"Monster In The Closet"
Channel: Stash Magazine
Date: 2014-07-14

Director's Cut Online Film 1:39
Client: STATES UNITED TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
Director: YVES GELEYN
Production: HORNET INC. 
Animation: HORNET INC. http://www.hornetinc.com

Hornet director Yves Geleyn in New York: "A few times a year, we see a script that lets us tell an important story and bring awareness. This message is a serious one centered on the sensitive topic of gun control.

"Most commercials would cut on the gunshot, but we felt strongly that we should show it. If it were live-action, broadcasting regulations would have stopped it. Animation allowed us to show the whole scene. People expect the climax even less because of the medium.

"Once we settled on using animation, the key to heightening the emotional impact is in the simplicity of the piece. Less is more. Your brain fills the gaps. You understand that you are in a kid's room, but it is not filled with too many objects. It is about the mood. This gives more room for the characters to inhabit each scene.

"The character designs themselves are graphic. They have human proportions but in an illustrated way. It is about striking a balance between lovable characters while keeping them realistic so people can project themselves. The family also does not have any sort of key defining characteristics, which helps make them relatable to a wider range of people.

"Speaking in terms of lighting, it is designed in such a way that it points to areas we want you to focus on (something Renaissance painters used frequently). The lighting is sharp. There are no gradients. There are no shadows, just highlights. The lighting helps to build the scene."

Facts about kids and guns in the US: • 1.5 million American children live in homes with unlocked and loaded firearms. • Every day at least 6 children age 0 to 18 are injured in an unintentional shooting. • 75% of gunshot injuries to children under ten that are serious enough to require hospitalization are due to unintentional shootings.

For Hornet Inc. Director: Yves Geleyn Executive producer: Michael Feder Head of production: Greg Bedard Producer: Jan Stebbins Editors: Joel Miller (Cut + Run) & RJ Glass Assistant editor: Stephanie Andreau Storyboard artist: J. Todd Anderson Character designer: Oren Haskins Background designer: Mark Boardman Supervising technical director: Sang-Jin Bae Lead CG artist & compositor: David Hill CG & compositing: Richard Kim Modeling: Erwin Riau & Dan Fine CG animation: Sean Thorpe, Andrew Boccio, Emily Griswold Lead 2D animator: Mike Luzzi Animators: Keelmy Carlo, Mark Pecoraro, Nivedita Sekar, Frank Summers Animation cleanup: Emma Noble Development producer: Kristin Labriola R&D: Arman Matin, Richard Kim

Edit: Cut and Run

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