“Lucky Break” Wins “Best Micro Short” at Tekka Film Festival

Many congratulations to the makers of “Lucky Break“, which has won “Best Micro Short Film” at the Tekka International Film Festival.

Lucky Break was directed by Victoria Stoykova, edited by Rohnak Sharma, and produced by Adewale Ogunbekun.

Lucky Break was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

Lucky Break has won many festival awards.

Lucky Break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyyG9loM6qo

Lucky Break

Directed by Victoria Stoykova edited by Rohnak Sharma, and produced by Adewale Ogunbekun, Lucky Break tells the story of a stone dinosaur that comes to life, and rescues a fledgling baby bird.

Studio Project

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.

Lucky Break Software

Lucky Break was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Lucky Break Credits

Victoria Stoykova – Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, 3D Modeller, XGen Artist, Animator, Lighting Artist,
Rohnak Sharma – Writer, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Animator,
Adewale Ogunbekun – Producer, 3D Lead, 3D Modeller, Lighting Artist, Render Wrangler
Chiyoko Coyte – Art Director, Concept Art, Animator
Oliver Chenery – 2D Compositing Lead
Jade Davanzo – Concept Artist, Animator
Kayleigh Boshoff – Concept Artist , 2D Compositor
Tyrese Fletcher – Storyboard Artist, Animator,
Jadine Downes – 3D Modeller
Campbell Brooks – 3D Modeller
Alfie Hill – Simulation/FX Artist
Clement Gharini – DOP
Peter Miles – Original Score

Tutors

Lucky Break was overseen by a number of tutors at Escape Studios, offering expertise in 3D VFX, animation, and 2D Compositing.

Paul Harrison – Animation, Rigging
Sokratis Synitos – 2D Compositing
Steven Lall – Animation, general 3D skills
Sagar Rathod – 3D Skills & Animation

Feedback from ILM
Escape Studios is obliged to our friends Juani Guiraldes and Andrew Horner from ILM for their generous feedback and support throughout the project.

Festival Success