Wednesday, February 18, 2015

DANNY AND THE WILD BUNCH - Short Film Released!

It's official - I can finally share some of my work as an animation supervisor!

For your consideration...
DANNY AND THE WILD BUNCH
Please enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/107535313

DANNY AND THE WILD BUNCH - Short Film from robert rugan on Vimeo.


A children’s book author is told that her new manuscript needs to be “darker”, but when her revisions piss off the characters in the book, they come back to make some changes of their own.

FESTIVALS
Winner "Best Short Film" - Las Vegas Film Festival
Winner "Best Animation" - Catalina Film Festival
Winner "Best Animation" - Asheville Film Festival
Winner "Honorable Mention" - LA Underground Film Festival
Official Selection - Bahamas International Film Festival
Official Selection - Golden Door Film Festival
Official Selection - Asheville Cinema Festival
Official Selection - Catalina Film Festival
Official Selection - Las Vegas Film Festival
Official Selection - Cucalorus Film Festival
Official Selection - Indie Memphis Film Festival
Official Selection - Atlanta Shorts Fest
Official Selection - LA Underground Film Festival
Official Selection - Cinequest Film Festival
Official Selection - Sedona International Film Festival
Official Selection - Cleveland International Film Festival
Official Selection - Beverly Hills Shorts Festival

I am proud to say I was a part of this team. On the animation side, we all worked remotely with director Robert J. Rugan, III. I acted as animation supervisor and coordinated the cg production for this award-winning blend of live action and cg characters.

Congratulations everyone, and special thanks to all those involved in our virtual team.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY 
Robert J. Rugan, III

CG PRODUCER 
Laura Skowronski Nattam

CG SUPERVISOR
David Thomlison

TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
Angel Negron 
Chris Covelli 

ANIMATION SUPERVISOR
Laura Skowronski Nattam

LEAD ANIMATOR
Frank Patterson

ANIMATION
Frank Patterson
David Alonso
Laura Skowronski Nattam
Nick Martinelli
David Dam
Eric Lampi
Chris Covelli 
Dave Thomilson

LEAD MODELER 
Chris Covelli 

MODELING
Chris Covelli 
Angel Negron
David Alonso
David Thomlison

RIGGING
Chris Covelli 
Angel Negron
David Alonso
David Thomlison
LOOKDEV
Angel Negron
Chris Covelli 

TRACKING & LAYOUT
David Thomlison
Todd Alan Peleg
Patrick Arrington
Tinizsi Gadegbeku
Nick Martinelli
Chris Covelli 

SIMULATION
Angel Negron
David Thomlison

TEXTURING, LIGHTING, RENDERING, & COMPOSITING
Angel Negron
David Alonso
Chris Covelli 

ADDITIONAL MODELING
Domel Libid
Brandi DiMino

SOFTWARE
Softimage XSI
Exocortex Species
Redshift
Nuke
Boujou

SPECIAL THANKS
Nicolas Burtnyk and the team at Redshift
Chris Covelli and the team at Exocortex

For full cast and additional information list please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3696774

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