"Backtrack" Wins "Best Micro Short" at Rohip Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Backtrack", the teaser/trailer created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Micro Short" at the Rohip International Film Festival.

"Backtrack" is a teaser/trailer for an animated film telling the story of a young athlete who is bullied at school. 

The Backtrack trailer was directed by Philippa "Pip" Cowen and produced by Sihaam "Simu" Weheliye. It has won a number of festival awards. 

"Backtrack"

 

Meet "Backtrack", the latest short film created at Escape Studios.   "Backtrack" is a teaser/trailer for an animated film telling the story of a young athlete who is bullied at school.  Can our hero overcome the odds and win the school track competition?  The Backtrack trailer was directed by Philippa "Pip" Cowen and produced by Sihaam "Simu" Weheliye.

Backtrack

"Backtrack" is a trailer for an animated film about a young boy who is bullied at school, but is determined to win the school track competition.  Can he overcome the odds and win the big race? Backtrack was directed by Pip Cowen, co-directed by Pelumi Oyekunleye and produced by Sihaam "Simu" Weheliye.

Software
"Backtrack" was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro (the editor was Pelumi Oyekunleye) and rendered in Arnold (The CG Supervisor was Yasin Tribak). The voice for the Narrator was provided by Replica Studios AI - the first time Escape students have used AI for voice generation for their short film projects. 

Credits

• Philippa "Pip" Cowen - Director, 3D Layout, Animator
• Pelumi Oyekunleye - Co-director, Animation Supervisor, Cinematographer, Editor
• Sihaam Weheliye - Producer, Animator
• Princess "PJ" Jimenez - Sound Design, Character Design, Animator, Prop Artist
• Yasin Tribak - Art Director, Lighting and Texturing, CG Supervisor
• Blest Bohuma - Storyboard artist, Titles and Credits, Animator
• Joshua Reynolds - Animator

Thanks to our Industry Friends

Narrator Voice by Replica Studios AI 

Many thanks to our industry friends for their feedback and support.  Shelley Page from Locksmith Animation and Disney veteran Max Howard both provided invaluable critique and support throughout the project.

Escape Method

Shelley Page from Locksmith 

Industry feedback is at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios, part of the "Escape Method", a blend of classroom teaching, online tutorials, constructive feedback, industry engagement, and group project work, simulation as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

Festival Success

Backtrack has won four festival awards:

• Best Micro Short at the Rohip International Film Festival
• Best Editing at the London Movie Awards
• Best Animated Short at the Indo-Singapore International Film Festival 
• Best Trailer at the Tekka International Film Festival

IMDB

You can find Backtrack at the IMDB here.

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