"Shimmer" Wins Best VFX at HEI Fest

Shimmer wins Best VFX at the HEI Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Shimmer", a vfx short film created by students at Escape Studios, which has won Best VFX at the HEI Fest. 

"Shimmer" was directed by Will Moss and produced by Aidan Callaghan, and tells the story of two glass figurines which come to life. 

This is Shimmer's fourth festival award. 

Shimmer wins "Best Creative" at Halicarnassus Fest

Shimmer

Shimmer is a "tale of love and illumination", in which two glass figurines come to life.  It was created by our 3rd year animation and VFX students working together as part of a studio project, in which students collaborate to produce a short film. 

Studio Project

Shimmer was created as part of PR6001, a Studio Module in which animation and VFX students join forces to create a VFX project over 12 weeks. Animation was completed in Maya, editing was done in Premiere, and rendering was done in Arnold.

Supervision

The film was overseen by Escape Studios' tutors Paul Harrison, Allar Kaasik and Mark Spevick.

"Shimmer" Credits

• 
  Will Moss - Director, 2D Artist
• Aidan Callaghan - Producer, VFX Producer, 3D Artist
• Clement Gharini - Director of Photography
• Oliver Gallagher - Animation Lead
• Toby Haslam - 3D Lead
• Lily Barber - 2D Lead
• Amandepp Kukreja - 3D Artist
• Andre Silva - 2D Artist
• Joshua Fernandez - 2D Artist
• Luca Weller-Dawbarn - 2D Artist
• Ekeoma Amuchie - Animator
• David Akinyose - Animator
• Harrison Bell - Animator
• Molly McCabe - Animator
• Svetelina Kumanova - Animator

IMDB
You can find Shimmer at the IMDB here. 

Festival Success

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

• Best VFX at the HEI Fest
• Honourable Mention in the category of "Best First Time Director" at the Art Film Awards. .
• "Best VFX" at the Athens International Film Festival (AIMFF)
•  "Best Creative" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

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