Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting: Digital Painting and Expanded Animation

Kyle Parrott

World Revolver

World Revolver is a 2D animation that focuses on a weapon of the same name: a revolver with the power to turn the world upside-down. This animation is heavily inspired by “spaghetti westerns”, mirroring the climatic showdown that occurs in such films as The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. However, instead of being a stiff, high-tension duel to the death, the effect the World Revolver has on the characters and environment transform it into a brawl focusing on movement and expression. Dialogue and story were kept to a minimum, with the little that is featured hinting at a history between the characters. This was done because World Revolver was made to resemble the end of a western movie when the final showdown is happening. The main characters are anthropomorphic animals, with Buckshot being a deer who is a bounty-hunter and Randall VanWolfe being a wolf outlaw. This was done to push the weird and unorthodox setting as a deer would be hunting a wolf.