Summer Leaves - Calarts thesis film
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- My thesis film at Calarts! Thanks for watching :)
Voice actors:
Leo - Emily Gin emilygin.com/
Kai - Rita Chen / pendragonfruit
Kai's Mom - Erica Malachowski www.ericamalachowski.com/
Kai's Dad - Andrew Mouet andrewmouet.com/
Sound:
Music - Johnny Knittle johnnyrk.com/linkinbio
Sound Design - Mashaal Hussain / @mashaal-hussain
I've been waiting for this work since last year. I’m 55 y.o. old man. But I can't stop crying as I remember myself 40 years ago. Thank you and Congratulations on your graduation!
awwww. :)
This made me really happy for some reason
The art look so cute but why do I fear it's going to end up being sad?
THE END PART AAAAAA OMG
ThIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR SHARING ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL FILM!!
The biggest compliment I have to give is that you're amazing at creating atmosphere with colours, and you know just the right ones to use for lighting.
This broke my heart into tiny pieces and then proceeded to duct tape it back together again. (This animation is amazing the colors are so vibrant like a childhood memory❤)
Soooo beautiful
I've been waiting for this, and boy was it worth it! This is amazing! The story, the animation, the music, the voice acting are all so well done, and Kai and Leo's dynamic is so wholesome and adorable! I especially loved that little teaser at the end! Giving us assurance that they reunite when they're older! I would absolutely love to see more of these two!
Can't believe it's the same two from your other film! It's a bit nostalgic seeing Kai and Leo again after all this time, it feels like growing up with them a bit xD Glad to see they're still in each other's lives, no matter what.
This captures such a real and intense feeling that I personally and probably many others have felt. The ending, to me, somehow adds a dimension of time to it as well - as intense as it feels, to be separated from a friend by distance, especially for the first time, it can also be such a fleeting fear as the friendship grows into something that even geography can't shake. This was both heartbreaking and healing to watch, thank you for sharing
OH MY GOSHHHHHH THE LAST TWO SHOTS PLEASEEE OH MY GOSH LOOK AT THE BABIES ALL GROWN UP i've fallen in love with these characters. and this art feels like a warm summer afternoon in childhood, so so extremely strongly. and i'm just obsessed. such a great job. such incredible work.
I remember watching Summer Roads and loving the plot and art style, so when I saw this was a continuation of those characters and their story I was so excited to watch this!
Amazing work once again!!!!
This feels like ghibli and vewn + a little smth extra. I adore it!
The continuation of summer roads is so fun!! and they stayed friends as they grew up!!! Congrats on your thesis! And thanks for sharing it with us!
i remember seeing summer roads a couple years ago and was delighted to see a sequel! beautiful work, i love the nuance and beauty of it!
AHHH The progress from Summer Roads!!
This is AWESOME!!!! I KNEW staying subscribed was a good idea 🤩
Congrats on graduating!!!! 👏👏💃🥳🎉
Beautiful work ❤. I love the little beat at the end. An acquaintance once told me “adult friendships are so hard to navigate.” And it’s so true. That’s why I don’t have any. But I loved this short film.
My best friend moved away when the summer before 6th grade and this made me think of her, I hope she's doing well
AHH!! i knew i recognized these two!!! such a sweet film, one of my favorites this year. keep at it man!
This is so heartwarming. The whole animation smells like summer. It's gorgeous. Thank you for making this and sharing it. Have a wonderful day.
This feels like weaponized whimsy (im using whimsy instead of childhood because i believe these emotions can happen at any age and im not using nostalgia cuz nostolgia is a bi-product of your memory making the past seem better than what it really was like.)
The background music is calm
The colours feel pure
The relationship between the characters is so close
This feels like the anti-thesis of stressful, polluted shallow-bonds life.
This feels like the idealisation people think back to with nostolgia
That investment of course then leads to the audience being invested in the climax
The only thing i can comment on about the climax is that im interested in how it wasnt a problem that had to be solved, it waa a problem that had to be endured. And thus we were see these characters lives change. We were seeimg these characters gtown and live their lives
OMG HIIII
IS SO CUTE THW ANIMATION ILOOVEEE
MAN IM CRYING WITH THE END 😭😭😭
this reminds me of My Neighbour Totoro for some reason, :> the artstyle is so cute and the backgrounds are so gooddddd
i never expected one of my favourite UA-cam animations to get a sequel, I've literally used the first one as animation/stylistic reference in my digi arts class
何年も待ってました、とても嬉しいです🎀
Definitely not crying right now… this was so beautiful ! thank you for creating it you are an amazing artist and creator in general
Im 26 years old and i usually dont get emotional over fictional stuff but as someone who moved around alot growing up due to my parents job and losing many friends because of it this made me cry. Beautiful work, thank you for creating this.
this is so special. ur an amazing storyteller and i’ve enjoyed all ur animations of these two throughout the years! congrats on graduating and i hope u will continue to share what u will make next :]
What a wonderful film. Thank you for sharing and reminding everybody how important friendship is.
