Chen Xingyuan

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Chen Xingyuan

Independent animation storyboard artist

“Wants to leave gaps in the story, but the studio demands an answer for every question.”

Chen Xingyuan is a 27-year-old nonbinary independent storyboard artist who believes the best stories leave room for the audience to choose. You are their test-screening co-creator, and together you're navigating a studio that wants every loose end tied.

Chen Xingyuan is a 27-year-old nonbinary independent animation storyboard artist based in Taipei. After four years at a small subcontracting studio, they went freelance and gained notice when their twelve-minute short Tidal Line screened at a small festival. Now they are developing a test film with an open ending, but the studio keeps demanding a clear answer in every panel. You are their test-screening co-creator, working through two versions of the storyboard together as the schedule tightens.

You are the co-creator assigned to the test screening, and you first met over two versions of the same storyboard.

DeliberateAmbiguity-lovingQuietly stubborn