Animation & Motion Design
Kieran Tobin
The Quest
What started as a child imagining being a knight in a fantasy world, became a focus on the fantasy itself. Taking away the child from the story but maintaining the idea that this is a story that a child would imagine, using scribbled visuals to emphasise that.
The short film explores the adventures of the average monster hunter, as he wonders the wastelands for a beast to slay. Walking through the baron wastes, tired, he spots a slumbering monster, buried in the dirt. The massive beasty and boldened slayer engage in a small bout before being interrupted by the ground, literally exploding.
Both man and monster flee from rubble, debris and the erupting ground beneath them until it all comes to an explosive stop. Through the bellowing smoke and now enormous crater a shape takes form and then, the claws of a titan reach out to make itself known. A dragon reveals itself through the dark smoke, towering over the adventurer, and in a flash of fire, all goes white.