America - Short film by Nadav Arbel
An independent film by Nadav Arbel.
In 1950 Tel Aviv, a mother and her son receive a telegram with an invitation for a phone call from America. The prospects of the call spark hope for a better life in the mother's heart while her son is busy in his own fantasy world inspired from his life in Israel.
My part in this project was creating the storyboards and animatics for the 15 minute short film.
I’ve uploaded the first sketched boards and the clean boards bellow.
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The first sketched pass for this scene:
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