Yes, He
Really Flew
St. Joseph of Cupertino — the friar who rose above the altar before popes, kings, and a fainting ambassador's wife. A pre-production look book.
150+ sworn eyewitnesses. Thirty-five years of flight. Documented by the people who tried hardest to disprove it.
We're adapting the ~8,500-word essay into a ~3–4 minute animated film. First, how we actually tell that story — then the four style decisions behind the look.
From 8,500 words to 14 shots
The essay's whole arc — the gaper boy, the flights, the trial of explanations, the verdict — distilled into a ~3.5-minute storyboard. Every beat is image + voiceover + on-screen evidence.
The Visual Style Guide
Six aesthetic directions, from the classic Catholic masters to a modern sacred look. We chose #6 — Baroque bones, restrained modern grade.
The Money-Shot Bake-Off
The levitation rendered six camera and lighting ways on the chosen palette — a grammar of wides, hero angles, and intimate witness POVs.
Locking the Saint's Face
His real historical portrait, seeded into every shot so the auburn beard, gaunt face and gentle eyes stay the same man throughout.
The Living-Stills Test
A 20-second prestige-doc motion test — Ken Burns moves, crossfades, grain. The candidate animation language, built for free.