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Directing Your Dream

Sofie Lee walks you through her creative process on Dream, her beautiful, abstract animated film.

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Also included in our Team training for 3 or more people.

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Level up your skills on your own timeline. All course materials are available to you 24/7.

4+ Hours

Join Sofie Lee behind the scenes of her short animated film with more than 4 hours of video content.

Advanced

This is an advanced course, ideal for those looking to go to the next level with their skills.

Course Overview

Dream is a stunning visual poem that was written, directed, and designed by Sofie Lee. This film represents the power and effectiveness of using abstraction, visual metaphor, and design to create an unexpected world, convey an emotion, and tell a story. In this Workshop, we explore Sofie's background and experiences, her inspiration behind writing this poem, and later how she translated that into the final storyboards, designs, and direction for this beautiful self-initiated film.

You Get:

4+ Hours of video content

Downloadable project files to follow along

Access to our 24/7 online community

Course syllabus.

Impetus & inspiration

Where do dreams come from? In this section, Sofie discusses her main inspirations for Dream and how she used this project to share her unique perspective.

Crafting the concept

In this video Sofie and Ryan discuss how she brought the idea to visual life via storyboarding and writing.

Solidifying the story

Here we’ll explore how Sofie turned key visuals into a beautiful story filled with emotional moments and led by a voiceover, sound and score.

The importance of collaboration

This video focuses on the process of collaboration. We’ll explore Sofie’s feelings around directing collaborators and tips she learned along the way.

Defining and finding your voice

With her personal piece completed, Ryan and Sofie discuss what’s next and when Sofie will take on another personal project.

Meet your instructor.

Sofie Lee

Illustrator & Art Director

Sofie Lee is a freelance visual designer and illustrator who specializes in concept development, storyboarding and styleframes. She’s currently based in South Korea.

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