Homebird
(currently in post-production)
Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.
Homebird is an NFTS graduation short animation created entirely in paint on cel technique.
NFTS Crew
Directed and Animated by Ewa Smyk
Producer – Leah Bethany Jones
Writers – Ralph Mathers & Ewa Smyk
Cinematographer – Pep Bosch i Calvo
Editor – Amy Pettipher
Composer – Natalia Tsupryk
Sound Designer – Tatiana Borges Alvares Sanches
Production Designer – Iasonas Houssein
CG Artist – Valerie George
Colourist & Online Editor – Marco Valerio Caminiti
Production Manager – Beatriz Honorio
Voice Actors – Laura Greenwood & Brian Ward
Production Coordinator – Tian Boyce
Production Assistant – Catherine Lynn
Process
initial character sketches
background design, colouring test
