Introducing “Mini Mail”

Introducing Mini Mail, the latest VFX short from Escape Studios.  Mini Mail was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students at Escape Studios.  The short film was written and directed by Thomas Greensmith  and produced by Nilufer Refet.  Asia Gayle  was the 3D VFX lead, and Daniel Beeching was the 2D VFX Lead.  Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic.

Mini Mail

Mini Mail is a short VFX film that tells the story of a futuristic delivery, passing through a series of mysterious portals.

Software

Mini Mail was created in Maya and Houdini, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

 

Mini Mail Credits

• Thomas Greensmith – Writer, Director, Art Director, 2D VFX
• Nilufer Refet – Producer, 2D VFX
• Matthew O’Shaughnessy – FX Lead
• Asia Gayle – 3D VFX Lead, Sound Design
• Daniel Beeching – 2D VFX Lead
• Yusuf Saddique – 2D VFX
• John Oakes-Pearson – 2D VFX
• Laraib Shaikh – 2D VFX
• Bradley Vince-Crowhurst – 3D VFX
• Rhiannon Kelly – 3D VFX
• Nico B – Music

 

Special Thanks

Special Thanks to Cheryl Chan and Matthew O’Reilly.

 

Tutor Supervision

Mini Mail was overseen by Escape Studios’ VFX tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX), Riccardo Zanarini (Houdini) and Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX).

 

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic

Industry feedback was generously provided by artists from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), in particular: Melissa Leamon (Senior Compositor), Gabriel Hennessy (Senior FX TD), Ariel Flores Silva (Modeller) and Michael Wilde (Senior Texture Artist).

Escape Method

Industry feedback is at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios; one of the Five Pillars of The Escape Method.

 

Mini Mail at The IMDB

You can find Mini Mail at the IMDB here. .

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