Minuet Best Sound Track at Halicarnassus Fest

"Minuet" Best Soundtrack at Halicarnassus Fest

Congratulations to the makers of Minuet, which has won an award for Best Sound Track at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

Minuet is a short film about a young girl preparing for a concert recital, directed by Aaron Hopwood and Harry Pearson, and produced by Maddison Gould.  

The original score was composed by Alexandra Harwood.  

Minuet has won many festival awards. 

About "Minuet"
Minuet tells the story of a young concert pianist who, while preparing for her next performance, encounters misfortune - and finds help in an unlikely place.  

Credits

Overseen by third year animation tutor Michael Davies, the project was animated in Maya, and rendered in Unreal Engine.

Minuet Credits

• Aaron Hopwood – Director, Sound, Animation, Modelling and Texturing
• Harry Pearson – Director, Animation, Cinematography and Layout, Lead Realtime TD
• Maddison Gould – Producer, Animation
• Katerina Zacharakis – Editor, Animation
• Sarah Andrews – Storyboard Artist, Sound, Additional Art, Animation
• Stephen Mealand - Storyboard Artist, Animation, Realtime TD
• Sebastian Kuder – Cinematography and Layout, Realtime TD
• Eleni Fouya – Storyboard Artist, Additional Art, Animation, Modelling and Texturing
• Martina Baburkova – Additional Art, Modelling and Texturing
• Velvet Brandon – Animation, Modelling and Texturing, Realtime TD
• Daniel Baidoo – Animation
• Ama Collins – Animation
• Emily Lim Sarrias – Animation, Rigging, Modelling and Texturing
• Daniel Dutton – Animation, Realtime TD
• Piotr Noworyta – Animation
• Maria Robertson – Animation
• Adam Scrivener – Animation
• Nicole Gonzalez – Modelling and Texturing
• Alexandra Harwood - Music

Festival Awards

This is is the latest award for Minuet, which has also won:

• Best Sound Track at the Halicarnassus Film Festival
• Honourable Mention for Best Original Score at the Tokyo Film Festival
• Best Animated Short for Children at the ARGJIRO21 AniFest, the International Film Festival for Children and Young People
• "Best Animation" at the Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival
• Best Animation at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
• No Budget Film Festival 2019 

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