John Lin, an MFA student made this as a short exercise. It's a speculative teaser for the OFFF design conference, and was not part of a structured class.
All of the imagery was shot on green screen and composited into the hand rendered and paper cut backgrounds. The forest is all composited in around the standing figure.
Some of his other work at SCAD included the wonderful design pitch for “This American Life” (L) and the personal meditation on family photos “Ghost Stories” (R)