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🎬FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT: Madhava Kinnicutt & Evelyn Dale🎥 @madhavakinnicutt @mellkyjay

Meet the filmmakers behind the animated short film Thiefish @thiefish.film

🎬About the movie:
THIEFISH follows a thief – Ashni – and a fisherman by the names of Ashni and Arlo who steal a fish spirit being used to give light to the city. Ashni is indifferent to the spirit, while Arlo witnessed its capture in his youth. After a leap of faith off the city’s lighthouse, Ashni and Arlo crash through the ceiling of the market and must fight off guards in their way. Just as they reach the dock, Ashni is shot and she falls with the Seakeeper into the water. As she sinks, the Seakeeper heals her and guides her through memories that push Ashni to realize the importance of bringing the spirit home.

🎥Plays in: WHIMSY & WONDER (Animated Shorts #1)
📆September 25 - 5:15pm

📲- Read the full story on our website (link in bio) ✨

#CharlotteFilmFestival #FilmmakerSpotlight #IndependentFilm #FilmFestival

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Process for our proof of concept featuring a large portion of our team

Animation by Saber Gates, Abhinav Takkasilla, Jerry Jia, Katrina Wasieleski, Madhav Kinnicutt.

Bg by Evelyn Dale
Comp by Chloe Christenson

Check em all out!

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THIEFISH’S SECOND MAIN, ARLO!!
He’s a stoic fisherman who is NOT in his element, but we love him anyway.

+ DOODLES BY A FEW OF OUR AMAZING TEAM MEMBERS!!!

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One of our two main characters for Thiefish - here’s Ashni, a headstrong thief with a reputation for improvising. Stay tuned to meet her partner in crime.

+ DOODLES BY TWO OF OUR AWESOME CREW MEMBERS !!

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We had a blast presenting the most epic SCAD Sand Arts 2025! We thrive on seeing so much creativity, hard work, and especially the joy.

Congratulations to all the teams, but this post features the Sand Castle category.

Winner:
Evelyn Dale : @mellkyjay
Madhava Kinnicutt : @madhavakinnicutt
Ami Frost : @ami_frost
Celia Merino Sanchez : @celiuskii_
Ryan Hong : @ryan_tristan_hong

Runner-up
Jamie Hunt @tritee006
Elisabeth Amato @elisabeth_amato06
McKenna Jordan @kenna.g.j
Michelle Carmona @michelleacarmona
Colette Finley @eve.rest212

#scad #scaddotedu @scaddotedu #scadsavannah #scadfoundationssavannah #SCADsand #SCADsandarts
#SCADsand2025 #SCADsandarts2025

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ARLO, ASHNI, AND FISH SAY VOTE THIEFISH TOMORROW!!! 💪💪💪🐡🐡🫧🫧🫧🫧

Also included a little slide to let everybody know who’s behind Thiefish !!
Good luck to everybody, there’s so many amazing pitches and we’re excited to see how everything turns out!! 🫶

#scadcapstone2026

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THIEFISH PITCH DECK!!! All of this is subject to change of course, but we wanted to share what we had in mind!
We’re really passionate about the message, flexible with the idea, and would love to make it with you guys!! Please consider voting so u can join our team!! 🙏🙏🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧 If the QR code doesn’t work, check the interest form in the bio!!

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Thiefish promo!!
Ashni holds our first ideation of the “heart” of the fish spirit - the main, condensed version of itself that remained after it was killed. That little fish guy is the reason the entire city is able to have light and power. When Arlo and Ashni steal it, the guards barrel after them with the intention of returning it to the palace - with no care if the thief and the fisherman wind up dead. 🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧

#scadcapstone2026

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Thiefish Building Concepts!!
These would probably get simplified in production, but we think that something like this would be super fun to play with!! We were inspired by French and Indian architecture.
If you look closely, there’s a bunch of fish hidden in the designs! 🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧🐡🫧

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City explorations for Thiefish!
We wanted to try out a more detailed architecture with a lot of downward slant and shops to run through while also keeping sight of the water Ashni and Arlo are desperately trying to reach.

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Fx by me. Backgrounds done by @mellkyjay and @abrus_arts and character anims done by @insanelycoolrae @probably_paterno Xuemeng Hu, Jackie Lin, and @maomi.exe and comps by @chloekristensen and Abraham

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