Pitch Night

About the Project

My Mom is an Alien is a short film about an immigrant family settling in Canada. The film features a mix of 2D and 3D animation, the 2D sequences representing the inner thoughts and memories of the main character, while the 3D sequences represent the real world/ the present.

The story centers around Min, a teenage girl who struggles to fit in and accept the cultural differences between her and her school mates, while still struggling to move on from her past life in her home country.

We begin the film with our main character Min grieving on her flight leaving her home country with her mother. As she holds tight to a letter written to her by her friends, tears roll down her face. Her mother puts a hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but when she turns to face her she's transformed to an alien-like creature.

The story focuses on Min being uncomfortable with her food made by her mom until she comes to accept it once again, letting her memories come flooding back from when her and her mom had to adjust to their new life in Canada.

Our Team

Yejin Kim : director, art direction, 2D and 3D animator, character texture, grooming

Yeji Kang: character and environment modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing

Ashley Kusumoto: Prop Design, 2D Background artist

Grace Wong: Concept art, 2D Background artist

Nachiket Kalbhande: Environment Design

Phoebe Zhong: early concept designs

Characters

Min

Mom

Side Characters

Lighting tests by Yeji Kang

Kitchen Environment

environment design by Nachiket Kalbhande

Kitchen lighting test

Lighting test with Character in scene

Neighborhood Environment

Design by Nachiket Kalbhande

School environment wip

Props

Designs by Ashley Kusumoto

Backpack

Seaweed Soup (미역국)

Cereal

Sauce/ Condiments

Colour Keys

2D Sequence Vis dev

2D character Model sheet

2D Final Look Test

Style Guide

Space illustrations by Eugene Lee

screenshots from Un Diable Dans La Poche

What we need help with:

Animation (mainly 3D)

2D animation cleanup

2D animation colouring

3D Texturing

Music/ Sound Design

2D comping

email:

yejinkim0924@gmail.com

discord:

Yejin #9779

Please send me a link to your portfolio or demo reel -- this helps me learn a little more about you and I can assign shot that might fit you better whether it be from your sense of art or animation style. Any help at all is appreciated!