Gosh I wanted soooo much this continuation! Thank you! The animation is so cute and the characters too! ❤❤
surprisingly managed to pop up in my feed again!! i really love the story and relationship between the two, and the art makes my heart feel so light and warm
We all have been waiting for this and Im really happy. I love your work so much. I hope Leo's and Kai's story will continue with all the emotions. You worked hard, and every single person who worked on this. Was worth waiting, thank youu💗💗
Never thought to see a continuation, it was incredible especially the bike animation and the feeling of everything 💞 such a good story
I love your films! They are so sweet and a little sad. Looking forward to their next meeting! Thank you for your hard work. ❤
Hell yes! I love your animations, and I'm so glad to see the continuation of their story ^^ this is beautiful
THESE ARE SO PEACEFUL AND CALMING AND SUMMERY I LOVE IT
Bro I’m literally crying 😭😭 everything is amazing the art style the story EVERYTHING !!!!
I’ve been waiting for this for so long!!! Congrats on getting it done and graduating!
this was so beautiful and the emotion conveyed through the story was incredible! it has such a ghibli esque feel to it that is really comforting. great work!
the sweeties-
great short film! I can feel the life and love poured into it. Congrats!
Man, this hits so hard in the feels, especially now as the weather warms and summer nears. The background scenes were so pretty! I can see how much love was put into it. It really takes me back to the summers in the early 2000s when our main sources of entertainment were reading books and playing outside LOL. I started thinking about my friends who I used to play with in my neighborhood before I moved away in elementary school-some of whom I’ve been able to reunite with and some of whom I don’t think I’ll ever see again-and I lowkey started tearing up thinking about how quickly time’s flown and things have changed, haha.
I loved the attention to detail and symbolism in here so much too! The sound design was so good!! Like especially the sounds of nature and the clanking of their footsteps as they climbed the plane. I noticed that the plane was the same as the one Leo had as a toy in one of your prior short films too! That was such a cute callback, haha.
I’m so glad I finally got around to watching your film after work today. 🥲 THE WORLD IS SO MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL WITH YOUR ART IN IT. 😭 I’M SO PROUD OF YOU, TIFFANY!! CONGRATS ON GRADUATING!!! ❤️
such a genius title and touching film. god i wish i were a kid again, and you captured this perfectly :')
I hope your thesis went well. I love your animations and stories, and I love your characters so much.
I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. (Write through a translator so excuse me)This animation describes so well the feelings that were happening to me and my friend. We didn't want to end our friendship, it was just very painful to leave. She moved to a new house, and at school I didn’t communicate with anyone except her. It was very painful. And she was not very accepted at the new school. However, we still talked. Now it’s so strange to understand that those It’s as if the memories aren’t mine at all. But they are still dear to me. Now I see my friend very rarely, I remember not seeing each other for half a year , but we met on my birthday in December. Then in January on hers. And literally in two days we want to go to the cinema)To be together longer I have to stay overnight, but this is even more fun. I really appreciate it.
Я правда очень люблю свою подругу, и даже насколько бы долго мы не общались и не виделись я все еще чувствую её как свой дом.
Я считаю это и есть настоящая дружба, когда вы оба понимаете ценность друг друга вам даже не нужно видется постоянно.
Я встретила много и лругих людей, но она все еще самая крутая :)
Даже если у нас с ней разные интересы мы все еще можем обсуждать все на свете, в то время как с лбдьми с одниковыми интересами иногда и не клеется разговор. В плаге прсото ну не то
Such an elegant and simplistic work! I really like the colours and framing here, and it's also cool how you accented Kai's loneliness and isolation with the spaces where they ran and laughed, now being empty
And the story is nice too, im surprised but it actually brought a tear to my eye, in such a short time
Great animated movie!
i just found your channel today and you're already one of my favorite artist ever. i've fallen in love with these characters and the cozy feeling of your animations ( i watched this one today and immediately went to watch your other videos). you're way of storytelling has captured my heart. this has made my day, truly it has.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!! how can you make someone so attached to characters in literally 7 minutes?!
Ughh such a beautiful work🩷🩷
I could almost feel the wind and the rain.
More from these two! I love your films. This is truly beautiful. Thank you for making this.
