Concept
"When the Last Manggis Falls" is animated drama that deals with themes of cultural identity, fantasy, grief, and nostalgia. Using color, texture, metaphors, and cultural patterns, this title sequence sets the tone of the film for its target audience of families and young adults.
Plot
Process
Mood Board
Guidelines
Final
"When the Last Manggis Falls" highlights culture and the passage of time through the batik patterns and metaphors of nature throughout the title sequence's duration. Following the growth of the manggis or mangosteen fruit, the title sequence alludes to the challenges that will be faced by Kirana Gregory as she enters adulthood while assimilating to the home land of her mother and the past that she left behind.
Project Learnings
This title sequence allowed me to dive deep into the capabilities of After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Procreate. Facing technical issues of my own computer, I had to problem solve for how to be efficient in the program's processing power by utilizing pre-comps and keeping my files organized.
"When the Last Manggis Falls" is a project that is particularly dear to me due to its ties to some of my earliest memories in Bogor, Indonesia. Weaving my Indonesian heritage into the title sequence through pattern, locations, and the language itself has been an extremely gratifying experience.
