"Nine to Five Ned" follows a simple little fellow with a big imagination in his dance between the mundane and the absurd, covered in a candy-coated glaze of optimism.
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Animated with paper cut-outs, the film was shot entirely with Dragonframe on a Canon 6D, with a few compositing techniques utilized from time to time.
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The large-scale cardboard city was created for a public art project funded by the Houston Arts Alliance.
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For updates on the release of the film, visit http://www.brandonray.net or follow Paper Brain Productions on Facebook or B. Ray on Twitter. Thanks for your interest!