The Red Road
Sundance asked us to create a series of animations to tease their scripted drama, The Red Road. To create each film, we loosely interpreted the various well-know Native American tales that each episode was based on. The result is our fun, yet dark take on these classic tales.
EPISODE 1
Arise My Love, Shake off this Dream
EPISODE 2
The Wolf and the Dog
EPISODE 3
The Woman Who Fell From The Sky
EPISODE 4
Bad Weapons
EPISODE 5
The Giant Snake Battle
EPISODE 6
Snaring of the Sun
| Year | 2014 |
| Client | Sundance Channel |
| Studio | Block&Tackle |
| Role | Animator, Designer |
Full Credits
- Creative Directors Adam Gault, Ted Kotsaftis
- Executive Producer Michael Neithardt
- Animation Shixie, Cyrus Cummings, Raymo Ventura, Adam Gault, Ted Kotsaftis
- Design Stefanie Augustine, Kathryn MacNaughton, Jesse Tise, Shixie
- Music & Sound: Larissa Maestro, Raymo Ventura
Making of
The series indulges in six dramatically different styles of illustration and motion design. It was one of the most rewarding challenges I've encountered.
Woman Who Fell (Episode 3) Styleframes
Great Snake Battle (Episode 5) Sketches
Press
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Exclusive: SundanceTV Launches Animated 'The Red Road' Companion Web Series, by Alison Willmore, 2014 - Exclusive: Take a Look At The Second Episode of 'The Red Road' Animated Companion Web Series 'So It Begins', by Alison Willmore, 2014
- Exclusive: Here's The Third Episode of 'The Red Road' Animated Companion Web Series 'So It Begins', by Alison Willmore, 2014
- Exclusive: Check Out the Fifth Episode of 'The Red Road' Animated Companion Web Series 'So It Begins', by Ben Travers, 2014
- Exclusive: Watch the Sixth Episode of 'The Red Road' Animated Companion Web Series 'So It Begins', by Ben Travers, 2014