The Temple of Knowledge is a short film for Story Corps and animated by Ace and Son Moving Picture Company. I had the pleasure of being invited to design and paint the backgrounds that appear in the film. Here are a collection of layouts with character placements that I painted for the film.
These are the character designs of the two main character's, Ron (the boy) and Ray (his father).
full credits
Directed by: Richard O’Connor
Executive Producer: Dave Isay
Producers: Rachel Hartman & Shelley Gorelik
Audio Produced by: Liyna Anwar
Supervising Sound Recordist: Naomi Blech
Animation by: Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC
Design: Keenon Ferrell
Animators: Pilar Newton & Taisiya Zaratskaya
Art Production: Ash Syzmanik, Natalie Greene, & Morgan Miller
Original Music: Joshua Abrams
Music Performed by: Joshua Abrams, Hamid Drake, Marquis Hill, Emmett Kelly, & Adam Thornburg
Music Mixed by: Joshua Abrams & Neil Strauch
Special Thanks: Ronald Clark & Jamilah Clark
