Storyboard
Colour
Before the finished 3D film, there was the part where the story had to learn how to move. Colour was an animated romantic short created by young filmmaker Zac Ho, following a lonely, colourless life that changes when Batte meets Vera. Terrarium Tale came in at the storyboard stage, helping translate that emotional idea into shots, beats, and a visual rhythm the eventual 3D animation could build on.
About the project
Finding the colour before the colour arrives.
Colour was designed around a simple visual idea: a world that begins emotionally muted, then gradually opens up as Batte encounters Vera. That gave the boards a useful job beyond simply showing what happens. They had to control the rhythm of the transformation, make the character relationships readable, and give the eventual 3D production a clear cinematic blueprint.
- Service
- Storyboard
- Client
- Zac Ho
- Role
- Storyboard / Visual Development
- Year
- 2021
Storyboard / Sequence
Sequence notes
Every shot had to earn the transformation.
The boards were built around contrast: ordinary spaces against moments that feel unexpectedly alive, quieter compositions against more expressive character beats. Even before colour and polish entered the pipeline, the sequence needed to communicate what Batte was feeling and why Vera changes the way he sees his world.
There is also something especially meaningful about this project in retrospect. Zac Ho died at just 20 while Colour was still in production, only months before the film's eventual release. The film was a young director's first major short, and being part of its visual development is something we remember with real fondness.
Selected boards
Sequence strip
End of project