I would watch every episode of this if it were a tv show, you never disappoint
I just found this… I never knew I needed this film. I’m writing this in tears with how heartfelt this is😭😭😭
Live laugh love Summer leaves. I'm so glad there's another one of these films!
it's a beautiful animation that I can't describe in words!! im gonna cry😭
This is amazing!! I LOVE IT!! It gives me ghibli studio vibesss!!!
Amazing work! Absolutely loved it!!!
i teared up big time while watching this, wow. ive only been the one to move away, so i havent experienced something like this, but i can still feel how heartbreaking a friendship can get in situations like that. im so glad they reuinted!!! good endings make the world spin 😭💗💗💗
Thank you for this magnificent story.
it broke me and healed me up again. I loved this.
Im crying… beautiful art n animation ❤
My heart can’t handle so much 😭😭😭💖💖💖
Your work is incredible absolute Genius 🪷
i knew this was something familiar from the first film, two kids on a bus and goes on adventures together. Im so glad we get to see more of them. Love this story and the animation ❤
this animation is amazing !!! kai and leo r really cool and i love the feeling this animation has, their bond reminds me a lot of me and my best friend, and it’s a little funny, considering how me n her r also both gonna be in the same class (however none of us r moving thankfully lol) ahah, anyways, congrats on ur graduation !!! good luck on future endeavors !!!
Thank you for creating this world :') ❤️
This needs to be a whole movie
Absolutely lovely!
The ending made me cry 🥹 this was so beautiful!
i absolutely adore your animations!!! and the characters are so cute!!!😭
AHHH IM SO HAPPY IM SO HAPPY IBE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW KAI AND LEO VIDEO 🩷 THANK YOU
this got me emotional i lost many friends due to me moving around lots growing up, the art was beautiful as well as the story got me in tears
God I just love Kai and leoooo your animations of them are so cuteee 😭😭😭😭
The lines were delivered so good
I love love love love it.
I loved everything.
This video feels like childhood, I love it
Dude this is awesome I ❤ seeing animation like this 🎉🎉
OMG I REALLY CRIED, THIS IS SO PRETTY
Wow the lights in your animation are so cool🔥🔥🔥🔥
i love this typa arts 🤍
IMMA IN LOV SO MUCH W THIS ANIMMATION ITS IS JUST SSOOOOO STTUNNING AND MADEDSME RAAHHHH, i js knowdf abt it some minutes ago n i see all the little chaps, i thnk i can wait a (DONT MAKE US WAIT TO MUNCH IM PRAYIN YOU.) some years 4 this cuties and view the result of ittT I JUST KNOW IT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE SO FREKIN COOL IN MUST SOME YEARS. I BET IT.
AAAHHHH WAITING FOR A NEW VIDEO FOR SO LONG!! YAYY
THIS IS SO CUTE AND ATMOSPHERIC
Such a beautiful film , it makes me wish I could experience this type of friendship :,)
I can't describe how many feelings I felt watching this. It felt like I was there 🥺
ITS BACK?!!? THANK YOU
Большое спасибо за такую замечательную историю!
mt lindo, fico feliz que saiu finalmente do cartiveiro
Excellent! ❤
STOPP IM SOBBING. I got to 2 minutes and was like “this is pretty happy” then realized there was 5 minutes left still lmao. Knew it couldn’t stay happy 😭. My hearts in shambles. I love this 💖💖💖💖💖
Been looking forward to this more than the next Marvel movie, lol.
the ending!!! this was worth the wait :)
that's so good. it's like a nice but bittersweet memory...
my heart 😢
a very very sweet sequel
Why does this give me studio ghibli vibes, it’s amazing, I love it! 🤍🤍
OMG I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS
its giving ghibli i love this so much this is so good 🥺
It was great!
Keep going on!
This is amazing 🙌loved it
this is so beautiful ❤️❤️
I first saw this while I was making pancakes yesterday and I just wanted to say what went through my mind while watching this:
The script reminds me so much of how the dialogue of Ghibli goes in their films, subtle but meaningful. Then there’s the way you do your colors, it feels like the sun rays shining down on nature. Then there’s the background, it somewhat reminds me of Steven Universe too, especially the clouds.
Everything feels nostalgic and warm, you made such a beautiful work!! I wish i live in a world like that huhu Hope this gets more attention🌷
it feels nice seeing these two again :) theyre really sweet together
(and if im not wrong i think in the animation belong, its meant to be referencing the plane that is shown in this video!)
This is so cute!! Glad it has a happy end
this changed the trajectory of my life yoh will be my inspiratio forever ritualistic cleansing my soul thank you