“Slushy” Wins Best VFX at Tokyo Film Festival

Congratulations to the creators of “Slushy”, which has won Best VFX at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIMFF).

Directed by Callum Wylie and produced by Jess Hiles, “Slushy” is a short animated film about two frozen soft drinks who get separated and have to find a way back to their fridge-freezer home.

Slushy was created as part of a Studio Project in which animation and vfx students join forces to create a short film.

Slushy has won multiple festival awards.

“Slushy”

“Slushy” is a short animated film created by a team of animators and VFX artists at Escape Studios over three months, part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits.

In this module our animation students and VFX students combine forces to produce a short visual effects film, learning how to produce animation within the VFX pipeline. You can see the film below.

Slushy

“Slushy” was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits, overseen by UG Program Leader Michael Davies.

Location Shoot

“Slushy” was filmed on location in West Horndon, Essex, courtesy of the family of third year Escape Studios games student George Morris, who kindly let us film for a day.

VFX Pipeline

The 3D Pipeline was overseen by 3D Lead Jamie Stokes, with a close collaboration between the animation and 2D departments to ensure the smooth sharing of scenes and assets.

Jamie created the character fluid FX, character shaders, lighting and rendering, along with asset creation, and the matchmove for all the shots.

“Slushy” Official Site

To see more about “Slushy”, follow this link to Jamie Stoke’s official webpage.

Director Callum Wylie

“Slushy” was directed and edited by Callum Wylie, who last year produced the multiple-award-winning teaser/trailer “Death From Above”. Callum also worked as an animator on two other award-winning student films: “Street Ratz” and “Quarantine Chorus”.

Producer Jess Hiles

“Slushy” was produced by Jess Hiles, who last year produced the award-winning short film “Hat Shop”, and also worked as an animator on two other award-winning student films: “Street Ratz” and “Hotel Aloha”.

“Slushy” Credits

Callum Wylie – Director, Editor, Storyboard artist, Animator
Jess Hiles – Producer, Animator, Colourist
Clement Gharini – Director of Photography
Maria Cortes-Monroy – Original Music
Max Fitzgerald – Camera Operator
Filipe Correia – Editor
Konrad Peczkowicz – Lead Animator, Sound Effects
Edoardo Sartori – Animator
Morgan Mda – Animator
Charlotte Valder – Storyboard Artist, Compositing
Jamie Stokes – 3D Lead, Matchmove, FX, Lighting, Render TD
Joe Henton – 3D Modeling
Omar Hamza – 3D Modeling, Textures
Filipe Correia – 2D Lead, Matchmove
Joe Henton – Textures
Giovani Battista Izzo – Compositing

Festival Success

Slushy won a 5 Stars Award at the BIAFF

Slushy has won many festival awards:

Best VFX in Tokyo Film Festival
Best VFX at the Argenteuil Film Festival
Honourable Mention in the category of Best VFX at The Rookies.
Honourable Mention in the category of Best VFX at the London International Monthly Film Festival (LIMFF)
Best Micro Short at Vesuvius
“Honourable Mention” in the category of “Best VFX” at the Athens International Film Fest
“Five Stars Award” at the British International Amateur Film Festival.

“Slushy” at IMDB

To see “Slushy” at the IMDB, follow this link.

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