The Morning Star

Animation

2026

Cristian Sandoval, Anna Porter, Savannah, GA
e: crioff@gmail.com (Cristian) annap4450@gmail.com (Anna)
w: crioff.com behance.net/annaporter3

Program: Motion Media Design
School: Savannah College of Art and Design

The Morning Star is a title sequence for a fictional feature film inspired by Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel. The project explores the star as a mirror of the unconscious, revealing hidden fears and desires through cinematic grain, double exposure, and the solemn tundra landscapes of Norway. Inspired by the idea that some truths can only be seen in darkness, the sequence builds an unsettling visual language where light fractures reality and exposes buried emotional states.

Art Director: Cristian Sandoval, Anna Porter
Animator: Cristian Sandoval
Designer: Cristian Sandoval
Type Designer: Anna Porter
Type Animator: Anna Porter