Awaiting Further Instructions - illustration & animation

Awaiting Further Instructions - Faith Weaponized from Andrew Collar on Vimeo.

This short film and booklet was created as part of a student project at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany between March and June of 2015. The majority of illustrations were created from scratch and the film was created with After Effects and Premiere.

​Sypnosis:

This project is based on the idea of religion and how humans weaponize
their faith. Although I consider myself an atheist, I find the concept
of religion fascinating and at times disturbing. With so many global
factions and groups insisting that their faith is correct and carries more
importance than the beliefs of others, it is obvious that this results in
emotional and physical prejudice. In recent decades, we have attempted to
evolve as a worldwide society to free the enslaved and vindicate the
oppressed. However, religiously informed moral compasses are still
something many of us cling to, even though it can at times cause harm
and trauma to our fellow men, women and children. The imagery
found within this short film is not supposed to tell a story but is instead
meant to illustrate the feelings and viewpoint I have. How ancient
words spoken by multiple gods are handed down to generation upon
generation and manifest themselves into violence, hatred and the
oppression of others.

Many thanks to Switchblade for allowing me to use their song '5:12' as a soundtrack for the film. facebook.com/switchbladeduo