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| Introduction to the Light Best VFX at the Onyko Awards |
Congratulations to the makers of “Introduction to the Light“, which has won Best VFX at the Onyko Film Festival.
Written and directed by Escapee Mattia Binda, with cinematography by Samuele Bogni, “Introduction to the Light“ is a visual poem and experimental animation.
Mattia Binda took our MA in VFX Production at Escape Studios, learning the art and craft of visual effects film-making. This is the third festival award for “Introduction to the Light“.
“Introduction to the Light”
You can watch “Introduction to the Light” at Vimeo below:
Introduction to the Light – a CG short from Mattia Binda on Vimeo.
Introduction to The Light
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| Mattia Binda |
Introduction to the Light represents a departure from much of the work done recently at Escape Studios, exploring a non-narrative style of animation.
Festival Success
“Introduction to the Light“ has won
- Best VFX at the London International Film Festival
- Best VFX at Onyko Film Fest
Software
- Autodesk Maya – to model and UV most of the objects. Everything was rendered in Arnold.
- SideFX Houdini – to create the flowers, water simulations, particle simulations, rigid body simulations, Ema plaques strings, and the Shimenawa (large rope on the temple).
- Substance Painter – to create all textures (except for the Shimenawa, which uses a procedural shader)
- 3De4 – for tracking
- Nuke by Foundry – colour correction and compositing
- Adobe Premiere – for editing and sound
- After Effects – fixes via Dynamic Link
Mattia took our MA in VFX Production at Escape Studios, learning the art and craft of visual effects film-making. To find out more, follow this link.
Introduction to The Light
You can find Introduction to the Light at the IMDB here.
THE ART OF VISUAL EFFECTS AT ESCAPE STUDIOS 