Grave Mistake

Grave Mistake by Tim Allenby, UWE Bristol

Who?

Creator, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animator: Tim Allenby
Composer: Henry Mitton
Background Artist: John Tampi

What?

When Death accidentally reaps someone he wasn’t supposed to, he has to go into the afterlife to retrieve their soul from Heaven – but with the gates of heaven guarded, will he be able to do it in time?

This film is a comedy, exploring different ideas around death, dying and the afterlife, and presents a vision of the afterlife as a place where everyone’s personal idea of what makes heaven can be found somewhere within it’s borders.

How?

It was largely symbol-based Flash animation, with the backgrounds being drawn in Photoshop, and the music being a mixture of live recording and digital synthesizing.

Next Project?

I recently finished an internship at A Productions this week, and from there I’m open to offers of work – particularly in regard to Flash animation and/or Storyboarding. I’ve got a couple personal things on a simmer to keep me busy in the meantime.

Which Film do you wish you could have made?

It’s not a film, but I’d have loved to have been involved in Gravity Falls. That show just gets more impressive as it goes on.