"Draw": Best Micro Film at Golden Nugget Fest

"Draw": "Best Microfilm" at the Golden Nugget Festival

Escape Studios is proud to announce that the short film "Draw", directed by Martin Kamminga, has won "Best Micro Film" at the Golden Nugget Film Fest in London.

This latest award comes on top of a series of wins for  "Draw", including "Best Fight Choreography" at the Flicks Film Festival, "Highest Commendation" at the London Seasonal Short Film Festival in May, and a "Four Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Festival.  "Draw" was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits. 

A scene from "Draw"

About "Draw"
Draw is a short film about a game of chess, in which we go beyond the inanimate objects that make up the game and see the combat beneath the surface.

Studio Project
Working with a team of ten students from both the VFX and animation departments, this collaborative short was filmed on location in London, with animation and VFX all completed at Escape Studios.  The live action plates were scanned and tracked, and were completed with digital animation in Maya, composited and rendered in Arnold.

Director Martin Kamminga

Director & Producer
Director Martin Kamminga, originally from The Netherlands, is a student at Escape Studios in London, studying the Art of Visual Effects. Draw is his first film. Draw was produced by Conway Dobbs, and the lead animator was Maciej Osuch - who in 2019 directed the award-winning short Golden Acorn.  The 3D VFX Lead was Jake Newton and the 2D VFX Lead was Christopher Fernandes.

Credits
Director - Martin Kamminga
Producer - Conway Dobbs
Head of Animation - Maciej Osuch
Director of Photography - Clement Gharini
3D VFX Lead - Jake Newton
2D VFX Lead - Christopher Fernandes
Animators - Maciej Osuch, Conway Dobbs, Malvina Hedenberg
3D VFX - Martin Kamminga, Will Lum, Marlon Neshava

Producer Conway Dobbs

2D VFX - Christopher Fernandes, Pierrick Hausler, Elliot Ilsley, Jake Hibbert
Matchmove - Christopher Fernandes, Marlon Neshava, Pierrick Hausler, Elliot Ilsley
Lighting and Texturing - Martin Kamminga

Project supervisors
The VFX project is overseen by our 3rd year tutors:

• Davi Stein, Head of 2D at Escape Studios
• Michael Davies, Animation Tutor and UG program leader
• Jonathan McFall, 3rd year VFX Tutor and UG program leader

2019 VFX Projects

To see examples of successful VFX projects which have gone on to win awards in international film festivals in 2019, follow these links:

• Jerich0, directed by Sarah Andrews, winner of many awards and shortlisted for a Student BAFTA
• Home Sweet Home, directed by Maria Robertson, selected for the BFI London Film Fest and multi-award winner
• Adam & Eve Mk II, directed by Sebastian Kuder, winner of multiple awards
• Minuet, directed by Aaron Hopwood and Harry Pearson, award winner
• Golden Acorn directed by Maciej Osuch, award winner

Draw was created as part of the 3rd year VFX project at Escape Studios. To see more about the third year of animation studies at Escape Studios, follow this link.

Draw at IMDB
You can find Draw at the IMDB here. You can also find "Draw" among the list of winners here at the Golden Nugget Film Festival Official Website.

 
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