Beyond The Mist | SVA Animation Short Film

A young Victorian girl hitchhikes onto a black steam train in the middle of the night and unexpectedly discovers that it is filled with monsters! With the train immediately departing from the station, she is forced to make a dash for any means of escape. A SVA BFA Animation Junior Group Film Produced by Advanced Animation Workshop Block D 2024 DIRECTORS Director, Writer Joe Farago Production Coordinator Katie McConkey Art Director Aster Lenhart Animation Director River Lai PRE PRODUCTION Character Design Lead Aster Lenhart Character Design Aster Lenhart River Lai Ghost Kwan Kayla "Weiqi" Huang Location Design Lead Justin Lam Location Design Justin Lam Jingcheng Yao Wanting Zhang Haoyu Ni Joe Farago Prop Design Wanting Zhang Haoyu Ni Katie McConkey Aster Lenhart FX Design Devin Dibianco Mickey Stepanskiy ​Storyboards Piers Widmer Tayo van Beever Color Design Ghost Kwan Cloud Lump Isabel Wager Yardena Stelzer Aster Lenhart PRODUCTION 3D Modeling Joe Farago POST PRODUCTION Score Kasey Tam Cellist Brianna Tam Sound Design Devin Dibianco Compositing Lead Jordan Brafman Compositing Jordan Brafman River Lai Isabel Wager Kasey Tam Joe Farago (uncredited) Editing Jordan Brafman Michelle Mullin Aster Lenhart (uncredited) ​ Title Design Justin Lam Yardena Stelzer Aster Lenhart (uncredited) BG Layout Lead Justin Lam BG Layout Justin Lam Jingcheng Yao Wanting Zhang Haoyu Ni Joe Farago River Lai Michelle Mullin Devin Dibianco BG Paint Lead Tayo van Beever BG Paint Tayo van Beever Aster Lenhart Michelle Mullin ​Ghost Kwan Cloud Lump Kayla “Weiqi” Huang Jingcheng Yao Mickey Stepanskiy Piers Widmer Joe Farago Animation and Clean-Up River Lai Jordan Brafman Devin Dibianco Joe Farago Kayla “Weiqi” Huang Ghost Kwan Justin Lam Aster Lenhart Katie McConkey Michelle Mullin Haoyu Ni Yardena Stelzer Mickey Stepanskiy Kasey Tam Tayo van Beever Isabel Wager Cloud Lump Piers Widmer Jingcheng Yao ​Wanting Zhang Rough Animation Assistance River Lai Joe Farago Aster Lenhart Katie McConkey (uncredited) Clean-Up and Color Assistance Jordan Brafman Joe Farago River Lai Aster Lenhart Yardena Stelzer Special Thanks ​Frank Gresham