Narrative Work Anchored by an Original Animated Film
A short narrative film created to establish a story world and introduce a contested idea in public.
The film marked a fixed point in the story.
It establishes who holds power, who does not, and what was taken.
The conflict remains open by design.
The film marked the public release of the product introduced inside the story.
Story, live performance, and audience participation stayed connected.
Characters appeared publicly in character.
Conflicts unfolded live.
The audience picked sides.
The story extended into live performance and physical events while maintaining the original conflict.
The world continued to operate from the structure already set.
(Best Narrative Animation — New York Short Animation Festival 2025)
My role was narrative ownership across the entire work.
This required deciding what to reveal, what to delay, and what to leave unexplained.
The conflict was defined early and protected as the work expanded into new formats.
The direction established by the film governed all subsequent work.