"Vivid" Wins "Best Animation" at Milan Gold Awards

"Vivid" wins "Best Animated Film" in Milan

Congratulations to the makers of "Vivid", the latest short VFX film from Escape Studios, which has won an award for "Best Animated Film" at the Milan Gold Awards.

"Vivid" was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students.  Vivid was written and directed by Kia Claire, and produced by Amber Coventry.  Samuel Greer was the 3D VFX Lead and Williams Griffith was the 2D VFX Lead.  This is the film's second festival award. 

Vivid

 

Vivid

Vivid tells the story of a mysterious gift, a simple package that - once opened - reveals a Pandora's box of surprises. 

Software

Vivid was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. 

Vivid Credits

• Kia Claire – Director, 2D VFX Artist
• Amber Coventry – Producer, 2D Artist
• Morgan Pugh – Woman, Houdini FX
• Samuel Greer – 3D VFX Lead
• Ryan Fletcher – 3D Generalist
• Raheen Ojukotola – 3D Generalist
• Tyrese Rawlins – 3D Modelling
• Williams Griffith – 2D VFX Lead
• Dylan Gypps - 2D VFX Artist
• Lilly Boswell - 2D VFX Artist

Tutor Supervision

Vivid was overseen by Escape Studios' tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX) and Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX).

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback was generously provided by artists from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), in particular: Mel Leamon (Senior Compositor), Gabriel Hennessy (Senior FX TD), Ariel Flores Silva (Modeller) and Michael Wilde (Senior Texture Artist).

Vivid at The IMDB

You can find Vivid at the IMDB here. 

Festival Success

Vivid has won: 

• Best Super Short Film at the London Movie Awards
• Best Animated Film" at the Milan Gold Awards

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