The Wisdom of Pessimism
The School of Life
How do you ensure contentment? A good pessimist knows just how.
In this film for The School of Life, I teamed up with an amazing group of artists, exploring a mix of different animation techniques to tell you how to become a good pessimist. All this is written and narrated by the great philosopher Alain de Botton.
You can read more about the process in this interview on Motionographer.
Role: Director, Animator, Designer
Stills & Gifs
Credits
Script
Alain de Botton
Director
Claudio SalasMe
Designers
Stephen Kelleher
Emily Suvanvej
Bee Grandinetti
Brian Gossett
Tuna Bora
Ege Soyuer
Claudio SalasMe
Nicolo Bianchino
Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits
Joe Donaldson
Rasmus Bak
Kyle Strope
Daniel Chester
Daniel Oeffinger
Damien Correll
Yker Moreno
Gonzalo Menevichian
Jay Quercia
Chris Phillips
Mikey Please
Cesar Pelizer
Yuki Yamada
Johnny Kelly
Sound Designer
David Kamp
Storyboards & Edit
Claudio SalasMe
2D Animators
Claudio SalasMe
Ege Soyuer
Nicolo Bianchino
Sander van Dijk
Bee Grandinetti
Joe Donaldson
Rasmus Bak
Nick Petley
Andreas Bjørn Hansen
Kyle Strope
Daniel Chester
Daniel Oeffinger
Justin Lawes
Gonzalo Menevichian
Jay Quercia
Chris Phillips
3D Animators
Claudio SalasMe
Ege Soyuer
Andreas Bjørn Hansen
Chris Phillips
Cesar Pelizer
Cel Animators
Claudio SalasMe
Ege Soyuer
Daniel Oeffinger
Olivia Blanc
Bee Grandinetti
Gonzalo Menevichian
Jay Quercia
Compositors
Claudio SalasMe
Ege Soyuer
Nick Petley
Andreas Bjørn Hansen
Yker Moreno
Jay Quercia
Chris Phillips
Cesar Pelizer
Model Makers
Emily Suvanvej
Mikey Please
Stop Motion Animators
Claudio SalasMe
Mikey Please
Special Thanks
Xoana Herrera
Esteban Esquivo
Gergely Wootsch
Philip Walker Davies