Digital Animation
Áine Phelan
Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the Cycle is the Graduate Short Film created by Áine Phelan. It defines her personal and emotional journey that comes with having PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and takes the character on a journey of poignancy to eventual happiness and self acceptance. The film is narrated in her own words and comes from first hand experience of what the emotions are that come with having this common, yet not talked about enough hormone condition. Her main goal with the film is to promote the more emotional and personal side of having the condition and not to be just a thing that is talked about strictly in a medical sense but on a human and empathetic level also.
The colour scheme is reflective of the mood of the narration and themes spoken about along with beautiful music written by Scott Buckley (Resolutions). She used primarily 2D hand drawn and 2D rigged animation to tell her story. The main style she was aiming for was a very organic hand drawn look.