Amate | Brigette Animation

Amate (2019)

Animated in TV Paint

Backgrounds created in Photoshop
Composited & Edited in After Effects

The Making of Amate - Rough Frames to Final Composite

Beginnings

The creation of Amate was a project of many firsts. In the span of a year and some change, I led the creative & narrative development.

With the help of my fellow colorists, and sound designers-- Kymani and Carina, we created a short film about familial love in the face of a frightening colonial attack.

It was also a labor of love in which I could developed skills in 2D frame by frame, composition & editing-- a craft in which feels like home.

Iterations of Tepin

Concept & Themes

A Mexica family escapes the Spanish attack of Tenochtitlan in 1521-- what follows is a meeting with Chalchiuhtlicue in a desperate plea for safety.

A deep drive in the film was to represent maternal love, and a loss of sacred culture & life by colonial violence.

Chalchuuhtlicue's brief meeting was meaningful for me to include as a moment of respite-- To portray the deep yearning we have for safety under cultural & spiritual guides.

The resilience of survival-- of mexica stories and identity are unforgotten despite efforts to violently erase it.

Concept vignette to final scene.

Chalchiuhtlicue comforting Tepin.

Pre-Production

Final Character Sheets