Directed by Callum Walters and produced by Matthew Wight, Vivi Ossa (Latin for “living bones”) is a short VFX film about a museum visitor who brings ancient bones to life through the power of music. Piraveen Satkunam: was the 3D lead, and Mitchell Searle was the 2D lead.
Vivi Ossa has won many festival awards.
Viva Ossa
You can watch the film (it’s less than a minute long) below:
Vivi Ossa from piraveen satkunam on Vimeo.
About Vivi Ossa
Vivi Ossa (Latin for “living bones”) is a story about a museum visitor who brings ancient bones to life through the power of music.
It’s a very short film – only two shots – but as you watch it, note that the entire environment is digital; the students created the museum and all the objects inside it from scratch.
Cast & Crew
Directed by Callum Walters and produced by Matthew Wight, Vivi Ossa brought together many craft disciplines, including CG, compositing, roto, prep, keying, integrating a live action character into a digital set and, of course, animation.
Vivi Ossa: Credits in full
Vimeo
You can watch Vivi Ossa in full here at Vimeo.
IMDB
You can see Vivi Ossa’s IMDB page here.
- Callum Walters: Director & 3D Artist
- Matthew Wight: Producer & 2D Artist
- Ellen Menezes: 3D Artist & Museum visitor
- Piraveen Satkunam: 3D lead artist
- Harrison Workman: 3D artist
- Lucas Menezes: 3D artist
- James Cooper: 3D artist
- Mitchell Searle: 2D lead artist
- Harry Pearson: animation
- Raphael Kennedy: Additional artwork
- Angie Piedrahita Cajicas: Additional artwork
- Corey Birch: Additional artwork
- Artenis Rukaj: Additional artwork
Festival Success
Vivi Ossa has won many festival awards:
- “Best Micro Short” for 2022 at the Dreamachine Film Festival.
- Honourable Mention for Best Micro Short at the Art Film Awards
- Best Micro Short at Dreamachine Fest
- “Best Trailer” at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.
- “Best One Minute Film” at the Varese Film Festival
- Best Microfilm at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
- Zero Budget Film Festival
- “Special Mention” at the London Seasonal Short Film Festival.
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