Candle Wick Wins Best First Time Director

Candle Wick wins Best First-Time Director

Many congratulations to the directors of "Candle Wick", a short animated film created by our second-year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best First Time Director" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 

"Candle Wick" was directed by Oliver Gallagher, co-directed by Shauna Ludgate, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis.  Art direction was by Tsvetelina Kumanova.

Candle Wick

"Candle Wick" is a short story about a candle living inside the walls of an old house, who must venture outside to save his home.

Studios Project PR5001

"Candle Wick" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which undergraduate students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.  

Candle Wick was completed in six weeks.  It was animated in Autodesk Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, and rendered in Redshift. 

"Candle Wick" Credits

• Oliver Gallagher - Writer, Director, Storyboards, Animator
• Shauna Ludgate - Co-Director, Storyboards, Animator, 3D Layout, Compositor
• Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis - Producer, Editor
• Liam Martin - Writer, Editor, Animator
• Tsvetelina Kumanova - Art Director, Storyboards, Animator
• Muhammed "Mo" Mansoor - Writer, 3D Layout, Animator, Voice Actor 
• Aroosa Qureshi - Storyboards, Animator
• Tom Perry - Modeling, Texturing, Digital FX
• Maria Cortes-Monroy - Original Score
• David Akinyose - Animator
• Chanakan Jeffries - Editor, Animator
• Mihail Sustov - Sound Design
• Ellie Wills - Voice Actor - (Wick)

Thanks to our Industry Friends

Max Howard

Many thanks to film producer and Disney veteran Max Howard, who provided invaluable critique and support throughout the project. 

Candle Wick at the IMDB

You can find Candle Wick listed at the IMDB here. 

Candle Wick Official Site

You can also find more about the film at the official blog. 

Festival Awards

This is the third festival award for Candle Wick which has also won Best No Budget Film at the Dreamer's Short Film Festival (DSFF) and Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival. 

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