Burnout (2024-2025)
"Burnout" is my Senior Thesis film that I collaborated on with Karina Zhou, Lewi Thute, and Batu Alpas. We are delighted to announce that the film is currently in its festival run and will be released to the public in 2026. This page is a collection of some of my work for this project, including modeling, texturing, and animation.
Pitch
​​​'In a class-divided dystopia, a young mechanic must navigate between her dreams of grandeur and a terminal illness by entering a deadly racing competition.'
Animation Breakdowns:
Characters:
Azel
Drawing by Karina Zhou
Pharmacist
Hard-surface modeling by Will Larsen, soft-body sculpting by Karina Zhou
Vehicles
Drawings from left to right by Batu Alpas and Karina Zhou
Enviroments
Garage
Drawing by Batu Alpas
Pharmacy
Market
Locker Room
Drawing by Vincent Le
Lit and textured by Karina Zhou
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Directors- Will Larsen, Lewi Thute, Karina Zhou, Batu Alpas
2D Vis Dev- Karina Zhou, Vincent Le, Batu Alpas
Animatic- Karina Zhou, Lewi Thute
Animation- Will Larsen, Lewi Thute, Karina Zhou, Batu Alpas, Sebastian Ospina
Set Modeling- Will Larsen
Character Modeling- Will Larsen, Karina Zhou
Textures- Will Larsen, Karina Zhou
Rigs- Lewi Thute, Batu Alpas
Lighting- Lewi Thute, Will Larsen, Karina Zhou, Sebastian Ospina
Comp- Lewi Thute
Original Music- Jess Milan Larsen
Orchestrator and Producer- Ron Artinian
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