“Mini Mail” Wins “Best Super Short” in Florence

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX Short film Mini Mail, which has won Best Animated Short at the Florence Film Awards.

Mini Mail was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students at Escape Studios; it 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. John Oakes-Pearson stars as the delivery guy. Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic. This is its first festival award.

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 – Editor, 2D VFX Lead
Yusuf Saddique – Assistant Editor, 2D VFX
John Oakes-Pearson – Delivery Man, 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).

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