This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race. Will the Oms and the Draags find a way to coexist? Or will they destroy each other?
The moon sags low in the sky tonight,
Blood orange against a black sky.
Threatening storm clouds choke,
But the moon peaks through as if to remind me
That it still knows the way back home.
Off in the distance a cold coyote cried.
I think a part of me died.
I stared at the moon and made a wish
That I, too, could howl late into the night.
I do not know which way to go —
Into the woods or the more dense forest.
Boxes of memories stacked up high.
The moon peaks through as if to remind me
That it still knows the way back home.
I lay down in the cool grass
And let the breeze wash over me.
The only time I feel truly free
Is when the moon is watching over me.
Fog lingers and mosquitos bite.
All I want to do is howl at the moon.
Script, direction: Andreas Hykade
Design, animation: Andreas Hykade
Animation assistance: Angela Steffen
Art work: Natalia Eck
Compositing: Christof Hoffmann
Sound, Music: Heiko Maile
Funding: MFG and FFA
Production assistance: Simone Fischer
Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Studio FILM BILDER 2010
Dave Hughes got his start in television at MTV Animation, working on Beavis and Butthead, Celebrity Deathmatch, Cartoon Sushi, and many other projects. In 2003, Dave edited and produced the final season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast for Adult Swim, where he has continued to work on a wide range of projects, including creating the late night anthology series Off The Air for the network.
Created by Dave Hughes
“Mercury Freedom 7” footage supplied by NASA / archive.org
“The Grey Ship” song by EMA Souterrain Transmissions, 2011
“Porculpa – Your Fault” short film by Lyn Hagan
Opening Titles by Adam Fuchs
Stock footage supplied by Getty Images
“Toy Robot In Space!” short film by James Trosh
Vancouver Film School Presents: “Giant Leap” animated short directed by Kyle Botha
“Zeroing” animated short by Andrey Nepomnyaschev
“Hell/?????” animated short by David O’Reilly
“Outside In” excerpt from film by Stephen Van Vuuren
“Terra Incognito” song by Atlas Sound 4AD, 2011
“Noisebox In Space” animated short by 12Foot6
“Carl Sagan – A Glorious Dawn” music video by Symphony of Science Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan & Steve Sotor
“Quantum Leap” song by Slugabed and Planet Mu
“Quantum Leap” music video by Thomas De Rijk
“Decollage” song by Les Balayeurs Du Desert Atelier de L’evenement, 2005
“Apollo 11 Launch” short film by Spacecraft Films
Produced by Million Monkeys Inc.
Space | Off the Air | Adult Swim
Directed by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch
Made at Encyclopedia Pictura in San Francisco
Production Company: Ghost Robot, NY
Animation Director: Eran Hilleli
Animation: Jason Rayner, Daniel Moos, Viv Nikolich, Eran Hilleli, Avi Yeyni
Modeling: Kristifir Klein, Eran Hilleli, Jason Rayner
Rigging: Lior Ben Horin, Kristifir Klein
Sound Design: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Storyboarding and Art Direction: Isaiah Saxon
Cinematography: Sean Hellfritsch
Executive Producers: Mark De Pace & Zachary Mortensen / Ghost Robot
Staff Producer: Natasha Giliberti
Written and Produced by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch
The animated clip centers on a character who works in a lab specializing in genetic manipulation. She starts to doubt the benefits of her research and suffers from a myriad of health issues – nosebleeds, vomiting. At the end of the video, she is replaced by an identical character, as if she is an expendable replicant from the world of Blade Runner. In the clip’s final shot, the woman hurtles to her death from the top of her office building while Harrison’s hard-driving, relentlessly melodic guitar rock zips through the background.
Dhani Harrison is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father’s final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father’s death in November 2001. Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at festivals including Coachella where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the “best debut performances of the festival.” The band also played Lollapalooza three times with Harrison joining the festival’s founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane” at 2010’s event. In 2017 Harrison released his debut solo album “IN///PARALLEL”. The 2019 film IN///PARALIVE, showcases the live version of his debut solo album and was recorded in the round at the legendary Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Harrison’s latest single, Motorways (Erase It), was described by Rolling Stone as “A psychedelic track with a robust beat.”
Directed and animated by Adam Osgood
Additional illustration: A. D’Amico
Additional hand-drawn animation: Sarah Schmidt
Dhani Harrison: Website: http://dhaniharrison.com
