Interview with animator Anik Roy
Welcome Anik, we are very excited to have you today and discuss about your work. So who is Anik Roy ?
I started my career as Animation and VFX artist,as an artist I love to view and explore on natural human behavior face and deal during all type of situations, the passion was from childhood to explore the animated character and their worlds,how it express their emotions visually.
Can you tell us about your previous animating work?
This is my first independent animated short,previously I worked on a Series on Netflix “ENTERGALACTIC” 2022 at DNEG INDIA as Final Layout Artist. It was very exciting and fun working on this stylized look project,the good supportive team members and good Supervision helped maintaining good productivity and moral among the team. Worked on other various series,movies and commercials
CONVERSATION ABOUT: OUT OF THE BOX
Talk to us about your films ? How were they created ? Any inspirations ?
Films are an intrinsic part of our lives as they impact us, influence us and shape our perspective. Idea naturally first came to mind, observing living being nature and characteristics of trying to solve and fight out problems on regular basis Inspirations came from a daily problems everyone faces and how it is solved.
Are you self taught at animating ?
Did my course of 2d/3d Animation/VFX in 2006 from a animation institute “Webel Animation Academy”in Kolkata after that I am working on Production on many animated and live cinematic movies with VFX.
How was the art style of OUT OF THE BOX selected and what does it provide to the experience ?
To do something new, always require self-motivation . I always watch movies of the great film makers like Satyajit Ray,Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas , James Cameron,Quentin Tarantino .Theirs movies always give me a boost . and I am from Kolkata West Bengal, the eastern state of India which is culturally very rich. This inspired me the most to try something new style to make it more stylized than usual to catch eyes.
What is the target audience of your project ?
For a particular niche .Target audience is for all, everyone face many sort of issues in daily life,main aim is how they deal with it.
FUTURE WORK AND CLOSING LETTER
What is the message the audience should convey leaving the screening of your film ?
“Never give up” on any situations you are stuck ,try to solve it……
Did you and your team face any difficulties while shooting your project ?
Main issue we were facing like presenting it to audience the story in stylized form, it potentially interrupt an audience's attention.
Any future projects incoming ? Along with personal aspirations.
There is something cooking in my mind , when it will be ready everyone can smell it. Personal aspirations will target on daily faced situations by everyone
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