Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny’s Cassini Logs has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.
Following on from a free online Unreal Engine training course that saw over 1,800 artists and filmmakers from across Australia participate, 16 teams presented with $20,000 each to produce a short film.
With just six weeks to complete the project, teams collaborated with visual effects facilities, production studios, and universities to explore virtual production, including LED stage shoots, real-time animation workflows, performance capture, in-camera visual effects and VR.
Judged as the winner, Cassini Logs ultimately takes home a $50,000 grand prize. The project follows a scientist on one of Saturn’s moons trying to understand her parents’ disappearance.
“The level of production quality achieved in these shorts is remarkable considering the tight six-week turnaround,” said Epic Games head of Los Angeles lab Connie Kennedy.
Following on from a free online Unreal Engine training course that saw over 1,800 artists and filmmakers from across Australia participate, 16 teams presented with $20,000 each to produce a short film.
With just six weeks to complete the project, teams collaborated with visual effects facilities, production studios, and universities to explore virtual production, including LED stage shoots, real-time animation workflows, performance capture, in-camera visual effects and VR.
Judged as the winner, Cassini Logs ultimately takes home a $50,000 grand prize. The project follows a scientist on one of Saturn’s moons trying to understand her parents’ disappearance.
“The level of production quality achieved in these shorts is remarkable considering the tight six-week turnaround,” said Epic Games head of Los Angeles lab Connie Kennedy.
- 1/27/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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