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3D Animation

3D Animation

The Colleano Heart

The Colleano Heart

The Colleano Heart

/// Overview

/// Overview

For the feature documentary The Colleano Heart, we created all the animated graphics, turning dense historical material into an intimate, cinematic visual language that supports the film's personal story from start to finish.

For the feature documentary The Colleano Heart, we created all the animated graphics, turning dense historical material into an intimate, cinematic visual language that supports the film's personal story from start to finish.

// General Information
Role
Archival GFX Collaborator & Scrapbook Sequence Artist
Duration
2025
Software
Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Cinema 4D
Credits
Studio: Lafinka.tvThanks to: Andrés Gomez Isaza (Project leader), Ginna Plazas (Creative Producer), David Osorio (animator), Alejandro Bolaños (Animator), Steven Restrepo (Animator), Andrés Huertas (Animator), Alejandro Londoño (animator)Client: Documentary Australia FoundationProduction Company: WildBear EntertainmentDirector: Pauline ClagueProducers: Bettina Dalton p.g.a., Kate Pappas

/// The Challenge

/// The Challenge

We had to animate hundreds of fragile archival photos, letters and historical footage so they felt alive and respectful, while keeping the texture and wear of the original objects, all on a tight documentary schedule.
We had to animate hundreds of fragile archival photos, letters and historical footage so they felt alive and respectful, while keeping the texture and wear of the original objects, all on a tight documentary schedule.
We had to animate hundreds of fragile archival photos, letters and historical footage so they felt alive and respectful, while keeping the texture and wear of the original objects, all on a tight documentary schedule.

/// The Solution

/// The Solution

We created a scrapbook look with aged paper, tape, subtle parallax, handwritten elements and carefully timed reveals that turn still images into story moments. Mixing 2D and 3D kept each sequence handcrafted and personal while fitting naturally with the interviews and archival film.
We created a scrapbook look with aged paper, tape, subtle parallax, handwritten elements and carefully timed reveals that turn still images into story moments. Mixing 2D and 3D kept each sequence handcrafted and personal while fitting naturally with the interviews and archival film.
We created a scrapbook look with aged paper, tape, subtle parallax, handwritten elements and carefully timed reveals that turn still images into story moments. Mixing 2D and 3D kept each sequence handcrafted and personal while fitting naturally with the interviews and archival film.