If you would like a DVD of the film, please contact me at mikekane@kanefilms.com

Directed/Animated/Edited by Mike Kane
Written by Mike Kane
Music by Derek Devore http://www.derekdevore.com
Sound Engeneering by Andy Lee Robinson http://www.haveland.com
Total Running Time: 13 minutes 16 seconds

Selected for the San Diego CCI Independent Film Festival 2004

The power of the soul in in each of us, but only a precious few discover it exists.

This first installment, of what I hope will be an ongoing series, tells the story of the Avatar of Hope, his origin, his first battle, and his first experience of his true power.

The film was animated using 3dStudio Max 4.2 and edited in Vegas Video 4.0. Total animation and modeling time was (roughly) 180 hours not including render time. There are several stories that I could tell about the production of the short, some good and some not so good. But here is the end result: a cgi fantasy stylized after Silver Age comics and the Heroes that introduced me to adventure stories.

The soundtrack was written by a very talented and imaginative composer, Derek Devore. He has a long list of credits to his name and I was very fortunate to have him work on this project.

Andy Haveland-Robinson, another very talented artist came in to handle the sound effects and mixdowns for me. He worked magic on much of the dialogue and he was a great addition to the team.

The Avatar of Hope will return in the next installment called "Avatar: Torment". Already in production, I hope to have this completed by Fall of 2004 with excellent sound and improved animation.

Thanks for your support.

If you keep watching them, I'll keep making them.