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"I try to MAGIC a Plant!!!" by Nicole Ellis
2D Animation

Project Statement:
I Try to MAGIC a Plant!!! is a 2D animated short that takes place as a how-to or “I Try” video being viewed on a Youtube parody website. Red Velvet, an aspiring witch, entertains viewers in her kitchen as she tries to grow a flower using a magic spell. However, things go wrong right away on Red Velvet’s first attempt. Hijinks ensue in a time-skipping montage of failed attempts until eventually, at the end, Red Velvet performs the spell successfully and grows a flower.

For this project, the theme of improvement and working hard to achieve a goal runs very deep in ways that are both presented up-front to the viewer and also expressed via choices I’ve made throughout the production, such as the visual style and character design. Red Velvet is a personally significant character that was originally conceptualized in 2015, and has slowly become my symbol of improvement throughout my academic career. Every year since her original creation, I have chosen to redraw her, tweaking and adjusting aspects of her to fit with my growing art style and skills. Red Velvet was also the main character and subject of my first fully animated video back in 2016. As a symbol of how hard I’ve worked to get where I am today, I felt as though Red Velvet appearing once more as the main character in my senior project would fit thematically; the subject of both the first and last major production in my undergraduate career.

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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Media and Design at the University of Connecticut.

Senior Project Advisor
Anna Lindemann

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