"Mini Mail" Wins "Best Student Film" in Hollywood

 Mini Mail wins "Best Student Film" in Hollywood

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX Short film Mini Mail, which has won "Best Student Film" at the Hollywood Gold Awards.

Mini Mail was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students at Escape Studios; it was written and directed by Thomas Greensmith and produced by Nilufer Refet.  This is its fourth festival award. 

Mini Mail



Mini Mail

Mini Mail is a short VFX film that tells the story of a futuristic delivery, passing through a series of mysterious portals. 

Asia Gayle  was the 3D VFX lead, and Daniel Beeching was the 2D VFX Lead.  John Oakes-Pearson stars as the delivery guy.  Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic.  

Software

Mini Mail was created in Maya and Houdini, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. 

Mini Mail Credits

• Thomas Greensmith - Writer, Director, Art Director, 2D VFX 
• Nilufer Refet - Producer, 2D VFX 
• Matthew O'Shaughnessy - FX Lead
• Asia Gayle - 3D VFX Lead, Sound Design
• Daniel Beeching - Editor, 2D VFX Lead
• Yusuf Saddique - Assistant Editor, 2D VFX
• John Oakes-Pearson - Delivery Man, 2D VFX
• Laraib Shaikh - 2D VFX
• Bradley Vince-Crowhurst - 3D VFX 
• Rhiannon Kelly - 3D VFX 
• Nico B - Music

Special Thanks

Special Thanks to Cheryl Chan and Matthew O'Reilly. 

Tutor Supervision

Mini Mail was overseen by Escape Studios' VFX tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX), Riccardo Zanarini (Houdini) and Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX).

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic

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

Escape Method

Industry feedback is at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios; one of the Five Pillars of The Escape Method.

Mini Mail at The IMDB

You can find Mini Mail at the IMDB here.  

Festival Awards

• Best Student Film at the Hollywood Gold Awards
• Best Super Short at the London Movie Awards
• Best First Time Director at the International Gold Awards
• Best Super Short at the Florence Film Awards

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