“Be Light”

Roaming the ruins of a collapsed civilization, a light-being dissects the mistakes of man's past highlighting the unsustainable trajectory and contradictions of an ego-driven society. Will humanity change its ways or destroy itself?

Watch in HD, Enjoy!

This animation was created for Damon Gaige Leco's senior thesis at Webster University. "Be Light" premiered at the Landmark's Tivoli Theatre for the St. Louis Film Festival in 2017.

Big thanks to the following people who helped make this animation possible:

Steve Edwards - Storyboard/Visual Storytelling Professor

Christopher Roder - Concept Art/Character Design Professor

Chris Sagovac - Animation Professor/Thesis Advisor

Michael Long - Animation Professor

Craig Wagner - Audio Design/Storyboard Professor

Benjamin Sawyer - Character Design Professor

Andrew Gibbons - zombie reference model

Austyn Konarcik - zombie reference model

Steve Lane II - zombie reference model

Justin Schmit - zombie reference model

Kaitlyn Schloss - zombie reference model