SVA encourages artists to pursue their passion and in February, the SVA Alumni Society was proud to announce the 2020 Alumni Scholarship Award winners. Over the next few weeks, SVA will be highlighting some of the many outstanding projects from the winners. Today's featured thesis project is by MFA Computer Arts student Jinuk Choi, whose short film Beyond the Line is about a wheelchair who has always wanted to go faster in life.

Tell us about your project. What inspired the idea?

Beyond the Line is a 3D animated short film about a wheelchair who dreams of one day being fast like a racing car. I went to a children's hospital for a sick young cousin and the experience inspired me. It was sad to see the children filled with a kind of downcast air. Then I saw the children watching animation as if they were looking at the sky from inside a well. I realized the animations weren't just killing time, but a channel to imagine and dream beyond the hospital space. And this applies to all of us, not only for those that are sick or in the hospital. I decided to make an animated story for people who need hope and joy.

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"I decided to make an animated story for people who need hope and joy."