Friday, April 10, 2026

Love & Gold



Two adventurers, or looters if you will, separately seek the treasure of an ancient king and queen from a magical booby-trapped castle. Their names are Robin and Rayden, although which is which I cannot tell. The voice actors are named Darci and Parley, which doesn't help. Anyway, they don't know each other. She's tougher, but he has the instructions, so they need to team up to find and steal a huge gem. The plot is far from groundbreaking, but the animation is luscious, the action is invigorating, and there are some funny moments. 

Love & Gold is a student animation, written and directed by Connor Van Dyke and produced by Jaysen Duckworth of Brigham Young University's Media Arts program, although many others were involved. The film won the award for Best Animation  at the Television Academy Foundation’s 45th College Television Awards last week. You can read more about it at Kuriositas


No comments: