Tuesday 24 August 2021

Candle Wick Wins "Best No Budget" at DSFF

Candle Wick wins Best No Budget Film at DSFF 
Many congratulations to the makers of "Candle Wick", a short animated film created by our second-year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best No Budget Short" at the Dreamer's Short Film Festival (DSFF).

"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 Wickis 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

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

Candle Wick Official Site

Festival Awards

This is the second festival award for Candle Wick which has also won Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival. 

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