2016 Webby Award Winner - People's Voice - Best Animation

Official Selection: Palm Springs Shortsfest 2016, Athens International Film Fest 2016

//kneeon teamed up with director Vincent Peone and YouTube's Field Day channel to create this stop-motion short film. Featuring a mix of stop-motion, 2D and 3D, the short tells the origin story of why the sea is blue.

CREDITS

Director: Vincent Peone
Executive Producers: Mike Healey, Josh Ruben, Vincent Peone, Garrett Fennelly, Alex Schepsman, Dave Kornfield
Director of Photography: José Andrés Cardona

Animation Director: Mike Healey, //kneeon

Stop Motion Animation: Noella Borie, //kneeon, Matt Christensen
Compositing: Navid Bagherzadeh, //kneeon
Production Design: Kathleen Gerber, Lori Nix
2D Animation: Zack Williams, Pete Ahern
3D Animation: Jamil Lahham, Spencer Noble
3D Modeling, Rendering, Lighting: Gloo Studios
VFX Producer: Steve Intrabartola
Compositing: Navid Bagherzadeh, //kneeon
Production Design: Kathleen Gerber, Lori Nix
2D Animation: Zack Williams, Pete Ahern
3D Animation: Jamil Lahham, Spencer Noble

Associate Producers: Lacy Wittman, Steve Intrabartola, José Andrés Cardona, Alex Kurze
Storyboard Artist and Character Design: Daniel Dussault
Character Facial Design + Sculpt: Jon Payne
Body Sculptures: Lisa Frost
Clothing and Hair Design/Fabrication: Molly Light
Armatures: Julian Clark
Additional Puppet Sculpting: Brendon Grether, Maxwell Sorensen
3D Rigging: Spencer Noble, Mike Ritchie, Han Hu
Additional animation and Rotoscoping: Dylan Steinberg
Colorist: Jaime O'Bradovich, Co. 3

Sound Design and Mix: Heard City, Heath Raymond, Evan Mangiamele, Stefano Campello
Original Score: Ramona Córdova
"Bean": Sarah Natochenny
"Uncle Wolfie": Jim Donaldson
"Narrator": Roger Babb
VO Record: Bob Kirschner, CMD NYC

THE SEA IS BLUE