Into the Woods and Through the Veil

One out of three pieces that I made for the group exhibition, 'Into the Woods and Through the Veil.

Title: Whisper
Year: 2013
Mixed Media: Watercolor & Acrylic on paper, Printmaking and Digital compositing

Where There Here screening

'Where There Here' will be screened at the BAICFF: Bay Area International Children's Film Festival on Jan. 26th,  in Oakland, California.

Dream sequence

I decided to keep the dream sequence very simple with a focus on lines, different from other sequences with heavy usage of colors and textures.

Ahco dream sequence

Color test for the dream sequence

Whisper campaign for P & G

We worked on an online campaign for P & G's Whisper (feminine product).
The production time was very tight: but thanks to our crew, we were able to finish about 3 min. animation within 3 weeks. We will make an edit of the portfolio version and share here soon.

Here are some images of visual development and final film.

Whisper

Client: P & G
Ad Agency: Creativia
Producer: Shinhee Kim

Production: YELLOWSHED
Director: Soyeon Kim & Todd Hemker
Designers: Soyeon Kim, Todd Hemker, Jisoo Kim, & Steve Eat
Animators: Todd Hemker, Soyeon Kim, Ethan Clark, & Jisoo Kim
Music: Maxwell Vann, & Handmade
Sound: Handmade

Spec illustration

'Transparent Movement' screening in Chicago

My experimental film, 'Transparent Movement' will be screened at the Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, in Chicago (Chicago's first all stadium-seating cinema dedicated to independent and foreign language film), for the Indie Boots Film Festival.

It will be Chicago premiere.

Illustrations

'Where There Here' screening in Toronto

Sand animation 'Where There Here' will be screened at Toronto Kids Film Festival in April.
It's a Canadian premiere. How exciting...

"Trick or Treat"

Todd made this wonderful Halloween e-card for the American Greetings.
I helped him with some plants design for the opening shot.
Click to watch the e-card, 'Trick or Treat?'

'Dexter' web episodes pitch spec work

Back in 2010, we were asked to pitch for the animated web series of a big hit Showtime drama 'Dexter'.
We didn't get the project, but it was a nice change to work on something more dark and serious, compare to our usual light-hearted designs.
I worked with two talented artists, Steve Eat & Alex Rico, who did such amazing jobs!
It was disappointing that we didn't get to showcase these wonderful artwork to the public...
So here they are!

Art director: Soyeon Kim
Designer/Layout Artist/Illustrator: Steve Eat & Alex Rico

Design/Layout/Illustration by Steve Eat

Design/Layout/Illustration by Alex Rico

Soyeon's films at the Poppy Jasper Film Festival

'Father and Sister' and 'Transparent Movement' have been selected for the Poppy Jasper Film Festival (Nov. 12-14, Morgan Hill, California)

I am very honored to announce that 'Father and Sister' was chosen as the Top 10 films of the Festival, by Morgan Hill Times.  Here is the excerpt from the article:

"Father and Sister: Soyeon Kim's creative media film tells an O'Henry story using very basic but beautifully drawn animation. This 5-minute stained-glass window gem considers how a series of coincidences inside a church leads two religious people to find romance. "

To read the full article, click Morgan Hill Times.

Soyeon Kim interview with psd tuts+

Here is the part 2 of the Yellowshed interview with Michelle Krasniak for psd tuts+
with a title, 'Soyeon Kim: Organic Designs, Handcrafted Motion'
Part 1 is with 'Todd Hemker: Art in Motion'

It was such an honor to have this wonderful opportunity.

American Greetings Interactive

Here is a design sample I made for the American Greetings: I-pad App.

YELLOWSHED's commercials 'Noodle' & 'Family' selected for the Animation Festivals in Europe

Two commercials for MCL Restaurant & Bakery have been selected at the Animation Festivals in Europe.  More news to come!

Screenings:

Holland Animation Festival (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Bradford Animation Festival (Bradford, United Kingdom)

Cinanima (Esphino, Portugal)

AniFest (Teplice, Czech Republic)

Seoul Int’l Animation Festival (Seoul, Korea)

Citrus Cel Animation Festival (Jacksonville, FL, US)

Krok Animation Festival (Moscow, Russia / Kiev, Ukraine)

Anima Mundi (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Anim’est (Bucharest, Romania)

Cartoons on the Bay (Roma, Italy) -Nominated for the ‘Pulcinella Awards’

For more production information, visit YELLOWSHED blog

'Family'

'Noodle'

Additional spec design for the commercial pitch

Art Direction by Soyeon Kim

Illustration by Soyeon Kim & Steve Eat

Style frames for the commercial pitch (Spec Work)

Art Direction by Soyeon Kim

Illustration by Soyeon Kim & Steve Eat

Father and Sister Won Another Award!

