Growing up in rural Iowa without much else to do besides get into trouble, I would escape into worlds of my own creation through drawing, comics and animation. I would let my mind run wild with new creatures, new adventures, and what their societies might look like. This film is an effort to revisit that childlike wonder and getting to use animation as a means to entertain in a high-speed, seed-fueled, alien adventure race.

Seed Supreme explores the competitive nature of a highly-coveted and newly arrived resource. Once the main character obtains it he finds himself in a new category of competition where he is forced to claw his way up at every step. He seems excited by this new found dilemma but what will it cost him and his planet? In an increasingly global economy, I think about this conundrum quite a bit. It can provide some great potential benefits, but can we sustain it?

The visual style of the film is heavily influenced by my fascination with creating entirely new worlds from scratch. I wanted to give a sense that the audience is seeing each scene through an alien atmosphere. This is visualized by the colored bars on each side, like the ‘lens’ capturing each scene is being warped by alien air. The film is intended to be bright and the environment saturated with seemingly unnatural colors to grip the audience into this new planet. All the while grounding viewers through the use of recognizable flora. This is paired with the deeply layered and textured sounds created by the incredible team of composers at Skillbard. Ultimately, I hope that this film challenges audiences to suspend their own realities and let their minds run wild in an adventure within this new world.

When it comes to frame by frame animation, this film was made with a microscopic budget. This presented a lot of difficulties throughout production but a lot of people contributed out of love and appreciation. They all deserve more than I was able to compensate them for and I want to give my thanks to the incredible crew on this project. Without them this film would not have been able to see the light of day.