Digital Animation Production
Robert Stanley
Chameleon Confidential
1936. New York City. A chameleon steals a diamond from the mob for a chance of a better life for him and his girlfriend.
Chameleon Confidential is a four minute 2D animated short about a little reptile scraping by in world ravaged by the great depression. Making this short, I wanted to bring my love of films and my artistic ability to create a film that’s cinematic, textured and distinctive. My main touchstones were noir films such as The Third Man and Angel Heart as well as an industrial aesthetic and I pushed hard to develop my fluency in cinematic language, visual development and visual story telling. Putting Stan, an every man chameleon, into his own noir thriller was great fun to work on and I hope it’s a concept that appeals to you too.