Fox And The Whale is a self financed animated short film. It was made over a course of 16 months. There were quite a few unknowns both on the technical and artistic sides, and it allowed me to experiment on a variety of fronts.

The film was Shortlisted for the 90th Oscars and nominated for the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Animated Short . More information on Film Festivals / Awards can be found here. 

CREDITS

Directed & Produced by ROBIN JOSEPH

Character Animation, Models & Rigs by KIM LEOW

Character Rig ( fox ) by LOUIS VOTTERO

Music by JOHN POON

Design, Storyboards, Backgrounds, 2D anim, VFX,

Comp, Edit, Foley & Sound Design by ROBIN JOSEPH

 

Working on this film also opened the door to the wonderful world of Sound Design. My Special thanks to  TIM NIELSEN who generously loaned me his personal Field recordings / Sound library. Almost all the soundscape for this film was designed and built using TIM’s Library.

  • Robin Joseph

This is the original Storyreel for the film with a commentary track which hopefully gives a little window into the early days of the film. The sound here is decoded for Binaural and works best over headphones. ( this video was produced in late 2023 )

I have lately been fascinated with Ambisonics and Binaural audio. This is a little test to build a more Immersive Soundscape. The final sound design files are decoded to Binaural & best experienced on Headphones. ( this video was produced in late 2023 )

Art of Fox And the Whale is available for purchase via Gumroad . 

The Gumroad package contains the following.

  • Art of Fox And The Whale pdf / e-book .

  • Storyboard pdf .

  • Color Keys jpg file .

  • 2K copy of the film for personal viewing offline .

  • 5 Layered PSD background paintings .

  • 5 Screensavers .

I hope you enjoy the book and film .

Many thanks ,

  • Robin Joseph