PABUJI: AN ANCIENT FOLKTALE

A Short Animation Film

I worked on my final year industry sponsored project with the Folklog studio. I further worked on it independently since I was very inspired by the traditional Rajasthani storytelling technique called ‘Phad’ which is still practiced by artisans and has its own unique format and visual language.

Independent Project | Duration: 2 Months

PRE-PRODUCTION & PLANNING

Pabuji, an ancient musical folktale from India’s Rajasthan region was narrated in the local dialect called ‘Marwadi’. Since I was unfamiliar with the language I started with first decoding the story. I then brokedown the story sequentially and created a storyboard with the key frames. I also fgured out my treatment by creating a short animatics before finally making the film digitally.

Character Sheet

Some visual snippets of the characters created for the film.