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Animated Short Film

Marsy Mars

A signal nobody sent, answered by someone who shouldn't be listening.

Format Cinematic Short Scene
World Abandoned Signal Array
Role Director · Editor
Status Complete
01 · Premise

A once vital array, long since abandoned

A lone figure finds what's left of a dead satellite array, half-buried in a dust storm that never really stopped. Nobody's used it in years — nobody's supposed to be here at all. The harsh climate has taken its toll on the structures, and on anything that ever lived here. What possible purpose did this array once serve, and what happened to make it fall into disuse? Then, standing in front of the one dish still intact, the sky answers back.

02 · Building the World

The world, the gear, and the face — locked before generation started

Same discipline as every other project here: the environment, the character, and what he's wearing all exist as references first, so nothing drifts once the camera starts moving.

Dead Frequencies environment concept board — abandoned satellite array
The world
"Dead Frequencies" — environment concept
Character survival suit and gear reference
The gear
Weathered suit, harness and radio — built for the climate first
Character turnaround reference sheet
The face
Turned around front to back before a single frame was generated
03 · The Scene

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