Father and Sister won another award: Golden Reel Award at the Nevada Film Festival!

Soyeon's films are available for sale at IndieFlix!

Soyeon's 4 independent films are available for sale at IndieFlix!

Here is the link: http://www.indieflix.com/search/?q=soyeon+kim

'Father and Sister' Won an Award!

Father and Sister won 'Best Animation Award' from Jersey Shore Film Festival that was held in New Jersey from July 8th to 18th

Father and Sister: list of screenings

Award
Best Animation, Jersey Shore Film Festival
Honorable mention, The 58th Columbus Int'l Film + Video Festival 
Golden Reel Award, Nevada Film Festival

Nominated for 'Best Animation' Award, Tallahassee Film Festival

Nominated for the 'Best Animation' Award, Directors Circle Festival of Shorts

2010

Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, MI, US) Feb. 19-28

Beverly Hills Short Film Festival (Beverly Hills, US) Mar. 18-21

Tiburon Int’l Film Festival (Tiburon, CA, US) Mar. 18-26

Edgemar Short Film Festival (Santa Monica, CA, US) Mar. 26-28

FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood Online Contest (LA, CA, US) Apr. 7-May 19

Tallahassee Film Festival (Tallahassee, FL, US) Apr. 8-11

Citrus Cel Animation Festival (Jacksonville, FL, US) Apr. 9-11

Humboldt Film Festival (Arcata, CA, US) Apr. 18-24

Memphis Int'l Film Fest (Memphis, TN, US) Apr. 22-25

Palm Beach Int'l Film Festival (Palm Beach, FL, US) Apr. 22-26

East Carolina Film Festival (Greenville, NC, US) Apr. 24-30

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival (LA, CA, US) Apr. 29-May 8

