Thursday 19 November 2020

Hotel Aloha Wins "Most Charming Animation"

"Most Charming Animation" - Hotel Aloha
Congratulations to the makers of "Hotel Aloha", which has won an award for "Most Charming Animation" at the International Student Animafantasia Film Festival 2020

"Hotel Aloha" is a short animated romantic comedy set in a beach hotel in Hawaii.  

The film was directed by Paloma Zhu, produced by Nickoel Izharudin, and edited by Ross Green. It was animated in Maya, and rendered in Arnold.

You can watch the film below - it's less than two minutes long. 

Hotel Aloha from Nickoel Izharudin on Vimeo.

Studio Module PR5001
Hotel Aloha was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, in which students collaborate together on short film projects.  "Hotel Aloha" is a romantic comedy set in a beach hotel in Hawaii.  The film was animated in Maya, and rendered in Arnold, entirely from home, using home equipment, completed during the Covid Pandemic.  The film was directed by Paloma Zhu, produced by Nickoel Izharudin, and edited by Ross Green.

Hotel Aloha
Hotel Aloha is a short film about hotel worker at a Hawaiian resort is who is dispirited by his job, but his happy-go-lucky co-worker encourages him to live life to the fullest.

Pitch and Concept Trailer
The initial pitch was made by writer and director Paloma Zhu, who presented the idea in February 2020. "Hotel Aloha" was at that time titled "5am", and was one of three projects selected to move forwards into production.

Storyboards
Later, the team drew storyboards to develop the story further, and to help establish the strongest possible relationship between the two main characters.

Covid-19
The project was completed in April and May during Lockdown. The team worked entirely from home, completing the project using their personal equipment.

Rendering
Rendering was done in Arnold, overseen by CG and Lighting Supervisor Jess Hiles.

Credits 
Official site
You can see more about "Hotel Aloha" at the official site, and at the IMDB.

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