Sakura Windy Night short film

this short Sakura film was my mother's Christmas card for 2017. 



Sakura is by far her favorite among all of the characters I have created so I wanted to make this Sakura short something special


The kicker to this little film is that the scenery revealed when the sun rises is an actual photograph of my mother's back yard taken on December 7th 2017 when San Antonio experienced a hyper-rare snow event.  I wanted to catch her by surprise so I used masking and lighting to create an Oriental feel to the scene and conceal that the film was set in her physical backyard until the very end.


I wanted her to have Sakura in her yard



but the joke wound up being on me


You can believe this or not - but it happens to be the stone cold wonderful truth  ...... 


three weeks ago a real red Cardinal began showing up in her backyard - sitting on the same lantern where I placed Sakura in this film




and it is still there




Be Well


sdiggman