Mya Katz 2025

Abstract

Nevermoore is an 11-minute animatic pilot episode for an animated series about a group of teenagers that stumble onto a portal to another world. Here, they deal with their various dramas, traumas, and relationships, both platonic and romantic. Or more simply, it’s Heathers meets Narnia. This pilot episode is about Quinn, becoming increasingly frustrated after continuously failing in her heroic quests. After some goading from a rival, she’s determined to finally capture a Goblin. Will a little help from an unlikely ally finally be what Quinn needs to become a hero? Nevermoore is intended for teen to young adult audiences. It features violence, swearing, and darker themes of trauma, abuse, neglect, escapism, harm, and cult mentality. The show is also aimed toward queer audiences, and most of the primary characters are young sapphic girls. The animatic is made digitally, primarily in the program TVPaint. Layouts are made in Adobe Photoshop and Procreate. Additional editing is done in Adobe Premiere Pro. Nevermoore takes a lot of inspiration from Narnia, with characters from the ‘modern’ world going to a fantasy world. It also takes inspiration from Heathers, with high school bullying going too far. It explores the concept of the revenge fantasy genre, with ‘fantasy’ being a little more literal. Nevermoore exists as an animatic as my goal is to enter the industry through storyboarding and I’d like to have a clean project to put into my portfolio for future employers. However, I do plan on fully completing the pilot after graduation. With so many recent successes in the indie animation industry, I’d like to pursue this project as another potential way into the industry.