Title: Like and Follow
Directors: Tobias Schlage, Brent Forrest
Script: Tobias Schlage, Brent Forrest
Animation: Tobias Schlage, Brent Forrest
Music: David Arcus
Production: FME Team
Country: Japan
Year: 2019
Length: 2’
When a young boy starts spending too much time in the real world, it’s up to his smartphone to help bring his attention back to where it belongs.
Brent Forrest. Born in Montreal, Brent started his animation career at Red Rover studios in Toronto as a coop student in 1999. There he learned the craft of animation from some of Canada’s finest draftsmen. He has won awards for both his animation and special effects work including a Gemini nomination for title design. Today he works as a technical director in one of Tokyo’s top animation studios. Tobias Schlage. Born in Hamburg, Germany. In his years as a character animator and 3D generalist he worked in all areas of production creating extravagant visuals for film and television. Moved to Japan in 2015, to explore a new film making landscape, Tobi combined both German and Japanese film making techniques to create a unique style of grounded, emotional storytelling.