Raven (Short Animation)

An unanimated girl coming alive with the feather magic and meets the shadow boy formed by raven feathers. The conflicting part of the story depicts the shadow boy sacrifices himself to prevent the girl from being attacked by the dark force, which awakens the inner power of the girl to fight against the force. Fighting with an ambition and efforts in order to save the boy, the girl sacrifices herself and disappears along with the dark force, transforming into a raven in the end. The shadow boy comes back to life, washing the shadow off from himself and becoming a real person. After realising it is the girl who saves him, he eventually uses the raven feather magic to also turn himself into a raven to reunite with the girl who also a raven. The story is conveyed in four phases: birth, conflicts, death, and reincarnation, summarising the circle of life of the two characters. The making of the film involves animation, real-life filming, video producing and editing, and soundtrack development. The frequency of the film is 24fps hand-drawn on digital. A short animation written and directed by Jimmy Mansuo Zhang.