"Draw" in "Ruy Lopez" Nom at Chess Fest

"Draw" nominated for Ruy Lopez award

Escape Studios is proud to announce that the short film "Draw", directed by Martin Kamminga, has been nominated for a "Ruy Lopez Award" at the Hell Chess festival.  

The Ruy Lopez Award is named after the 16th-century Spanish priest and chess champion Ruy López de Segura.

Hell Chess Festival

Ruy Lopez Opening

The Hell Chess Festival takes place annually in Spain, and is dedicated to the game of chess. The Ruy Lopez Award is named after the 16th-century Spanish priest and chess champion Ruy López de Segura, whose opening move is still a standard chess move to today. 

Awards for "Draw"

This latest nomination comes on top of a series of festival wins for  "Draw", including a "Winners Award" at the Arte Non Stop Film Festival in Buenos Aires, "Best Micro Film" at the Golden Nugget Film Fest in London, "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, 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 "Draw" was 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

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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