Animators Celebrate Digishorts Success

Birmingham's Eight Eyed Sea Bass (EESB) has announced that it has completed animation and 3D work for an important visual project.
Dominic Osborne, EESB Director said: "We were taking care of all of the 3D modelling and animation for this film, which is one of the Digishorts 2009 films, funded by Screen West Midlands, called, Trolley."
He said that the film was produced by Rachel Carter, directed by Anna Shelton, with Phil Wood drafted in as director of photography.
"In our roles as animators and VFX artists we went the whole nerdy-nine-yards on this brief… turning up on set to take measurements, collecting more reference photographs of the trolleys we would have to model, and we even took our big shiny silver ball with us so we could record the correct lighting information for the 3D scenes we produced.
"We noted focal length numbers from the prime lenses attached to the Red One, so we could match the camera in our virtual sets," continued Dominic.
He said that EESB's pipeline featured Lightwave 3D, Zbrush, After Effects, Premier Pro and Redcine, allowing work to the highest quality specs.
"The project was originated in a mix of 2K and 4K resolution plates," Dominic explained.
The film was shown earlier this month at The Electric Cinema in Birmingham - where all of the cast, crew and 'back-room boys' were able to view their work on the big screen along with the other Digishorts from that particular batch.
"Trolley is a charming and emotional drama about a supermarket trolley attendant with a vivid imagination," concluded Dominic.
See: www.eesb.tv/2009/10/trolley-animation-visual-effects/
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