Slushy Wins "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius

Slushy: "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Slushy", which has won its third festival award - "Best Micro Film" at the Vesuvius Film Festival.

Directed by Callum Wylie and produced by Jess Hiles, "Slushy" is a short animated film about two frozen soft drinks who fall in love.

"Slushy"

"Slushy" is a short animated film created by a team of animators and VFX artists at Escape Studios over three months, part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits.  In this module our animation students and VFX students combine forces to produce a short visual effects film, learning how to produce animation within the VFX pipeline. You can see the film below.

 

Slushy

"Slushy" was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits, overseen by UG Program Leader Michael Davies.

Location Shoot

"Slushy" was filmed on location in West Horndon, Essex, courtesy of the family of third year Escape Studios games student George Morris, who kindly let us film for a day.  

VFX Pipeline

The 3D Pipeline was overseen by 3D Lead Jamie Stokes, with a close collaboration between the animation and 2D departments to ensure the smooth sharing of scenes and assets. 

Jamie created the character fluid FX, character shaders, lighting and rendering, along with asset creation, and the matchmove for all the shots.

"Slushy" Official Site

To see more about "Slushy", follow this link to Jamie Stoke's official webpage. 

Director Callum Wylie

"Slushy" was directed and edited by Callum Wylie, who last year produced the multiple-award-winning teaser/trailer "Death From Above". Callum also worked as an animator on two other award-winning student films: "Street Ratz" and "Quarantine Chorus". 

Producer Jess Hiles

"Slushy" was produced by Jess Hiles, who last year produced the award-winning short film "Hat Shop", and also worked as an animator on two other award-winning student films: "Street Ratz" and "Hotel Aloha". 

"Slushy" Credits

• Callum Wylie - Director, Editor, Storyboard artist, Animator
• Jess Hiles - Producer, Animator, Colourist
• Clement Gharini - Director of Photography
• Maria Cortes-Monroy - Original Music 
• Max Fitzgerald - Camera Operator
• Filipe Correia - Editor 
• Konrad Peczkowicz - Lead Animator, Sound Effects 
• Edoardo Sartori - Animator 
• Morgan Mda - Animator
• Charlotte Valder - Storyboard Artist, Compositing
• Jamie Stokes - 3D Lead, Matchmove, FX, Lighting, Render TD
• Joe Henton - 3D Modeling
• Omar Hamza - 3D Modeling, Textures
• Filipe Correia - 2D Lead, Matchmove
• Joe Henton - Textures
• Giovani Battista Izzo - Compositing

Festival Success

This is the third festival award for Slushy, which has already won:

• Best Micro Short at Vesuvius
• "Honourable Mention" in the category of "Best VFX" at the Athens International Film Fest
• "Five Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Festival. 

"Slushy" at IMDB

To see "Slushy" at the IMDB, follow this link.

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