A gust of unusually strong wind blows, with dust hitting my teary half closed eyes. Walking out of COFA on the dawn of week 9 preso on 23 September at 5 am, I was bewildered to see Oxford street turning so red. We would not have a lot to show on week 9 preso -- only the establishing shots and shots of Jaws waking Anna -- as I'd just managed to make the blink blendshapes and Anna's sleeping pose, and not started on any animation... after grappling with the difficult paint weights of Anna and her dress... in the midst of unimaginably difficult circumstances...


Jaws waking Anna - storyboard shot


Jaws waking Anna - movie shot


Jaws smiles at Anna

Despite that, there was a calm in me as I walked on the peaceful Oxford street to Taylor Square to catch a bus back home.

It was surreal. Dreamlike. And in just 7 hours, we would be presenting the story of Anna on the day when, as what Anna said, in Mister God, This is Anna  "... the world went all red through the bit a glass...". Reaching home I realized how red the world has turned, my window and glass door to the balcony a bright red glow .... beautiful and magical in fact.... like in a fairy tale! In a dreamlike state, I dropped onto the bed and fell asleep, catching a few hours before our preso.... the only regret is -- I was too exhausted to take out my camera ....


Anna looking through Red colored cellophane paper



Anna's eyes go blur and teary



The world went all red... through the red paper...


It was only after the preso that I realized Sydney just had a dust storm .... on the dawn when Anna's story was to be told...