"Joe" Wins "Best VFX" at the Art Film Awards

Many congratulations to the makers of Joe, which has won "Best Sci-Fi Film" at the Art Film Awards. 

 "Joe" is a short film directed by Callum Reeve and produced by Aidan Lonergan, completed as part of animation Module PR6001.

Joe is a story about a cleanup robot that goes wrong.  The 3D VFX Lead was Alfie Mitchell and the 2D VFX Lead was George Randall.  Joe has won many festival awards.

Joe

Joe is a story about a cleanup robot that goes wrong. It was directed by Callum Reeve and Produced by Aidan Lonergan. 

It was completed as part of animation Module PR6001,  a Studio Project worth 60 Credits.

Student collaboration

Working with a team of ten students from both the VFX and animation departments, this collaborative short was filmed on location in London, with animation and VFX all completed at Escape Studios over three months.

Live action and animation

The live action plates were scanned and tracked, and were completed with digital animation in Maya, composited and rendered in Arnold.

The lead animator was Jack Thompson, and cinematography was by Clement Gharini. The 3D VFX Lead was Alfie Mitchell, and the Compositing Lead was George Randall.

Joe

Joe is a short film about a clean-up robot that goes wrong.

Credits

• Director - Callum Reeve 
• Producer & Editor - Aidan Lonergan 
• Editor - George Randall 
• Sound Design - Robert Bibb
• Lead Animator - Jack Thompson 
• Director of Photography - Clement Gharini 
• 3D VFX Lead - Alfie Mitchell
• 2D VFX Lead - George Randall (Compositing)
• FX Lead - Benjamin Fowler
• FX artist - Alex Angert
• Rigging - Jack Thompson 
• Scripting - Aidan Lonergan
• Animators - Aidan Lonergan, Ravi Limbu
• 3D Artist - Adam Phillips
• 2D Compositing - Callum Reeve, Charlotte Derry, Vincenzo Meola, Aidan Lonergan

Festival Success

Joe has won many festival awards: 

• Best Sci-Fi Film at the Art Film Awards
• Best VFX at the Future of Film Awards
• Best VFX at Athens Film Fest
• Best VFX at the London International Monthly Film Festival (LIMFF)
• Best VFX at the Argenteuil Film Festival
• Best VFX at the Cinematic European Film Festival
• "Best Genre Short Film" Award at the Heroes International Film Festival.
• "Director's Choice" award at the Sci-On film festival 
• "Four Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Festival.

Draw at IMDB

You can find Joe at the IMDB here. 

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