"Tatty" Wins 5 Stars Award at BIAFF

"Tatty" wins "Five Stars Award" at BIAFF

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won a "Five Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Awards. 

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.

This is the latest festival award for Tatty.

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

Feedback from ILM

Escape Studios would like to thank our friends Juani Guiraldes and Andrew Horner from ILM for their generous feedback and support throughout the project.

Festival Success

Tatty  has won four festival awards:

• "Five Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Awards. 
• Best VFX at the Eastern Europe Film Festival
• Best VFX at the Future of Film Awards
• Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival

Tatty at The Rookies

You can find Tatty at the 2023 Rookies here.

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