Graduate Film - Woman of the Moon

Early character development work for Mona the protagonist

Character development for Ingrid

Mona Character sheet

Early concept art

Prop Design

Inspirational background

interior of Ingrid and Mona's home

Ingrid's moon photograph

statue next to the moon

unfinished statue reveal

pile of rocks

another interior of Ingrid and Mona's home

crash site

Storyboard scene from the beginning of the film

Storyboard for an establishing scene of the film

Storyboard from the middle of the film

Storyboard from the end of the film

Woman of the Moon is my 2019 MFA graduation film from Edinburgh College of Art. The concept of the film was to capture inspiration in its rawest form. Those electrifying, dazzling moments of sheer inspiration. At the time of making this film I was going through a deep art block. I felt as though I had lost the igniting factor that pushed me to make and I made WotM about that feeling. It developed from a film I had been writing several years prior about a grandchild and grandfather, who found inspiration in each other. I had shelved the idea then because it didn't feel right. I picked the concept back up in the final year of my masters degree.

"Artists can spend years trying to understand inspiration’s intense and fleeting nature. Trying so desperately to hold onto it and chasing it when it’s gone. Woman of the Moon is the tale of how one finds inspiration".

Date:
May 2019

Client:
Degree film for the Edinburgh College of Art
Me!

Role:
Director, Art director, Animator, Storyboard artist, Editor

Crew:
Black Goblin - Sound Design
Nick Harbourne - Composer
Madeleine Sayers & Gary Wilson - Colour assistants

Software:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects (Includes use of Red Giant's Trapcode Particular)
Adobe premier Pro