Dysbunctional

Duration: (3:50 min)

Medium: 2D Digital Animation

[Role] Director, Animator

TRAILER for dysbunctional

Logline

THUMPER AND BANKS HAPPILY INVITE THEIR NEW TEENAGE TENANTS INTO THEIR HOME, BUT WILL THEY BRING ANYTHING OTHER THAN TROUBLE?

Artist Statement

MY INSPIRATION FOR DYSBUNCTIONAL IS BASED ON THE LIVES OF MY BUNNIES AT HOME, AND THE BONDING PROCESS I WENT THROUGH TO GET THEM TO COHABITATE HARMONIOUSLY. MY BUNNIES ARE MY HEART AND SOUL, AND SADLY ONE OF THEM FEATURED IN THE FILM, MAX, PASSED AWAY LAST DECEMBER. I WANTED TO MAKE THIS FILM IN MEMORY OF HIM, AS WELL AS TO CHALLENGE MYSELF IN DIRECTING MY OWN FILM AS A SALUTE TO MY 3 YEARS OF BEING AN ANIMATION MAJOR, AND TO USE A VARIETY OF ANIMATION TECHNIQUES IN MY FILM SUCH AS EXPERIMENTING WITH PUPPET RIGS, KEYFRAMING, AND USING ANIMATION PRINCIPLES. I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT AND PROUD OF, TO RELEARN MY PASSION FOR ART AFTER BEING BURNT OUT DURING COVID AND HAVING TO MOSTLY DO MY ANIMATION COURSES VIA ZOOM. DESPITE ALL THE OBSTACLES AND HARDSHIPS, THIS FILM HAS TAUGHT ME ALOT AND HAS BEEN MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MY EMILY CARR CAREER.

Project Stills

Credits

DIRECTOR: AIRI ISHII (ANIMATION, COLORIST, DIRECTOR, KEYFRAMING)
PRACTITIONERS: SAMANTHA HUBBEL ( KEY FRAMING, BG DESIGN, ANIMATION, COLORIST) CHLOE CABADING (PARTIAL COLORIST)
MUSIC: ADAM IDSITO
ADDITIONAL SOUND: CHRISTY CHAN, AI TAKENAKA
ADDITIONAL COLORIST: N.DROZ
ADDITIONAL KEYFRAMING: HERON CHEUNG

Special Thanks

Emily Chen (mother)

thumper, banks, Barry, max (bunnies left to right)