"Sing About It" saw a lot of success on the international film festival circuit in 2021 and 2022
One of my favorite parts of rotoscoping is pushing beyond what is real - here's a frame breakdown of when Moira splits into three and then back again
The initial concept thumbnails for the music video
Some select pages from the storyboard
To capture the performances for the rotoscoped portions we utilized Zoom to bring the band together from all over the globe.
Festival Screenings:
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Tokyo Film Awards, Tokyo (Japan)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, MI (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Blackbird Film Festival, Cortland, NY (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Women’s International Film Festival Nigeria (WIFFEN), Abuja (Nigeria)
2022 Sing About It, Official Selection, Close:Up San Francisco Short Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, River Film Festival, Padua (Italy)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SCREAM it off SCREEN Online Film Festival, (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Black and White Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, FLICKFAIR Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, SHINE Online International Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Toronto Independent Animation Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Official Selection, Frostbite International Online Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Awards & Nominations:
2022 Sing About It, Best Music Video, Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
2022 Sing About It, Silver Award for Best Music Video, Tokyo Film Awards, Tokyo (Japan)
2022 Sing About It, Honorable Mention, Rochester International Film Festival (RIFF), Rochester, NY (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Best Film, Black and White Film Festival, Toronto, ON (Canada)
2021 Sing About It, Best Animated Short, Frostbite International Online Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
2021 Sing About It, Honorable Mention Best Animated Music Video, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich (Germany)
CREDITS:
Music Composition by Moira Smiley
Directed and Animated by Christine A Banna
Performance by Moira Smiley, Karla Mundy, Dawn Pemberton, Jake Asaro, and Gregory Fletcher
Colorists Bridget Toner, R. Lee, and Ariel Grubb
Produced by Moira Smiley and David Weber