Toadal Take-back: Road to Hoppiness
Celina Doubleday
Duration: 4:02
Media: 2D Digital Animation
Director: Celina Aloquina Doubleday
Art Director: Monika Yip
Logline: An escape act centuries in the making.
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Comedy
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I wanted to create a film that has the same dynamic as a lot of other films I’m drawn to – lighthearted and goofy on the surface with layers of more abstract themes underneath. The film revolves around the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy; wizards condemning a frog who has the potential to destroy the world and attempting to contain him to prevent that. There is an effect generated by simply being present within a space, and because change is an inherent quality in us and the world around us, that space is vulnerable to being changed by us merely being in it. That’s why I threw in some animals trying to kill each other… in that space.
Production Visuals
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CREDITS
Composer: Mark Marinic
Narrator, Ferret, Badger, Jerald: Quinn Baanstra
Animators: Celina Doubleday, Ling Wan, Christy Chan, Lorien Allan
Animation Assistants: Tom 8246 🦝, Winona Liao, Kyle Ordanez, Angela Almero, Abigail Diantoro, Pritty Wang, divine_wife, Curt Gonzaga
Concept Artist, Character Designer: Monika Yip
Storyboards: Celina Doubleday
Storyboard Revisionist: Ling Wan
Lead BG Artist: Monika Yip
BG Artists: Maharlika Clomata, Angela Almero, Ling Wan
Sound Designer: Pritty Wang
Compositing: Celina Doubleday, Monika Yip, Amanda Lim
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Other grads who worked on this project
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Monika Yip
Art Direction, Concept Art, Character Design, Lead BG Artist, Compositing
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Angela Almero
Animation Assistant & BG Artist
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Amanda Lim
Compositing
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Christy Chan
Animation
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