DRONE | Animated short film about drones, AI, and live-streaming on YouTube
An AI drone with a conscience that changes everyone.
A short animated film about a malfunction at a CIA press event that causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world. #animation #shortfilm
✈ A behind the scenes look at the production of an independent animated short.
↳ https://seanbuckelew.substack.com/p/drone-making-of-an-animated-short?sd=pf
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Director & Writer
Sean Buckelew
http://seanbuckelew.com
Producer
Jeanette Jeanenne
https://jeanettejeanenne.com
Cast
Finn Wittrock
Jim True-Frost
Shirley Chen
Mo Collins
Darnell Kirkwood
Music & Sound Design
Skillbard
https://skillbard.com
Backgrounds
Wes McClain
https://wesleymcclain.com
Concept Painting
Alex Murray-Clark
http://www.amurrayclark.com
Drone UI/HUD Design
David Delafuente
https://dd-de.com
Storyboards & Lead Animator
Sean Buckelew
Animator
Vincent Tsui
https://vincent-tsui.com
Effects Animation
Nicole Staffford
https://nicole-stafford.com
Additional Animation & Color
Kyle Brooks
https://kylebrooks.co
3D Drone Animation - E.D. Films
https://edfilms.net
3D/2D Animation Consulting
Daniel Gies
3D Rigging, Animation, Rendering
Eric Max Kaplin
Producer E.D. Films
Emily Paige
Executive Producer E.D. Films
Archita Ghosh
Orchestration
Finn McNicholas
Orchestra
Budapest Art Orchestra
https://budapestartorchestra.com
Contractor/session producer
Miklos Lukacs
Conductor
Peter Pejtsik
Recording studio
East Connection Music Recording, Studio 22
ProTools engineer
David Lukacs
Recording engineer
Gabor Buczko
Made with the support of
The Berkeley Film Foundation
The Guggenheim Foundation
The Animation Workshop
Thank You
Rachel Ho
Joe Bennett
Chris Sullivan
Carl Burton
Charles Huettner
Draško Ivezić
Jelena Popović
Marco de Blois
Danny Madden
Juan Riedinger
Najeeb Tarazi
Irene Kotlarz
Paul Vester
Jason Carpenter