Title: Timmy Tipton
Date Completed: 2015
Director: Thom Pei Che Lu
Mailing address: 14426 30 ave Surrey, BC, Canada
Cell: 7789685511
Film Title: Timmy Tipton
Duration: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Media: 2.5D Animation
Film genre: Fantasy
Synopsis:
Timmy refuses to play with other children. His parents, the Tiptons, without knowing Timmy’s actual intention, they begin to worry about him. Eventually lead them to desperate measures toward his “autistic behaviours.” Then it was through patient, understanding and love that Timmy begins to open up. Finally the Tiptons begin to discover what is really going on in Timmy’s extraordinary mind.
Formatting:
Screening formats: Quicktime
Frame ratio: 16:9
Frame Rate: 24
Screen resolution: 1080p
Audio: Stereo 48kHz
Film Credits:
Story written by: Thom Pei Che Lu
Story edit: Taseal Ahmed
Director: Thom Pei Che Lu
Narration: Tim Chisholm
Music Composer: Aldon Baker
Sound Design: Aldon Baker
Animation: Thom Pei Che Lu
Biography:
Born on 11 May 1994 in Taipei, Taiwan, and grew up in British Columbia, Canada. Thom studies at Emily Carr University for both 2D and 3D computer animation. He developed a great interest between the two styles and combined their fascination and decided to further develop 2.5D animation. His conceptual aspects cultivated from playful approaches to demonstrate the details within simplicity. His films is uniquely styled and can be recognized by the childlike playful display within his dream-like scenes.
Artistic Statement:
As an artist, I have a long list of what I want to do. For instance, I like writing poems, I enjoy building new stages, sets, and sceneries. And I definitely love to create characters, designing them in a fashion of fantasy with a blend of darkness. At the end, all I wanted was to make my imagination come to live, so I came across to animation, where it is possible. I was first introduced to puppet animation, 2D hand drawn animation, stop motion, then 3D computer animation. Frankly, I had a hard time deciding what to do, what I like most, what best fit me and most important of all, what I am capable of. So I thought to myself, how about creating 2D hand drawn images, designing it like a puppet, and animating it as stop motion within 3D computer space! Though, don’t to get me wrong, the reason why I combined all of those was not because I am an expert in all fields, but really I am just fascinated by all of them and I know one thing for sure, that I have limited resources and skills. Therefore the best I can do is to assemble what I’ve learned within all fields, and “frankenstein” all my skillsets. And I even incorporate my own poem, my favourite character, and my dream-like sets into the picture. But then, there comes the question, how. How to actually execute all of them? I was testing out different ways, styles and visuals, in my head. And I concluded with the idea of a pop-up book animation. At that time, I had no idea how it would work, but I could see it working. Then I met aftereffects, where I was a step closer to my vision. But it seem like I was using it the “wrong way”, or at least that’s not how the others would use aftereffects for; I was animating in a video editing program, which actually turned out amazing.
The reason why I chose to make this film was because it satisfies my long list of what to do by becoming a director, writer, illustrator, animator and a producer. I got to learn more than ever during the production process for each role. And I was really happy to have apply everything I like, I know, and I can into my first short film. Though I had to recognize my strengths and weaknesses, and utilize them at their best to truly present the potential of them that would best showcase my style, skills and ideas.
Lastly, the most ambitious part of this project is probably the concept in which I wanted to create a film that is not necessarily shown at a theatre, or on tv. But a piece that you want to enjoy before bed, something to hold on with before you drift off to a sweet dream.
