“Save Yourself” wins “Best VFX” at the Roshani Film Festival

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short Save Yourself which has won “Best VFX” at the Roshani 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 latest of many awards for Save Yourself.

Save Yourself

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

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 many festival awards: