Once I pitched my idea and was selected, I knew that choosing music was the first step to this project. Sweet came to me as a concept that floated through my head literally while the Mercury Shorts program was announced! I was probably thinking about eating candy and then thought: “How do you animate the feeling of eating something sweet? What if you do something sweet? What about sweet skateboard tricks!” Can you talk us through the process of making Sweet? It’s also there to help us evolve in the way we tell stories and collaborate. Mercury Filmworks’ shorts program is, as far as I understand it anyway, an opportunity for the artists and staff at the studio to create something small that’s completely their own, with a network of support around them! It’s totally brand-new and so I am sure it will evolve as time goes by. I really enjoy spreading warmth and kindness and also eating food, so it was just a matter of time until I made something like Sweet! What is the concept behind Mercury Filmworks’ shorts?
Hi!! I’m Melissa Lyn, a Jamaican-born Canadian animator currently residing in Ottawa! I’m an Animation Supervisor at Mercury Filmworks by day, and probably best known for being a supportive goof. Hi Melissa! Please give us a short introduction about yourself for our readers! She runs us through her use of Harmony’s charcoal brush and movement on pegs: techniques she employed to achieve her fuzzy, dreamy vision for Sweet. We sat down with Melissa to discuss her process on the short, and talked about authenticity, inspiration, and how she cultivates a colourful aesthetic. As Melissa says, if you think something is simple, make it simpler!
Taking us on a day-dream through nostalgic scenes with soft, familiar images, Sweet is an effective example of simplicity in hand-drawn animation. Heavily influenced by music, Melissa brings a strong sense of rhythm to all of her animation, a quality visible in the synchronized transitions.
Melissa Lyn introduces a real treat of a short in Sweet. After enjoying the first four films, we had many questions, and were fortunate to have our questions answered by the creators themselves!
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Mercury Filmworks, the Ottawa-based studio behind Netflix’s Kid Cosmic, has launched a series of shorts showcasing the incredible animation talent that the studio fosters through their team.
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