While creating this poetic graduation film at university in Japan, Tasuku Nakagawa could not have known how perfectly his surreal and ambitious full-CG work would reflect the current COVID-19 crisis when released this month.

Nakagawa’s solitary character, self-assembled from fallen candy tins, offers a literally bittersweet metaphor for modern loneliness as it wanders a deserted city.

The music, based on Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D, was also handled by the director.

Watch the breakdown below:
 

 

Director/animator: Tasuku Nakagawa
Post/Edit: Tasuku Nakagawa
Music: Tasuku Nakagawa

Toolkit: Maya, CINEMA 4D, blender, Redshift, Megascans Mixer/Bridge, Substance Painter, Photoshop, After Effects, Audition, LogicProX