"Crawl Space" Wins Hon Mention at Arts Fest

Escape Studios is delighted to congratulate James Hothi whose short film "Crawl Space" has won an Honourable Mention in the category of Best Animated Short at the Art Film Awards. 

James Hothi studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by industry veteran Kevin Richards.  

James Hothi produced and directed the short film, and did all the animation and FX work.  This is the third festival award for Crawl Space. 

Crawl Space

MA 3D Animation

Crawl Space was completed as part of the MA 3D Animation, in which animation students work on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the environment and pipeline of a real animation studio. The project was supervised by veteran animator Kevin Richards.

Software
Crawl Space was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

"Crawl Space" Credits

Crawl Space was written, directed and animated by James Hothi.

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback was generously provided by Escapee Jamie Floodgate, lead animator at Blue Zoo. Blue Zoo is one of the UK's leading animation studios, and a regular industry guest at Escape Studios. 

IMDB
You can find Crawl Space at the IMDB here. 

Festival Success

• Best Animated Short Film at the Makizhmithran Film Festival
• Best Animated Short at the Eastern Europe Film Festival

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