because English isn’t my mother tongue, and because I am super sleepy, my brain first read the title as “mother-ship”, like being a mother, and/or combination of “mother” and “friendship”. It wan’t until the ending card, where I realized it (also) referred to an alien mothership. That is so clever!

[idiotrat]

this is genuinely so emotionally moving, i cried a little when they gave them the picture. gift giving is so meaningful in many ways and i think this certainly is one, showing how people can be connected in subtle ways is fond and endearing, and oddly enough; not shown as much as it deserves to be! genuinely stunning!

[maxvannieuwenhove]

Such a wonderful and polished little animation! I'm loving the aesthetic and way of storytelling! Great work!!!

[zenithstrikerz]

The big question is how did the little kid know what her dream aliens looked like? Is he psychic, or did it all actually happen and he witnessed all of it?
I really appreciate all the work you put into making this, hopefully it will get recommended to more people soon.

[PSSUMrug]

3:47 - I actually did this before.

I drew this drawing of these girls drinking out of a river in a dessert. And my Nan had a dream of that exact drawing, it was so strange.

EDIT: I have like so many notifications for this comment lolz, I’ve never had so many.

[Benny-dvct]

This made me cry due to the fact I’ve always felt like an alien when everyone around me is so different, and always made me feel different. Everything I do looks foreign to everyone, and it feels like I don’t belong anywhere. Really stunning animation and amazing storyline. 👍