“vivid” Wins “Best VFX” at the Hollywood Gold Awards

Vivid wins “Best VFX” at the Hollywood Gold Awards

Congratulations to the makers of the short film “Vivid” which has won an award for “Best VFX” at the Hollywood Gold Awards.

“Vivid“ was created by our third year graduating class of VFX students. Vivid was written and directed by Kia Claire, and produced by Amber Coventry. Samuel Greer was the 3D VFX Lead and William Griffith was the 2D VFX Lead. This is the latest of many festival awards.

Vivid

Vivid tells the story of a mysterious gift, a simple package that – once opened – reveals a Pandora’s box of surprises.

Software

Vivid was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Vivid Credits

Kia Claire – Director, 2D VFX Artist
Amber Coventry – Producer, 2D Artist
Morgan Pugh – Woman, Houdini FX
Samuel Greer – 3D VFX Lead
Ryan Fletcher – 3D Generalist
Raheen Ojukotola – 3D Generalist
Tyrese Rawlins – 3D Modelling
William Griffith – 2D VFX Lead
Dylan Gypps – 2D VFX Artist
Lilly Boswell – 2D VFX Artist

Tutor Supervision

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

Industry Feedback

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

Vivid at The IMDB

You can find Vividat the IMDB here.

Festival Success

Vivid has won many festival awards