Congratulations to the makers of VFX short Save Yourself which has won “Best Sci-Fi Film” at the 1st Film Festival. Save Yourself was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students at Escape Studios.
The short film was written and directed by Jasmine Patel and produced by Charlie Cope. Harrison Davies was the 3D VFX lead, and Fiona Lee was the 2D VFX Lead. Cinematography was by Irene Gomez-Emilsson. Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic. This is the third award for Save Yourself.
Save Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCI-MnlOwY?si=umyGtxpJxj2aW9jk
Save Yourself
Save Yourself is a short VFX film that ells the story of a space traveller whose crashed spaceship encounters a second downed ship – concealing a dark secret.
Software
Save Yourself was created in Maya and Houdini, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Save Yourself Credits
- Jasmine Patel – Writer, Director, Art Director, 2D VFX
- Charlie Cope – Producer, Editor, 2D VFX
- Fiona Lee – 2D VFX Lead
- Harrison Davies – 3D VFX Lead, FX Lead
- Michael Shaw – 2D VFX
- George Brand – 2D VFX
- Diana Ovcarova – Space Traveller, 2D VFX
- Sabrina Caspers-Frankel – 3D VFX
- Sam Cripps – 3D VFX
- Yvette Muakuku Elembo – 3D VFX
- Clement Gharini – Cinematography
- Irene Gomez-Emilsson – Cinematography
Tutor Supervision
Save Yourself was overseen by Escape Studios’ VFX tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX), Riccardo Zanarini (Houdini) and Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX).
Industry Feedback
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| Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic |
Industry feedback was generously provided by artists from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), in particular: Mel 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.
Festival Success
Save Yourself has won three festival awards:
Save Yourself at The IMDB
You can find Save Yourself at the IMDB here.
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