Descendants by binary alchemy

"Descendants" is a 14 minute animated short about the wish of attaining the unattainable and about the fact that something good can evolve from something evil.

The two main characters are flowers (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Christy Scott Cashman) who grow on the edge of a clearing next to one another.
One is old and jaded by a mysterious history - the other one still young, vivid and curious. Destiny has brought these two together and it seems as if they would exist without possibility for change, until one day a visitor to the clearing brings something unexpected to their lives.

This short film started as a diploma project by Heiko van der Scherm and Holger Schoenberger at the Institute of Animation (part of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg).

credits:

3D Core Team:
Heiko van der Scherm: Writer, Director, Design, Modelling |  vanderscherm.com
Bernhard Haux: Character TD flower main actors | characteranimator.com
Goro Fujita: Supervising Animator |  area-56.de
Felix Graf: Animator | normalart.de
Holger Schönberger: Pipeline, Shading, Lighting, Compositing  |  BinaryAlchemy.de


Details:
Length: 14 minutes
Format: Small HD, 2:35/1
Production Time Frame: (First script to final film):  3 Years
Work time: Full time, 6 days a week | 1,5 Years per core person