mock up of cards with sad clowns on them

2D Animation

Sad Clown Paradox

June 2022

Overview

Comedy and humor. What's the connection? Great clown Pagliacci might be of some help. This is a 2D animation on the Sad Clown Paradox, the contradictory association between comedy and mental distress.




Supervisor

Nicholas Woolridge, Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto


Location

University of Toronto Missisauga


Audience

General public


Roles and Responsibilities

Project manager, researcher, script writer, animator, sound designer


Co-Collaborators

Cassie Ren, Abeeshan, Amy Z


Tools

Figma, Illustrator, Adobe After Effects

Soon...

Progress work forthcoming! Image is by Amy Z & Cassie Ren, my superstar collaborators!