When The Lights Go Out is my Student Thesis Capstone Project, created for and debuted at the Rutgers Camden 2023 Senior Thesis Show Out Of Line. The Short is a suspenseful spectacle of our protagonist Theda, alone in a large house in the middle of a stormy night, when the lights go out. Armed only with a candlestick, she braves the long hallways, until she catches sight of dark shadowy creatures roaming the halls…who might not be all that scary after all. 

  I began developing the short in 2022, knowing that I wanted my piece to be an interesting visual work in design. As a character designer and visual development artist, I wanted to push my skills to create a very interesting composition and style. I based my research off of illustrations by Edward Gorey and Charles Addams, and various newspaper and magazine clippings from the 1920s. I also took inspiration from UPA cartoons of the 1950s, and Old silent films. From there, I worked to create a unique look and world for my story to take place.