South Bend Film Festival (South Bend, IN, US) Apr. 30-May 1

Connecticut Film Festival (Danbury, CT, US) May 4-9

Talking Pictures Festival (Evanston, IL, US) May 7-9

Tupelo Film Festival (Tupelo, MS, US) May 13-15

Twin Rivers Media Festival (Asheville, NC, US) May 28-30

Artfest Film Festival (Harrisburg, PA, US) May 28-31

Ohio Independent Film Festival (Cleveland, OH, US) Jun. 1-4

New Hope Film Festival (New Hope, PA, US) Jun. 21-27

Nickel Independent Film Festival (St. John's, Canada) Jun. 22-26

Jersey Shore Film Festival (Deal, NJ, US) Jun. 27-Jul. 18

Long Island Int'l Film Expo (Long Island, NY, US) Jul. 9-18

Gallery of Animation (Long Beach, CA, US) Jul. 15

Asian American Int'l Film Festival (NY, NY, US) Jul 15-24

Okanagan Int'l Film Festival (Kelowna, BC, Canada) Jul. 21-25

Woods Hole Film Festival (Woods Hole, MA, US) Jul. 31-Aug 7

Sacramento Film and Music Festival (Sacramento, CA, US) Aug. 6-15

Washougal Int'l Film Festival (Washougal, WA, US) Aug. 11-15

Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, IA, US) Aug. 26-29

Central Florida Film Festival (Orlando, FL, US) Sep. 3-6 
Rome Int'l Film Festival (Rome, GA, US) Sep. 10-11
Twini Mini Film Festival (Twinsburg, OH, US) Sep. 14
Maelstrom Int'l Fantastic Film Festival (Seattle, WA, US) Sep. 17-19
Commffest Community Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) Sep. 22-27
Great Lakes Int'l Film Festival (Erie, PA, US) Sep. 22-29
SoCal Independent Film Festival (Huntington Beach, CA, US) Sep. 26-Oct. 3
FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia Online Contest (Philadelphia, PA, US) Sep.-Oct.
San Diego Int'l Film Festival (San Diego, CA, US) Sep. 29- Oct. 3
Indie Ani-Fest (Seoul, Korea) Sep. 30-Oct. 5
GIAA Festival of Short Films & Videos (Manhattan, NY, US) Oct. 1-3
Kansas Int'l Film Festival (Overland Park, KS, US) Oct. 1-7
Eugene Int'l Film Festival (Eugene, OR, US) Oct. 7-10
Tacoma Film Festival (Tacoma, WA, US) Oct. 7-14
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival (Washington D.C, US) Oct. 7-16
New Orleans Film Festival (New Orleans, LA, US) Oct. 14-21
Santa Fe International Film Festival (Santa Fe, NM, US) Oct. 19-24
Hollywood Film Festival (Beverly Hills, CA, US) Oct. 22-25
Tindirindis International Animation Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania) Oct. 25-31
Directors Circle Festival of Shorts (Erie, PA, US) Nov. 8-12
Poppy Jasper Film Festival (Morgan Hill, CA, US) Nov. 12-14
Columbus Int'l Film + Video Festival (Columbus, OH, US) Nov. 16-21
Istanbul Animation Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) Dec. 16-19
2011
Animacall (Thessaloniki, Greece) Mar. 30-May 1
Animabasauri 7 Animabasque (Bilbao, Spain) Apr. 1-7
San Francisco International Women's Film Festival Online (San Francisco, CA, US) Apr. 6-10
Herning Int'l Short Film Festival (Herning, Denmark) May 13
Seoul Int'l Cartoon and Animation Festival (Seoul, Korea) Jul. 20-24
Hyart Film Festival (Lovell, WY, US) Aug. 11-13
Mumia-Underground World Animation Festival (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Sep. 7-30
2012
The Columbus International Film and Video Festival "Greatest Hits" (Columbus, Ohio, US) Feb. 1
Festival Cine B (Chile) Nov. 23 - 30

'Father and Sister' at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Programmers' picks:

This clever, funny, and endearing animated short is engaging from start to finish. It goes to show that the convent isn't entirely "dead."

'Where There Here' at Comic-Con 2010

A sand animation, 'Where There Here' at Comic-Con 2010!

'Transparent Movement' won the Best Experimental Film Award at the Connecticut Film Festival

'Transparent Movement' won the Best Experimental Film award at the Connecticut Film Festival!

'Father and Sister' at New Hope Film Festival

Here is the promo article about the 'Father and Sister'
from New Hope Film Festival.

'Father and Sister': Characters

Here are some sample design sketches & parts for the characters.

Nun character Turn-Around sheet

Nun puppet chart 1

 Nun puppet chart 2

  Nun clothes parts

Character parts & replacements

'Father and Sister': Background 2-Church Entry Door

Here are samples of the layout sketch, background artwork, and replacements for the door of the Church Entry Door shot along with the final composite still image from the movie.

Layout sketch

Background artwork

Door replacement parts

Final composite shot

'Father and Sister': Background 1-Inside the Church

  Layout sketch

Background design

 Final composite shot

a short animated film, 'Father and Sister'

Back in 1999, I started to work on a short film with cut-out animation technique using actual paper puppets and parts. I had done more experimental films before, so my idea for this film was... something that I hadn't tried before: a comic cartoon. It was a fun process, yet operating the 16mm Oxberry camera for the first time, while moving hundreds of little paper pieces under the camera... was not that easy. I made some 16mm raw footage, and called it 'good enough for the experience'. Then I packed all these paper parts inside of a shoe box.

Years later, I found a dusty old shoe box at the corner of the closet. Inside, there were abandoned old puppets and artwork that never got to be shown. So I decided to give them another chance to see the world. I tried to keep the original idea based on 10 year old storyboards and plans (which ended up making things more difficult..., because in most of cases... I would have done things differently now.) I did change the the film process to digital, though: I scanned all the original paper parts, cleaned them up in Photoshop, then re-composited them in After Effects.

It was my side project for the last several years, whenever I had spare time outside of studio projects and teaching : sometimes a few weeks a year, and if I got lucky...a few more weeks.

Since the fall of 1999... carrying 1999's idea, design, storyboards through... its 2010 completion date... many many many days have passed by.

And finally, the film starts to be screened to the public through the film festival circuit.

Thanks to my crew, Amanda Nelson & Aaron Dabelow, my former students, who assisted me with the animation, and Spencer Dorn, who made the wonderful music for the film. And special thanks to my partner Todd Hemker, who help me with animation, compositing and editing as well as the support throughout this long... process.

Link to imdb

Link to the List of screenings