A Long Way Home wins Best Trailer at Vesuvius Fest |
A Long Way Home is a short trailer directed by Harrison Bell, written by Simone Fraser, and produced by Josiah Martin-Lofters.
A Long Way Home
"A Long Way Home" is a story about an orphan who goes on a journey to find her biological mother; the short is a trailer for a feature film which is currently in development. "A Long Way Home" was animated in Maya, edited in Premiere Pro, and rendered in Arnold. You can watch the film below - it is less than two minutes long.
A Long Way Home from Harrison Bell on Vimeo.
Studio Module PR5001
"A Long Way Home" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.
- Harrison Bell - Director, animator
- Josiah Martin-Lofters - Producer, Animator
- Simone Fraser - Writer, Animator
- Cameron Haley - Editor, Animator
- Gary Roche - Cinematography, Storyboard artist, Animator
- Nicole Widmer - CG Supervisor, animator
- Shenaaz Suliman - Production Designer, Animator
- Miriam Di Benedetto - 3D Layout Artist, Animator
- Shessy Idowu - Lighting, Animator
- Stuart Bramwell - Original Score
- Jakob Parsons - Sound Design
Rigs
Thanks to all the modellers and riggers who created the character rigs used in the film. "A Long Way Home" made use of "Bonnie" by Josh Sobel, "Malcolm" by AnimSchool, "Cody" by Ahmed Elmatarawi, and "Sam & Amy" by Gabriel Salas.
Original Score
The original score was provided by Stuart Bramwell, a musician and composer studying at Berklee College of Music for his Masters' Degree in Scoring for Film and TV. Stuart's specialism is in writing music for animation.Festival Success
This is the third festival award for A Long Way Home, which has already won
- Best Trailer at the Vesuvius Film Fest
- Best Trailer at the Art Film Awards
- Nomination for "Best Trailer" at The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) in March 2021.
Official Website
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