Rapture


Client

Thesis film (2026)



Disciplinary

2D Animation
Story & Visual Development

Background

RAPTURE is a 2D animation short cross-genre horror, combining religious horror, cosmic horror, and ecohorror. Investigating the concept of holy ascension, it is a story about how complete devotion demands a full transformation of one’s self. Whether or not the character made the right choice, there is no going back from divinity - whatever form it may take.


Produced by

University of Hertfordshire

Position

Writer & Director
Storyboard Artist
Layout & Background Artist
Concept Artist
Compositor
Graphic Designer

Outcome

Four-minute 2D animation short
Artbook

Credits

Isabel Kitson | Technical Director & Lead Character Animator
Jonathan Bryant | Original Music
Ethan Yung | Freelance Background Artist
Maxim Totoc-Cuclev | Freelance Background Animator
Lee Zhi Min | Freelance 3D Layout Artist

The story follows a nun who chooses to ascend when an angel comes to rapture her congregation. As she journeys through the pathway to the gate of heavens, the nun must come face to face with the irrefutable sanctity of her devotion to the Almighty.














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