Danmarks Designskole – Production Design 2009
Graduation project / Afgangsprojekt
The Night Cap – design and animation of a short film
Description of the project
The project was to bring a little known Icelandic ghost tale to a broader audience. We wanted to adapt the story into an animated film. The story is told without words, entirely through actions, gestures and sound-scape.
The animation is based on the tradition of 2D cut-out animation and consists of mixed media.
The project is a collaboration between Guðjon Bragi Stefánsson and Edda Rós Jónsdóttir. We designed, directed and animated a short film of 6 minutes of length. The sound-scape for the film was created by Martin Juel Dirkov and Reda El-Kheloufi.
Pitch of the ghost tale
A boy is dressing up as a ghost to scare a girl. The girl wants to get back at him by stealing his white night cap. She take a white cap that turns out to belong to a real ghost. She returns it in a disrespectful manner and the ghost kills her. The boy learns the lesson that he shouldn’t scare people ever again.
Fields of interest / Interesseområder
Ideas and concept-development
Graphic design and illustration
Motion graphics and animation
Film, photography, art and advertising
Contact
Gudjon Bragi Stefansson
Frejasgade 15, 1 TH
2200 København N
M: + 45 2633 5274
E: guggizh@gmail.com
CV
Education / Uddannelse
2007 – 2009 Danmarks Designskole, Overbygning
1999 – 2003 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Bachelor degree in graphic design
1998 – 1999 Reykjavik Technical College, Department of design
1994 – 1998 Egilsstadir Junior College
Skills / Kompetencer
Design and form
User-analysis
Ideas and concept-development
Art direction
Visual communication for print and animation
Project-management and co-ordination
Marketing and branding
Story-boarding
Graphic- , photo- and animation programs
Work / Joberfaring
2003 – 2009 Independent free lance designer
2005 – 2007 Amiado AG, internet company in Zürich, Art director
2003 – 2005 Hvita husid advertising agency, Art director and graphic designer
Other / Andet
2004 Does advertising matter? Open lecture on advertising for Printmaker Educationalcenter
2003 Skriduklaustur, Cultural Museum, Curator and Exhibition Designer, Folkloristic Exhibition on Icelandic Elves
2003 Iceland Academy of the Arts graduation exhibition, Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús
Language / Sprog
Icelandic, English, Danish and limited German
