Title	HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
Brand	POLLY NOR FILM
Product/Service	POLLY NOR FIM
Category	B04. Animation
Entrant	WETRANSFER Amsterdam, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation	ANDY BAKER STUDIOS London, UNITED KINGDOM
Media Placement	WETRANSFER Amsterdam, UNITED KINGDOM
Media Placement 2	ANDY BAKER STUDIOS London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production	ANDY BAKER STUDIOS London, UNITED KINGDOM

Name	Company	Position
Polly Nor	Polly Nor	Writer, Designer, Director
Andy Baker	Andy Baker Studios	Director, Animator, Producer
Lucia Davies	Andy Baker Studios	Executive Producer
Campbell Hartley	Andy Baker Studios	Animator
Sami Healy	Andy Baker Studios	Animator
Charlie Lane-Bush	Andy Baker Studios	Animator
Olly Montagu	Andy Baker Studios	Animator
Maki Yoshikura	Andy Baker Studios	Animator
Alejandra Anguita	Andy Baker Studios	Colour & Clean Up Animator
Emma Ehrling	Andy Baker Studios	Colour & Clean Up Animator
Jamie Hobbs	Andy Baker Studios	Colour & Clean Up Animator
Ned Mackness	Andy Baker Studios	Colour & Clean Up Animator
Carlos De Faria	Andy Baker Studios	Lead Animator - Dance Scene
Frankie Swan	Andy Baker Studios	FX Animator
Eve Archer	Andy Baker Studios	Design Assistant
Tom Fisher	Andy Baker Studios	Compositing
Nisa Kelly	Andy Baker Studios	Voice Over Artist
Phoebe Argent	Andy Baker Studios	Voice Over Artist
Rhondi Brown	Andy Baker Studios	Voice Over Artist
Tom Adcock	Andy Baker Studios	Voice Over Artist
Nick Ainsworth	Nick Ainsworth	Sound Designer & Re-recording Mix
Andrea Gard	Andrea Gard	Foley Artist
Suzanne Tromp	WeTransfer	Commissioning Editor
Danielle Boelling	WeTransfer	Managing Editor

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

The short animated film How Have You Been? by Polly Nor and Andy Baker touches on loss, grieving, and finding comfort amid the company and friendship of a slug-turned-demon creature. It details the story of a woman in her apartment alone. It’s clear she’s feeling lonely, so when a slug appears in her food delivery, she decides to feed it, unknowingly turning it into a demon that follows her around the house. At first, she’s horrified and annoyed, but towards the end of the film she and the demon form some kind of bond. It’s as if the woman begins to accept the grief she’s experiencing, rather than fight it. In this way, How Have You Been? takes a sensitive approach to examining the many aspects of our current world, and the loneliness that comes with tremendous loss and grief.

Tell the jury about type(s) of animation used and summarise any relevant challenges or techniques.

We used a digital 2D cel technique for the animation. This involved hand drawing the character animation frame by frame and then digitally compositing with the hand drawn backgrounds in the computer. Particular time and attention was spent researching and animating the dancing scene. Inspiration was taken from the track and various historical paintings namely Paula Rego's The Dance and Francisco Goya's The Burial of the Sardine.  One of the challenges that arose was co-ordinating the production during the beginning of the first lockdown which spanned three continents – Europe, Japan and America – and numerous time zones including London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.