"Queerbaiting" Wins "Best Production" at HEI Fest

Queerbaiting" wins "Best Production" at HEI fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Queerbaiting", which has won "Best Production" at the The Heart of Europe Film Festival. 

Directed by Ellen Hughes and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Queerbaiting" was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine.  Textures were created in Substance Painter.  This is Queerbaiting's second festival award.

"Queerbaiting"

"Queerbaiting"

"Queerbaiting" is a love story starring Morgan, "who gets baited for love by others, until she is finally hooked". 

Software

"Queerbaiting" was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine. Textures were created in Substance Painter. 

Credits

• Ellen Hughes - Writer, Director, Animator, Concept Art, Storyboards,
• Wiktoria Swierk - Producer, Previs Artist, Animator, Editor
• Amelia Watson - Technical Director, Environment Artist, Modelling, Texturing, Animation
• Anthony Sarmiento - Animation Lead, Storyboards, VFX, Editor
• Campbell Brooks - Rigging Lead, Modelling
• Francesco La Porta - Music 
• Jocelyn Dunn - Saxophonist
• Alessandro La Porta - Musician
• Amy Husted - Concept Art, Rigging, Animation, 
• Abid Cherangi House - Character Modelling 
• Eilidh Smith - Character Modelling 
• Elizabeth Thomas - Character Modelling 
• Joanna Moreland - Character Modelling 
• Luiza Soares - Character Modelling 
• Sasha Pozen - Character Modelling 
• Paul Harrison - Modelling, Texturing
• Daniel Dutton - Texturing
• Conall Ferguson - Animation 
• Muhammad Jowardhar - Animation 
• Steven Lall - Video Reference 

Tutors 

Queerbaiting was supervised by animation tutors Paul Harrison and Steven Lall.  

Thanks to Our Industry Partners

Team "Queerbaiting"

Escape Studios thanks Blue Zoo lead animator Will Lloyd-Cook and Juani Guiraldes from ILM on their feedback and support throughout.

Escape Method

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.

Festivals

Queerbaiting has won:

• Best Production at the The Heart of Europe Film Festival
• Best LGBT film at the Tekka International Film Awards

IMDB

You can find Queerbaiting at the IMDB here.

Rookies

You can find Queerbaiting at The Rookies here.

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