67 Show For I
Animation is a craft that splurges resources and time. There was no doubt to the Creeds about what they were going into.
However, it is no trouble as it can splurge the influx of dollars they are earning.
Old Creed is not a fan of the stock market and using his money to expand his own business is better than depending on the capability of others.
All the paper, pencil, and coloring materials spent are something that should be earned back.
Alexander wasn't aiming for big returns in the first wave of projects though as it is just a training module for the new employs.
All through the entirety of March, the entire second floor was busy with work and they finally have the achievement to show for it.
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By the end of March, on the 31st, the animation crew and even the post-production crews huddled in the free space on the first floor for the official showcase.
There were no seats but the indoor projection, darkened interior, and sound system should be enough for everyone.
There was also no glorious program and all, just a simple gathering to watch animation.
Sullivan was with Alexander. They were among the most comfortable spot in the crowd with some conspicuous people.
Familiar directors and some newly hired ones were joining in to see what the fun is all about.
Tremors and The Boy is still in the works, so ADs 1 and 2 couldn't make it.
Without waiting around for much, the transitional and training animations were played.
A cartoonized and hastened Creed logo was played but it still had the gravitas as the metallic one with all the Stranger Things tune but a catchy sequence.
ILM wasn't needed that time around as their animation team did it themselves.
Creed Animations had debuted.
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The canvassy and drawy feel of animation started.
A group of silhouettes were mingling around and a hand affixed the clearness of the lens.
It then focused on a folding chair beside a table with a bottle and glass of milk.
Every casting director in the crowd can feel the familiarity of it as a chalked clapperboard told the short animation's title.
From casting calls, a mischievous meow and fiddling changed it to... "Catsing Call".
A couple of cats and an overgrown lizard were shown and the voice of a casting director and his crew ensued the film.
There was an alien cat, a weird Siamese, an experienced actor cat and its cat assistant, a dad cat, and an overgrown lizard.
They were auditioning for a role in a movie and their different meows coupled with human-like mannerisms through their subtitle did not fail to amuse people.
The alien cat was just weird with its eyes and extendable limbs all over the place, the veteran acting cat has scandals and star pride, the big dad cat was annoying the casting with the introduction of his children, and the Siamese has the highest chance but blew it due to being too absorbed in its character.
The overgrown lizard/alligator animal had an uphill battle with the casting director telling it that the audition is exclusive for cats. In the end, through sheer perseverance and wit, one out by being the most cat-like among the rest.
The credits rolled and the innovative images it had and the soundtrack drew the attention of people who would normally be bored with credits.
It was only the first one and 17 more were to go.
The people who were much more attuned and observant can already see what makes that simple animation stand out from what is currently in the animation market.
It is much more vibrant, flowing, and expressive than all the rough and paint-ish feel that the currently showing animations and cartoons. Even with the low quality of the projector projection, the lines and color deviation were still clear for them
Sullivan was smirking with glee from the obvious advantage and the likely chance of standing out.
From what he knew, "Catsing Call" was just one style while the rest were of different types of shade, color, and design.
While the audience was still ruminating on the complex implications of the supposedly simple story, the rest followed suit.
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The Creed Animations logo appeared again to enliven the watchers.
The next one was another cat fuelled magic entitled- Fuelled. Instead of the light-heartedness of the Catsing Call, this one was much more grim.
A grieving cat is driving her car through the woods but has to stop and fill up at the nearby gas station.
The warmth of her past lover, his heartbreaking death, the briefing of the police, the face and picture of his bloodthirsty killer. It all flashed by her as she looked at the picture of a rabid dog plastered in her rearview mirror.
She is on his way to enact her revenge but her gas running out and lack of money stumped her.
With tense and gripping tunes, the grieving cat girl and the hoggish gas station owner battle it out.
She was caught, lost, and despaired as the cigar-smoking pig reports her to the police. Memories of her lover flood her and it lead her to do the unthinkable.
With her fuel on his hand and a broken bottle on hers, she charged to stab him but it was thwarted as the pig's cigarette fell on a puddle of gas that formed in their incursion.
A mesmerizing animated explosion occurred that decimated the gas station. The fate of the pig is unknown in the flames while the wounded cat girl drags herself back to the car.
She looks to the bloodthirsty picture of the killer, only to find it ripped from the overfolding and the exposed rearview mirror showed the look in her eyes.
The cat girl found out that her bloodthirstiness was no different than the killer dog.
In the end, she was fueled by revenge, and in her attempt to refuel her car, she became the very thing she vowed to erase.
In heartbroken tears, she wept at her plight and by the end, she knelt in front of the burning gas station to mourn the pig she murdered.
The creative credits rolled and the artistically inclined were ruminating on the animation's depth.
