Two Yelling Animations
2015-04-22
News
There is a little corner at Tumo, full of animation and gaming paraphernalia, where the computer screens always have Adobe Flash software displayed. This little corner has been occupied by the Yelling Animation studio for over a year now.
The four Tumo alumni, Grisha Grigoryan, Arevik Aroyan, Zara Barseghyan and Levon Baghdasaryan who founded the studio, have been working on creating two animations dedicated to the Armenian Genocide since the establishment of the startup studio. The members of Yelling want to show gratitude to France for their help in rescuing and saving around 4000 Armenians, who had been surrounded on Musaler in 1915, through the "Musaler" animated film.
The other animation represents a character that embodies the missionaries who helped Armenians during the forced deportations by the Turks. The young animators split all the work equally. They chose the stories together, and worked on the characters, background and movement together.
As the themes for the animations are very similar, they chose to use opposing styles. "Musaler" is full of warm colors and beautiful scenery depicting the mountains and the sea, whereas the other animation is black and white, similar in style to historical documentary films, focusing on the characters' faces and emotions.
Watch the animations ''The Kindness of Strangers: Musaler'' and '' Kindness of Strangers: Missioners'' below.