"Game Knight" Wins "Special Award" at EEFF

"Game Knight", Special Award for Best VFX 

Congratulations to the makers of "Game Knight", which has won a Special Award for "Best VFX" at the Eastern Europe Film Awards.  

Directed by Wyndham Brunt and produced by Christopher Marsden-Carleton,  

Game Knight was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students.  This is its third festival award. 

Game Knight

You can watch Game Knight below:

 

Game Knight

"Game Knight" is a short VFX film created by our third year animation and VFX students at Escape Studios.  Directed by Wyndham Brunt and produced by Christopher Marsden-Carleton,  Game Knight was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.  

Escape Method

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 and produce an industry-quality outcome. 

Game Knight Credits

• Wyndham Brunt – Director, 3D Artist, Writer
• Christopher Marsden-Carleton – Producer, Rigger, Animator
• Alex Maynard – Co-Producer, Animator
• Guang Quan Thor – Animator, 3D Artist, Rigger
• Juliana Aczel – Art Director, Animator
• Mehdy Alaoui – Animator, Art Director
• Clement Gharini - Cinematography
• Kiran James – Animator, Rigger
• Miro Marshall – Compositor
• Matthew O’Reilly – Compositor
• Jane Williams – Compositor
• Ahmed Muktar – 3D Artist
• Mantas Norkus – 3D Artist
• Ajeevan Gopalapillai – 3D Artist
• Ken Weissman – Original Score

Escape Tutors

Game Knight was overseen by a number of 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

Game Knight has so far won three festival awards:

• Special Award for Best VFX at the Eastern Europe Film Awards
• Best Animation at the Milan Gold Awards
• Best Director - Short Film (Hon Mention) at the Future of Film Awards

Game Knight at IMDB

You can find Game Knight at the IMDB here.

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