Gaia and Ira - Independent Study Animation

(Collaboration)

A short animation my friend and I made. I played and sang the background music.

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Animation : Hazem Asif and Mark Bermejo
Song : Heavy Rope (original by Lights, covered by Mark Bermejo)

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This is an animation my friend and I made for an independent study class in senior year.

We explored the broad concept of belonging to a certain group of people/individuals but not really fitting in. The main character, Gaia, wants to leave her current situation/company and go to a place where she feels at home.

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The 'chess' characters were designed by Hazem Asif and are meant to represent real people.

The story is set in a dystopian future, where people have colonized Mars and have abandoned Earth. Because of the dark past of the humans leaving Earth due to over-polluting it, the Earth has been forgotten and is now only a legend to the inhabitants of Mars.

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The scenes shown are meant to represent Mars (where Gaia came from) and Earth where Gaia is going to.