Cowabunga: An Original Short Film

An animated short about two aliens abducting a cow as a creamer substitute for one of the aliens' tea.

This project originally started in late 2021 as a workshop class project where the class got so attached to the project they wanted to finish it. So in early to mid-2022 it grew into a new immersive training program to learn the production pipeline presented through the CTN Foundation with our teacher Director and Animator James Lopez.

And the rest is history.

Check out some fun behind the scenes from the class at their newly formed Wild Goat Animation collective. The class formed this collective after the project to share and continue working together and with others.
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Directed by

James Lopez

Produced by

Tina Price

Associate Produced by

Alicia Nicholas

Thank you to our Supporters
The Creative Talent Network Foundation
TV Paint
SyncSketch

Visual Development

Edward Davies
Mai-Han Nguyen
Melissa Scott
Sophia Green

Character Design
Gregory Dooley
Leo Beltran
Melissa Scott
Severin Watson

Storyboards
Edward Davies
Elizabeth Tong
Gregory Dooley
Leo Beltran
Melissa Scott

Ricky Le

Animation
Andrea “Andy” Mangano
Edward Davies
Gregory Dooley
Leo Beltran
Nga Nguyen

Clean-Up/Final Line
Andrea “Andy” Mangano
Edward Davies
Gregory Dooley
Leo Beltran
Michael Lengyal
Nga Nguyen

UFO CG Model and Effects
Edward Davies

Background Painting
Joseph Chung
Mai-Han Nguyen
Sophia Green

Compositors
Baye Sur
Edward Davies
Tania Kadar

Voice Direction
Stephen Weese

Voice Talent
Scott McFall
Stephen Weese

Music Composed By
Max Mueller

Production Editorial
Felicity Kiner

Additional Development
Angie Urbina
Alexander Angelico
Ashley Lieberg
Diego Medina
Elizabeth Tong
Heather Leary
Karina Acosta
Kris Quinones
Nathan Kwan
Reginald Douglas
Sylvester Massey
Selena Frantastic

Selena Zhang
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Special THANK YOU To
Ed Schimara
Emily Greenwood
Jake Akuna
Torsten Schrank