Australian Aboriginal Child and Family Services – Family Voice, Family Choice

The Australian Aboriginal Child and Family Services asked us to produce a 3-minute animated documentary of an Indigenous family reflecting on their experience with the Family Group Conferencing (FGC) process.

‘Family Voice, Family Choice’ uses 2D animation to maintain interviewee anonymity while also describing the complex and delicate topics around Family Group Conferencing. Occasionally, the video cuts from the talking heads animation to animated artwork overlay, assisting their storytelling with simple but elegant symbology.

We provided various cut-downs of the hero video, one in particular had voice-over scripted by Gilay and spoken by John Simon laid over stunning animated artworks.

 

 

Character Design Process

 

Final Designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credits

Creative Director –  Jake Duczynski (Gomeroi/Mandandanji)

Producer – Melissa Azizi

Writer – Jake Duczynski (Gomeroi/Mandandanji)

Script Editor – James Hackett

Illustration – Genevieve Stewart (Kuku Yalanji / Wemba Wemba)

Character Designers – Zoe Velonas, Andy Summerfield, Emily Hestelow

Background Designer – Andy Summerfield

2D Rigger – Andy Summerfield

Compositors – Andy Summerfield, Genevieve Stewart (Kuku Yalanji / Wemba Wemba), Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)

2D Animators – Andy Summerfield, Genevieve Stewart (Kuku Yalanji / Wemba Wemba), Jonathon Saunders,  Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)

Motion-Graphics – Genevieve Stewart (Kuku Yalanji / Wemba Wemba), Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)

Editing –  Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)

Sound Mix – Abes Audio, Studio Gilay