Feature Production Memo - Sept 2026

After nearly a year of bringing our space rom-com to life, we’ve finally reached the end of our mission! ​

Behind the Scenes
As we wrap up the program, we wanted to share some fun BTS moments from our story team! Our story artists and revisionists have spent countless hours bringing our characters and their personalities to life, while also finding plenty of ways to have fun along the way. It’s been such a joy getting little glimpses into their processes throughout the program!

Our wonderful story artist, Jenny Yi, working on her sequence.

A glimpse into our story revisionist's, Schantelle Alonzo, desk.

Pick Ups
With our story team wrapped and all sequences complete, we were able to see our animatic come together visually for the very first time. Our story artists added creative new moments through the boards that called for new dialogue, and we even discovered additional moments that could be strengthened by more dialogue and efforts as well to help fill out each scene. And, honestly, we’d never miss an opportunity to work with our lovely actors again, so we brought them all back in for pick-up sessions to record these new lines. These pick up sessions were hugely successful, whether we were recording additional jokes or looking to deepen emotional moments. This is a love story after all, so strong emotion is a requirement, and our actors certainly brought it, pouring parts of themselves and their lives into their characters whenever possible!​

Design
Over the past few weeks, our design team has been having a lot of fun bringing the world of the film to life beyond the animatic! While wrapping up additional character poses and backgrounds, they’ve been hard at work, designing options for our film’s poster, logo, and color script! Developing several poster concepts and logo options, our artists have experimented with different compositions, typography, and character poses. A lot needs to be communicated in a film’s poster and logo, so designing one is no small feat! The team is extremely happy about how both the poster and logo turned out and are looking forward to sharing them soon. In addition, our color script has helped us define the emotional journey of our film through color. It’s really helped us map out the mood of each sequence, from the quieter, more intimate romantic moments to the more adventurous beats of our story. It’s been so exciting seeing our entire animatic laid out visually through color! 

Music
With our time-locked picture, our composers, Sean-Paul Gouw and Carina Lim, have been diving into the exciting final stages of the score! It’s been so rewarding to hear the film transform, and we’re repeatedly amazed by the emotion that great music can bring out! Lyricist Victoria Cho has also been hard at work, making sure the lyrics for our song aligns with our film’s themes.

Edit
Our edit team, made up of Lead Editor Hannah Duncan and Assistant Editor Angelica Ramos, have been instrumental in bringing the animatic together, shaping the story one cut at a time. Working closely with director Peri Segel, they’ve spent countless hours in live edit sessions, fine-tuning everything from tiny timing adjustments to the rhythm of each scene. Those small tweaks can make a huge difference, and their collaborative, detail-oriented work has helped the film find its pacing, personality, and flow. 
So much of our film’s personality has been discovered in edit sessions. Especially when it comes to rom-coms, a reaction lasting half a second longer can completely change whether or not a joke lands. In addition, our editors have helped us shape the emotion of our film, allowing us to discover when to let scenes breathe, or opt for faster cuts to create more energy and urgency. Combining the rom-com and sci-fi space genres, there’s a delicate balance, so identifying when to slow a moment down or speed it up is essential.

In addition, Sound Designer Margareth Gunawan has shaped our world with beautiful sound effects, and since our story takes place in the future, her creativity has been an essential part of exploring our world and bringing it to life.

The most exciting part of it all: edit sessions mark the first time the team gets to see all of the elements of the project come together – the visuals, the dialogue, the sound effects, the music. These are the moments that truly allow us to appreciate the magic of animation.

What’s Next
It's been an exhilarating ride since we began development on this feature project nearly a year ago, and in that time we have come so far!

Thanks to the thousands of hours that the whole team put in, we've succeeded in our ambitious goal to create a proof-of-concept animatic for our spectacular sci-fi romcom, honing and showcasing the versatile talents of a rising generation of Asian talent.

However, just as our protagonists are setting out on a journey of a lifetime across the stars, this is just the beginning of a long road ahead for our feature. Though we've reached the end of this program, we're strapping in for the long haul. Keep an eye out for more news and exciting announcements in the near future!