"Tatty" Wins "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Fest

"Tatty" wins "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an award for "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival.  

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.

Tatty

You can watch Tatty below:

Escape Studios is proud to present "Tatty", the latest short film created by our third year animation and vfx students at Escape Studios.  Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk,  Tatty was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  Studio projects such as this one are part of what we call The Escape Method - bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams. 

Tatty

Tatty tells the story of a stuffed toy elephant in need of a little tender love and care.  After all, there is no such thing as perfect. 

Software

Tatty was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere. 

Tatty Credits

• Amelia Watson - Writer, Director, Animator
• Wiktoria Swierk - Producer, Animator
• Oz Arisoy - VFX Supervisor, 3D VFX
• Emma Richards - 2D VFX Lead
• Liam Jones – 3D VFX Lead
• Ben Williamson – 2D VFX
• Jasroop Sandhu – 2D VFX
• Stefano Ferron – 2D VFX
• Cameron Norris – 3D VFX
• Matdawna Jn Philipp – Rigging
• Conall Ferguson – Animation Lead
• Bonnie Duncan – Animator
• Jess Hiles – Animator
• Muhammad Jowardhar – Animator

Escape Tutors

Tatty was overseen by four tutors at Escape Studios, offering expertise in 3D VFX, animation, and 2D Compositing.

• Paul Harrison - Animation, Rigging
• Sokratis Synitos - 2D Compositing
• Steven Lall - Animation, general 3D skills
• Sagar Rathod - 3D Skills & Animation

Festival Success

Tatty  has won two festival awards:

• Best VFX at the Future of Film Awards
• Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival

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