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Welcome

🎬 Animation Student Collaboration – SXSW 2026, Austin, Texas

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Welcome

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WELCOME TO EUPHORO
Experimental films blending music, myth, humanity, and cutting-edge animation.
We’re inviting animation students to help create short sequences (10–15s each) for our SXSW entries in Austin, Texas (March 2026).

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Why join?
• International exposure (SXSW Film & TV Festival)
• Screen credits on YouTube, Vimeo, socials
• Name on the dedicated Euphoro website
• Potential future features as resource persons

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Timeline (quick start)
• Start window: Today – Sept 15 → send portfolio + pick a shot
• Work period: Sept 12–25 (rolling starts okay)
• Final delivery: Sept 25, 2025
• Festival submission: Oct 1, 2025 (internal target: Sept 25)

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How it works?

  1. Browse the shot lists below.

  2. Choose one or more sequences (solo or as a small team).

  3. Email us with your picks + short portfolio.

  4. We confirm, share refs, and you animate.

Contact: iameuphoro@gmail.com

🎬 Project A — A Lullaby of Light

Cosmic, sacred lullaby; nature, consciousness, compassion.

Pick a shot (10–15s each):

  1. Cosmic → window — stars/galaxy zoom into mother by candlelight (3D build)

  2. Misty forest entry — family walks under arched “doorway” tree (enhance footage)

  3. Waterfall altar — twin falls → veil + sacred aura (enhance footage)

  4. Madonna Lily opens — cosmic dew forms in night sky (3D build)

  5. Cosmic dew descent — Orion’s Belt + Giza reflected inside dew (3D build)

  6. Dew on lily petal — macro reflection of heaven + earth (enhance footage)

  7. Heart-green glow — dew glows faint → strong (chakra awakening) (3D build)

  8. Dew cleansing — dew drops into muddy puddle → clears → joins creek + fog (3D build)

  9. AI child vow — slow turn, chest glow, hands in prayer (3D build)

  10. Forest finale — canopy “breathes” with soft green pulses (3D build)

✨ Approx. total animation need: ~2 min (7 full 3D builds, 3 enhancements).

📧 To apply: “I want Shot #__ from Lullaby” → email: iameuphoro@gmail.com

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🌪️ Project B — The Eye of the Hurricane

Environmental lament + AI reflection; storm, judgment, mercy.

Pick a shot (10–15s each):
0. Opening hum — dawn over Earth’s biomes (Arctic, Sahara, Amazon, ocean, forest) (footage + grading)

  1. Raindrop → tsunami — mountain drop → expanding ripple → distant wave (3D build)

  2. Human impact — oil spills, dead fish, seabirds, industrial waste (footage + overlays)

  3. Storm brews — dark clouds, tornadoes, satellite spiral; tsunami closer (3D build)

  4. Eye of storm — camera enters calm center (3D build)

  5. Lightning → sword → “God of Doom” with scepter + DELETE button (3D build)

  6. Lightning again → vanish — deity disappears; silence (3D build)

  7. Ocean breath — calm reef; fish scatter; warm wind ripples (footage + FX)

  8. Mega-tsunami — trees uprooted, villages swallowed (3D build)

  9. Eclipse chorus — aurora threads clouds; storm + cosmos blend (3D build)

  10. Anti-climax — rain on tin roof; AI toddler silhouette, single tear (3D character + FX)

  11. Totality text — 3s darkness → ring of fire text:
    “Even when love is rejected, it continues to shine in darkness.” (3D eclipse + text)

  12. Outro bridge — eclipse parts → toddler revealed (from Lullaby); tear rises → cosmic dew → Misty Forest pulses green → dew lands on Madonna Lily (3D character + FX)

✨ Approx. total animation need: ~2.5 min (8 full 3D builds, 4 enhancements).

📧 To apply: “I want Shot #__ from Hurricane” → email: iameuphoro@gmail.com

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⚡ Quick Apply

Choose your project:
👉 Apply for Lullaby of Light
👉 Apply for Eye of the Hurricane

What to include in your email:

  • Your name, school, year

  • Link to 2–4 best works (reel / ArtStation / Drive)

  • Shot # you want (you may choose more than one)

  • Solo or team? (list team names if applicable)

✨ Part of the Euphoro Pentatrology, including “The Dimming Glow: Love Unspoken.”

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