Film Projects | Jessica Gallaher

Over the Garden Wall Reanimated

Personal Project

2019

I participated in a reanimate project to celebrate OTGW's 5th anniversary. We took on three shots using a mix of 2D animation in TVPaint and live sets made from felt and cut paper.

Roles: Animation and Compositing

Shannon Parayil: background design/painting

Maria Paz Muñoz Balharry: crafted the live set

Flap

Senior Film - DigiPen Institute of Technology

2017 - 2019

A 3 minute short film about a 10 year old girl named Harper who 'flaps'. Flapping is a self-stimulatory (stimming) behavior used by individuals who need extra sensory input. Harper twitches and moves her hands so that her imagination can come to life. In this story, Harper learns for the first time that diverging behavior is not accepted by society.

You can follow this film's development on our Facebook page or through our Youtube!

Roles: Director, Story Artist, Animator, Lead Character Designer, VFX Artist

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Madhu 2D Turnaround

2D Turnarounds of Flap characters. My teammate Shannon Parayil and I worked on these as part of preproduction in order to get a better idea of our character's forms. It was also a great way to test how our designs might work at any angle. I key animated the poses and did the color/effects.

Richard 2D Turnaround

2D Turnarounds of Flap characters. My teammate Shannon Parayil and I worked on these as part of preproduction in order to get a better idea of our character's forms. It was also a great way to test how our designs might work at any angle. I key animated the poses and did the color/effects.

Harper 2D Turnaround

2D Turnarounds of Flap characters. My teammate Shannon Parayil and I worked on these as part of preproduction in order to get a better idea of our character's forms. It was also a great way to test how our designs might work at any angle. I key animated the poses and did the color/effects.

Richard Style Guide

I made an animated example of one of the characters to show the team how each of us draws him slightly differently and give everyone a guideline for how to draw him so we could unify our styles.

Car 3D Model

I 3D modeled the car from our film in order to help guide the layout and board artists. The layout artist used this model to double check perspective and push camera angles to enhance the story.

Chair 3D Model

Here is the chair, pulled out from the scene. I 3D modeled the car from our film in order to help guide the layout and board artists. The layout artist used these models to double check perspective and push camera angles to enhance the story.

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Snakes

This contest is held yearly for matriculated college students in art/animation programs. In 24 hours, teams of 5 are tasked with creating a 30 second short film based on a theme. All art, story, assets, sound, etc. must be created within the 24 hours.

2018's theme: "Depict a strong point of view educating your audience about the need to have empathy. Animate an experience that will help convey to the audience what it is really like to speak your truth." Of 2018's 219 entries, our short placed 45th.

Roles: Story Artist, Lead Animator, Character Designer

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2018 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students

October 5th-6th, 2018

How the Cookie Crumbles

Sophomore Film - DigiPen Institute of Technology

2016-2017

Two mischievous twins will do anything to get their hands on the cookie jar on top of the fridge.

Roles: Director, Lead Story Artist, Lead Animator, Character Designer

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