Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film “iCare“, which has won “Best Student Film” at the Eight and a Half Film Awards.
Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen, iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate VFX and animation students, working together to create an original story.
This is the film’s first festival award.
iCare
You can watch iCare below:
iCare | Student Short Film – Escape Studios from Bruno Urzì on Vimeo.
iCare
“iCare” is one of the latest short VFX films created by our third year animation and vfx students at Escape Studios. Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen, iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story. Studio projects such as this one are part of what we call The Escape Method – bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams and produce an industry-quality outcome.
iCare
Software
iCare was animated in Autodesk Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in DaVinci Resolve. Meshroom was used for for photogrammetry.
iCare Credits
iCare was overseen by four tutors at Escape Studios, offering expertise in 3D VFX, animation, and 2D Compositing.
iCare Credits
- Sara Wilson-Soppitt – Lonely Lady
- Bruno Urzi – Director, Assistant Producer, 2D Compositor, VFX Editor
- Alex Sellen – Producer, Assistant Director
- Wiktor Brodowski – Lead Animator
- Jane Williams – 2D Lead
- Matdawna Jn Philip – Rigger, Animator
- Sebastian Petre – Rigger
- Noemie Lafrontiere – Animator
- Jessa Timog-Santiago – Animator
- Andy Ramlika – Compositor
- Jake Roberts – 3D Lead
- Gino Demurtas – 3D Modeling, Scanning Lead
- Owen Manley – 3D Modeling
- Clement Gharini – Cinematography
- Lorenzo Pelli – Original Score
- Marco Giannini – Sound Design
Escape Tutors
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Paul Harrison – Animation, Rigging
Scene from iCare - Sokratis Synitos – 2D Compositing
- Steven Lall – Animation, general 3D skills
- Sagar Rathod – 3D Skills & Animation
Festival Success
“Best Student Film” at the Eight and a Half Film Awards.
IMDB
You can find iCare at the IMDB here.
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