D.A.N.S Wins Best Sci-Fi at 1st Film Fest

 D.A.N.S wins "Best Sci-Fi" at the 1st Film Fest.

Escape Studios is delighted to congratulate the makers of the VFX short D.A.N.S which has won "Best Sci-Fi" at the 1st Film Fest. 

Produced by Rajun Madahar and Directed by Charlie Wilson, D.A.N.S was a collaboration between third year undergraduate animation students and VFX students, working together to create an original short film. This is its first festival award. 

D.A.N.S

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D.A.N.S is one of the latest VFX short films from Escape Studios.  Directed by Charlie Wilson and produced by Rajun Madahar, D.A.N.S, tells the story of a cleanup robot that dreams of a better life.  D.A.N.S was a collaboration between undergraduate animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  Studio projects such as this one form part of The Escape Method; bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams, responding to industry feedback - in this case from Industrial Light & Magic.

Software

D.A.N.S

D.A.N.S was animated in Autodesk Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere. 

D.A.N.S Credits

• Charlie Wilson – Director, Editor, Lighting, DP,
• Rajun Madahar – Producer, Animation
• Owen Price – 3D VFX Lead, Modelling, Sound Design,
• Jake Hines – 2D VFX Lead, Roto Paint,
• Amy Little – Animation Lead, Rigging
• Paul Bittman – Original Score
• Thomas Sichetti – Modelling
• David Chico  – Modelling
• Lee Delos Angeles  – Modelling, Concept Art
• Kieron Lee – Modelling, Texturing
• Philippa "Pip" Cowen – Modelling, Animation
• Michael Atkins – Modelling, Texturing
• Sihaam "Simu" Weheliye – Concept Art, Storyboards, Animation
• Rianna Patel – Animation
• Jessica Kelly – Animation
• Robert Thomas – Animation
• Harry Symonds – Compositing
• Raneen Walid – Compositing, Roto Paint
• Helen Wynne-Jones – Choreography
• Ciara Hartley – Roto Paint

Escape Tutors

D.A.N.S was overseen by our tutors at Escape Studios, bringing expertise in 3D VFX, animation, and 2D VFX Compositing.

• Paul Harrison - Animation, VFX, Rigging
• Klaudija Cermak - 2D VFX Compositing
• Sagar Rathod - 3D VFX & Animation

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic

Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic, from Senior Texture Artist Ellie Dupont, Lead Animator Bernard Wicksteed and Senior Compositor Manuel Rivoir.

IMDB

You can find D.A.N.S at the IMDB Here.

Rookies

You can find D.A.N.S at the 2024 Rookies here. 

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