Reila

Project Created and Animated By: Maria Baidakova

Recognition:
- Was featured as daily deviation at deviantart.com.
- Was featured by Aniboom on youtube channel.

“REILA” has strong story and message. Unique sense of direction. This work receives mixed reviews, for it’s style. Many either hate it or love it.

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M.B.: “This project took me a year to make, from May 2009 to May 2010. I swear it took away 20 years from my life. I also open to spreading this video online, because my intention was to share this animation with as many people as possible.  Anyway, I want to thank people since no one bothers reading the credits. ”

Special Thanks
-Thanks to Gazette for writing the song Reila.
-Thanks to my studio staff Kate, Jen, Kevin and Lili for being there for me and helping me make this project come to life. Hopefully we will do a full collaborative piece together.
-Double Thanks to Kate Rhodes for struggling with me on this project. The music is married to the picture!
-Thanks to my family, my creator and my love for giving me a chance to make it in the first place.
-Thanks to Niel Sumter for being the voice of Theo. It matched him perfectly.
-Thanks to Paul Goodrich for mastering the soundtrack. It was an exciting trip at Merlin Studio.
- Special thanks to Jay Kim, Corinne Sudberg, Eunkyu Kim, Christine Chong, Ivey Ao, Kathy Shin, Jackie Deegan. For assisting and helping me with the project.

All Reila the Links:

About: The world is full cities. We no longer need to go out since most of the jobs and education can be done online and through the computer. Everyone is assigned to their own little apartment. Our main character, Theo, is an online gamer who hasn’t communicated to anyone directly yet. Until one day he gets a virtual virus who takes on a form of a mysterious girl, Reila.

This story is inspired by a song by Gazette “Reila”, to get the full effect please listen to the song.