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YOUR LITTLE KAIJU is an animated short film about a little green lizard named Ollie who wishes to become a Kaiju like the giant lizard monsters he sees at the cinema. It follows his journey of self-acceptance through the colourful tropical scenery inspired by cities of the Philippines.
The animation is inspired by 1930s black & white rubber hose animation styles and is set to the sound of swing jazz to further evoke this time period of classic animation and old-school Kaiju movies.
We hope it will touch the hearts of all the dreamers who love cute and comforting stories. Our goal was to create a film that transcended languages and cultures so anyone and everyone could connect with our characters and see themselves in our story.
A heartfelt thank you to all our family, friends, mentors, and anyone who supported our film throughout the production process and beyond!
- The crew at Olive Jar Productions
The Crew
The Crew
Fun fact: All background characters in the film are based on crew members! Could you spot them all?
Insta: @beasfoolery
Bea Ramizo
PROJECT MANAGER | STORY LEAD | ANIMATION LEAD
Bea Ramizo here, a proud Co-PM of the film. I was in charge of overseeing every section of the filmmaking process, finalizing decisions, and assigning tasks to members. My other roles include Story Lead, Animation Lead, and Quality Control Lead. My big focus while making this film was to make sure that it was story driven, charming, and to resonate with the audience. This was reflected with how I made story suggestions, animation performance fixes, and compositing edits. Another contribution I made was casting my cousin for Bo’s voice, and was in charge of recording with her.
As for my interests, I love learning about animal and plant evolution, diving deep in conversation about a variety of topics from small interests to serious issues, watching films, and making valuable friendships. All these interests fuel my passion for storytelling, or just making a story about anything. Your Little Kaiju is, personally, a manifesto of these interests combined, and I am very proud and happy to have been a part of it.
Clare Abbott
PROJECT MANAGER | LAYOUT LEAD
Hi, I’m Clare! My main roles were Production <anager and layout lead, as well as the the main coordinator, organizer, announcement maker, morale booster, and team mom as described by the group. I contributed a lot of the more complex layouts and paintings, and oversaw much of the production.
Outside of our film my goals in the animation industry are to find opportunities in layout and background art, as well as management roles such as production.
Insta: @claredelune.art
Insta: @coffteaa_
Alycia Lo
PRODUCTION DESIGNER | VIS DEV LEAD
Hello, I’m Alycia the Production Designer. I'm secretly part olive irl, and I am also Co_Vis-dev lead. I was tasked with creating the final designs of Bo and the background characters. I also contributed to storyboard, layout and animation pipeline, as well as creating a 2d Harmony Rig for the film. My interests in the future include storyboarding and animation. The time with my group this year has been one hell of a ride, and I can’t wait to start my own creative projects.
Vince Rae
VIS DEV LEAD | ANIMATION LEAD
Wassup I’m Vince. I did a many a things like; worked on hard animation shots, designed Ollie’s final character, and visual development lead
People often ask me: “Vince how are you so fun and cool to work with??” And it’s simple really. I’m just a team player and I care a ton about the people I work with! I enjoy developing independent projects and collaborating with my creative friends.
After pursuing animation as a career I aspire to afford groceries and pay my rent every month.
Fun facts: used to work in a theatre, has a pet lizard, cool hat, the fire lord.
Insta: @preterthings
Insta: @eiggam_sun
Jiahe (Maggie) Sun
ANIMATION LEAD
Hi I’m Maggie! My role was animation lead. I contributed a lot of animation shots starting from rough animation all the way to colored versions. I also designed a part of the storyboard. I also did the count-down at the beginning of our film. In the beginning of the first semester, I also built a 3D model for the city in our film as a reference for layouts. I enjoyed the entire process of this group film working with my creative and lovely team.
Outside of film-making, my plan for the future career is 3D-related technical positions, which I’m still exploring for a more specific goal. I might also try out game industry.
Raditya Widyatmoko
GENERALIST | LAYOUT LEAD
Hello, I’m Rad, one of the layout leads for “Your Little Kaiju”. Although layout was my main role, I also contributed during various phases of the production. I worked on the script, storyboarded the ending sequences, and animated Bo & Ollie. This group film project has been a wonderful collaborative experience, and I am so proud of the film we produced. The love and care we’ve poured into the film shines through in the final product. I hope I could replicate half the charm this film has in my future projects.
Insta: @radth10
Insta: @shauntoilets
Shaun Kim
GENERALIST | LAYOUT LEAD
Though this group work, I contributed mainly to drawing a variety of layouts, from rough to clean and some coloured layouts. I also contributed to the animation part of our film, where I tackled effects animating such as the fire coming out of the lizard and tear liquid dropping.
As a filmmaker, I mainly want to pursue in the area of storyboarding where I can create my own world through telling stories and display my interests through storyboards.
Mayumi Smith
EDITING LEAD | STORY LEAD
Hi, I’m Mayumi— the groups resident editing lead. I was responsible for putting together our weekly assembly so that we could keep track of how our film was progressing. This role granted me a broad overview of our production, allowing me to work on and provide guidance in all aspects of the film from animation and music to story and compositing.
Early in the production I was heavily involved in the conception of our story and it’s core themes. I was one of our very talented and wonderful story artists. Then, in the end of our production, I was in charge of sound and the final edit of our film. After Ironing out any final flaws, it was so amazing to see all the pieces come together.
I personally love hand drawn animation and wanted this film to be a love letter to classic cartoons. Going forward I’d love to work on more projects like this one. Thank you all for having me <3
Insta: @demurenova_art
Insta: @mini.hee_art
Minhee Cho
STORY LEAD | GENERALIST
Hello, I’m Minhee! I served as a storyboard lead for this group, helping create storyboards and guide the overall process so the team could stay aligned. I later contributed as a generalist, working on early visdev and prop design, completing rough, clean to colour several mid-level layout shots, and contributing to around 6–8 scenes of rough animation as well as setting up for compositing.
Over the past year, it was a truly valuable, once-in-a-lifetime experience to build teamwork and friendships. I’m deeply grateful to my teammates for their support, and I hope to continue growing beyond storyboard and visdev into a more well-rounded generalist.
Yeajun Jang
COMPOSITING LEAD | GENERALIST
Hi I’m Yeajun! My role was the compositing lead. I worked on the compositing for all the shots in the film, helping bring together the final visual look. I also contributed to some layout and light animation work during production. In compositing, I focused on setting up the visual effects, lighting adjustments, and overall look of the film to make everything feel cohesive.
I really enjoyed the entire process of creating this cute film with my amazing team.
Insta: @jangyeajun0318
THANK YOU ALL
FOR EVERYTHING!!!
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