After almost 6 months busting our arses, it’s finally done! And here’s the story behind it:

It started with Saulo Jamariqueli – Nearly Normal founder – writing a short narrative about a wolf’s life change. Everyone has their own interpretation about what The Wolf means to them. It can be seen as a reflection of modern life. The grass always seems greener in the other side, but as is often the case in real life, it isn’t.

Jaime Kiss – Nearly Normal founder – introduced us to Cintia Bertaccini – paper engineer – and we loved her and her portfolio!  She was actually the catalyst for the project…

From the beginning we wanted to do a collaborative project where everyone could participate and contribute with ideas and time along the way. Nearly Normal was producing, but we didn’t want to have a director on this project.

At first it was a bit mad because everyone had different ideas about which direction it should go. However the most important and most used phrase on set was “Let’s Try”. So while Cintia was developing the characters based on Clayton Junior’s storyboard design, the rest of the team got together doing the all the other bits and pieces for the sets.

It was an experiment that took on a life of its own. Some artists were involved throughout while others would come in sporadically, and some contributed just for a few days.  We wanted a full “hands on” experience, and to make nearly everything on the set, leaving almost nothing to do in postproduction. Even the soundtrack was composed entirely at Nearly Normal Studio, arranged by Luca Samuri and played by himself, Derik Yau and Saulo Jamariqueli. All the editing and Post Production was also done at the Nearly Normal Studios.

We feel that this project really illustrates the organic approach that  is unique to Nearly Normal, where we always seek to maximise people’s abilities, giving them the freedom they need to work. As you can see, results are magical!

Short Film:

Making of:

Animatic:

Work In Progress

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