Thursday 8 February 2024

Introducing "Theseus and The Minotaur"

Theseus And The Minotaur - An Escape Studios Student Short Film from Ethan Mainwaring-taylor on Vimeo.

Meet Theseus and The Minotaur, the latest short produced by our third year undergraduate VFX students at Escape Studios.  Theseus and The Minotaur tells the story of the Greek hero's entry into the Labyrinth, and was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina. The 3D lead was Xavier Barker, and the 2D Lead was Ethan Mainwaring-Taylor.  Industry feedback and support was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic

Theseus and The Minotaur
Theseus and The Minotaur tells the story of the Greek demi-god hero Theseus as he enters the Labyrinth on a quest to slay the Minotoaur. 

Theseus and The Minotaur was made by our third year VFX students, working together to replicate as closely as possible the workings of a real vfx studio and facility.

Theseus and The Minotaur Credits

Supervising Tutors
Theseus and The Minotaur was overseen by supervising tutors Sagar Rathod (3D VFX) and Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX).

Industry Support - ILM
Industrial Light & Magic - Industry Feedback Manuel Rivoir (Snr Compositor) 
Escape Studios would like to thank Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for industry feedback, kind words and general support throughout.  

Thanks
In particular, we extend thanks to Senior texture Artist Ellie Dupont and Lead Animator Bernard WicksteedFrederick Vallee, Davi Stein and Julien Ducenne also offered support and feedback. 

Industrial Light & Magic have been our loyal industry partners for many years, offering our students the chance to get real-world feedback from industry, as if they were working in a commercial studio.

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
Theseus and The Minotaur
 is currently being entered into film festivals.

IMDB
you can find Theseus and The Minotaur at the IMDB here.


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