GOING UP
Courtney Friesen
In an elevator making its way to the top floor, an assortment of characters who would rarely interact, come face to face.
By: Courtney Friesen
Film duration: 3 minutes and 13 seconds
Medium: 3D Animation Short Film
Role: Creator, Director, Rig Developer
Artists Statement:
I love when sentences are heard without context. Coming in and being stunned at a statement because it’s never what you thought it would be. It has a shock factor, it has humor. It stimulates creativity through imagination and attracts follow up questions. It draws the listeners in.
Therefore, I created the film I did. My focus was to share a story that was out of context and yet so commonplace for most of the general population. Most of us have rode in an elevator, and this simple setting can be the genesis for so much dramatic and comedic potential. It was a golden opportunity to push the boundaries of what is witnessed.
Credits to the fantastic help:
Director, Courtney Friesen
Lighting and Compositing Artists, Poppy Felts and Carman Chan
Simulation and Rigging Consultant, Bianca Lai
Font Consultants, Jasper Rodrigues and Bianca Lai
Biochemist, Bonita Chan
Voice Performers, Kirin Dhillon, Poppy Felts, David Friesen, Levi Friesen, Zachary Friesen, Justin Kao, Christen Massey, Malaika Massey, Carol McMaster, and Ken McMaster
Poster Inspiration, Isaac Hernandez
Rerecording Mixer and Sound Genius, Matthew Stephanson
Essential Support, Carol Anne Friesen, Madeleine (Dylan) Campbell, Emmett Fisher
