Directed by Maria Freitas and produced by Emmanuel Rahman, X-Terminate was a collaboration between undergraduate VFX students and animation students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story. This is its third festival award.
X-Terminate short film from Maria Eduarda Freitas on Vimeo
X-Terminate
X-Terminate tells the story of a killer robot seeking to exterminate the last traces of life on earth.
X-Terminate was overseen by our tutors at Escape Studios, bringing expertise in 3D VFX, animation, and 2D VFX Compositing.
Software
X-Terminate was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere.
X-Terminate Credits
- Maria Freitas – Director, Concept Art
- Emmanuel Rahman – VFX Producer, Clean Up Artist, Editor
- Sirisha Mutty – Animation Producer, Concept Art
- Tristan Parkin – Assistant Producer, Texturing
- Sebastian McKernan – VFX Supervisor, Modeling, FX, Texturing
- Guy Dijkhuis – 3D VFX Lead, Texturing
- Caterina Castiglione – 2D VFX Lead
- Maye Liu – Animation Lead, Character Design, Rigging, Sound FX, Editor
- Caroline Geddis – Art Director, Character Design, Animation
- Clement Gharini – Director of Photography
- Abigail Ocay – Storyboards, Concept Art
- Eddie Lamar – Concept Art
- Kaya Akinci – Concept Art, Character Design, Animation
- Idris Driver – Character Design, Character Modeling
- Roberto Rodrigo – Character Modeling, Texturing
- Tahmeid Siddiqui – Texturing
- Nash Ebuka – Animation, Editor
- Joe Loveday – Original Score
- Ivy Wang – Sound FX, Editor
Escape Tutors
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| X-Terminate concept art |
- Paul Harrison – Animation, VFX, Rigging
- Klaudija Cermak – 2D VFX Compositing
- Sagar Rathod – 3D VFX & Animation
Location Shoot
The live action plates were filmed on location with kind permission of Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith.
Festival Success
| X-Terminate has won: |
- Best VFX at the Makizhmithran Film Festival
- Best VFX at Eastern Europe Film Festival
- Best Super Short at the London Movie Awards
Industry Feedback
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| Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic |
Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic, from Senior Texture Artist Ellie Dupont, Lead Animator Bernard Wicksteed and Senior Compositor Manuel Rivoir.
Escape Method
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, responding to industry feedback.
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