A Long Way Home Wins Best Trailer at 1stMFF

Congratulations to the makers of A Long Way Home, which has won an award for at the Best Trailer at the 1st Monthly Film Festival.

A Long Way Home is a teaser/trailer directed by Harrison Bell and produced by Josiah Martin-Lofters, about an orphaned girl searching for her biological mother.  

The film was edited by Cameron Haley, the CG Supervisor was Nicole Widmer.  A Long Way Home has won many festival awards. 

A Long Way Home

"A Long Way Home" is a story about an orphan who goes on a journey to find her biological mother; the film is based on an original idea by Harrison Bell.  The short is a trailer for a feature film currently in development. "A Long Way Home" was animated in Maya, edited in Premiere Pro, and rendered in Arnold.  You can watch the trailer below - it is less than two minutes long. 

A Long Way Home from Harrison Bell on Vimeo.

Second Year Studio Module 

"A Long Way Home" was completed by our second-year undergraduate animation students as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio. 

A Long Way Home - Credits

• Harrison Bell - Director, animator
• Josiah Martin-Lofters - Producer, Animator
• Simone Fraser - Writer, Animator
• Cameron Haley - Editor, Animator
• Gary Roche - Cinematography, Storyboard artist, Animator
• Nicole Widmer - CG Supervisor, animator
• Shenaaz Suliman - Production Designer, Animator
• Miriam Di Benedetto - 3D Layout Artist, Animator
• Shessy Idowu - Lighting, Animator
• Stuart Bramwell - Original Score
• Jakob Parsons - Sound Design

Rigs

Thanks to all the modellers and riggers who created the character rigs used in the film.  "A Long Way Home" made use of "Bonnie" by Josh Sobel, "Malcolm" by AnimSchool, "Cody" by Ahmed Elmatarawi, and "Sam & Amy" by Gabriel Salas.

Original Score

The original score was provided by Stuart Bramwell, a musician and composer studying at Berklee College of Music for his Masters' Degree in Scoring for Film and TV.  Stuart's specialism is in writing music for animation.

Festival Success

Best Trailer at the Art Film Awards

This is the latest festival award for A Long Way Home, which has won many awards: 

• Best Trailer at the 1st Monthly Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Future of Film Awards
• Best Trailer at Golden Eagle Film Festival
• Best Animated Trailer at the Dreamachine International Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Heart of Europe International Film Festival (HEIFEST)
• Best Trailer at the Onyko Film Festival 
  Best Trailer at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival
• Hon Mention in the category of Best Original Score at the Athens Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Vesuvius Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Art Film Awards 
• Nominated for "Best Trailer" at The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) in March. 

Thanks

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

Official Website

You can read more about the making of "A Long Way Home" here at the official site.

IMDB
You can find "A Long Way Home" here at the IMDB. Special thanks to our industry mentor Max Howard who offered invaluable advice and support throughout. 

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