CHIHARU LIM
Illustrator / 2D Artist
Kaeru
2D Animated Short Film
Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media | 2021
Duration: 4 min 26 seconds
Music by: Joel Jayson Chuah
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Kaeru is a 2D animated short film about a young Japanese woman’s journey at breaking away from societal norms, inspired by a famous poem by Matsuo Basho. Bounded by the restrictiveness of Japanese society, the main character, Kokoro, hesitates to make the decision of leaving the country to be with her lover. A guardian in the form of a frog watches over her, and gives the nudge that she needs.
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This film is done by myself as part of my university thesis film.
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In Control
Stop Motion Short Film
Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media | 2019
Duration: 1 min 49 seconds
My roles: Visual Development, Set Building, Animator, Post-Production
Team members: Chiharu Lim, Roxann Gan
The story revolves around a cynical man living inside the vending machine. He cheats people of their money by stopping the snacks from being dispensed. He intends to use the money for his own gain, to buy a house. A little girl comes along and buys a snack from the machine. The man performs the usual routine of pulling the lever. The girl is dismayed and stares at the snack longingly. The man is led on by her puppy face and makes a decision whether the snack is to be dispensed or not.
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Swell
2D Animated Short Film
Ngee Ann Polytechnic | 2016 - 2017
Duration: 4 minutes
My roles: Project Manager, Producer, Visual Development, Animator
Team members: Chiharu Lim, Choy Wai Lam, Craig Koh, Martin Wong
My Final Year Project is a 2D short animation, titled ‘Swell’. It is a story about a boy, named Bleu, who learns that he should be satisfied with what he has. It started out as a simple idea about balloons having feelings, and is targeted towards kids for its simple moral and look of the film. The film was animated using TV Paint.
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