A Long Way Home Wins Hon Mention in Athens

A Long Way Home - Hon Mention for Best Trailer

Many congratulations to the makers of A Long Way Home, which has won its fourth set of festival laurels - Honourable Mention in the category of Best Original Score at the Athens Film Festival (AIMFF). 

A Long Way Home is a short teaser/trailer directed by Harrison Bell, written by Simone Fraser, and produced by Josiah Martin-Lofters. Music was composition was by Stuart Bramwell.

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 film is based on an original idea by Harrison Bell.  The short is a teaser/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. 

A Long Way Home - Credits

• 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 fourth festival award for A Long Way Home, which has also won 

• Hon Mention in the category of Best Original Score at the Athens Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Vesuvius Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Art Film Awards 
• Nominated for "Best Trailer" at The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) in March. 

Thanks

Many thanks to animation film producer and Disney veteran Max Howard, who provided invaluable critique and support throughout the project. 

Official Website

You can read more about the making of "A Long Way Home" here at the official site.

IMDB
You can find "A Long Way Home" here at the IMDB. Special thanks to our industry mentor Max Howard who offered invaluable advice and support throughout. 

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