This week we attended David Ledger’s Odd Socks short film ‘Cast and Crew’ premiere at the Courthouse hotel in Soho.
This fantastic film, great script and wonderful acting, was written by Theo Toksvig-Stewart and stars Paterson Joseph and Sandi Toksvig. 😍
Fourteen Escape Studios Year 2 and Year 3 VFX Compositing Students 🤗 worked on the film under the VFX Supervision of Klaudija Cermak Programme Leader for VFX/VFX Compositing Lecturer over 6 months at the weekends to complete 60 shots in exchange for credits.
Special thank you to The Foundry for letting us use Nuke licenses for this project.
Special thank you to Sam Dawes for introducing us to the Director and trusting us to do the work. 🙂
| Seb Armstrong | … | Roto Prep Artist: Escape Studios |
| Klaudija Cermak | … | visual effects supervisor: Escape Studios |
| Mahak Chowdhary | … | Junior compositor: Escape Studios |
| Kia Claire | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Amber Coventry | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Daniel Beeching | … | Junior Compositor : Escape Studios |
| Tom Greensmith | … | Roto Prep Artist: Escape Studios |
| Jake Hines | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Ethan Mainwaring-Taylor | … | Junior Compositor |
| Emily Newton | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Giovanni Nuzzo | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Yusuf Saddique | … | Roto Prep Artist: Escape Studios |
| Michael Shaw | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Raneen Walid | … | Junior Compositor: Escape Studios |
| Ivy Wang |
In the words of the writer:
Detective McGuin, a broody, take-it-as-it-comes, Leslie Neilson Naked Gun-esque detective and his sock-monster monster partner, McBride, have their prime suspect in the interrogation room. The suspect, Beng, is the partner of the recently deceased Vicky Tim; sock-monsters both. Beng is erratic, angry and doesn’t take too kindly to “fleshies”, let alone fleshy Coppers. The questioning begins as photos of the crime scene are laid across the table. The detectives have Beng cornered. They have him down for anger-management issues, a volatile relationship with the victim and a motive. It’s all too easy. But before the coppers can deliver the killer blow, Beng clams up; he wants a lawyer. Chaos ensues.—Theo Toksvig-Stewart
THE ART OF VISUAL EFFECTS AT ESCAPE STUDIOS 