"Outpatient" Wins "Best VFX" at the EE Film Fest

"Outpatient" Wins "Best VFX" at the EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Outpatient", which has won "Best VFX" at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

"Outpatient" was directed by Charlie Wilson, co-directed by Idris Driver, produced by Harry Symonds, and co-produced by Emmanuel Rahman. "Outpatient" tells the story of a hospital patient on the edge of survival.  

This is the film's fourth festival award. 

"Outpatient"

"Outpatient"

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

Outpatient Credits

• Charlie Wilson –  Writer, Director, 3D Co-Lead, Sound Design, Editor, Colour Grade
• Harry Symonds – Producer, Compositor
• Emmanuel Rahman – Co-Producer, 2D Lead
• Abdoulah M Jones - The Patient
• Owen Price – 3D Lead
• Clement Gharini – DoP
• Thomas Sichetti – 3D Artist, Sound Design
• David Chico – 3D Artist
• Idris Driver – Co-Director, 3D Lead
• Michael Atkins – 3D Artist
• Lee Delos Angeles – 3D Artist
• Raneen Walid – Compositor
• Ciara Hartley – Compositor 

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

Industry Support - ILM
Escape Studios thanks Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for industry feedback and support throughout. In particular, many thanks to veteran ILM VFX artist David Schott.

Industrial Light & Magic have been 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, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

Festival Success

Best Short Film at the International Gold Awards

Outpatient has won:

• Best VFX at the Eastern Europe Film Festival
• Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival 
• Best VFX at the Makizhmithran Film Awards
• Best Short Film at the International Gold Awards

IMDB
you can find Outpatient at the IMDB here.

The Rookies

You can find Outpatient at The Rookies here. 

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