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Closed Circuit

Lauren Morrison
United States, 2019, 6 min.


This film is family friendly.

A robot cares for a ship full of sleeping passengers on an interstellar voyage, and one day she discovers she is not alone.

Director's Statement

Closed Circuit was created at SAE Expression College in Emeryville, California in a group project class in which students work with a director to create a short film. The first goal of this film was to teach students how to work as part of a team in a professional setting to create a film, and the majority of the crew has gone on to successfully begin their careers in animation and video games.

Category: Animation.

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