Mill Animation trio create stunning short film 'Raymond'

2nd March 2007 - In the quest to nurture, develop and attract the world’s best talent, The Mill have given three of their very talented French animators the 'creative space' to produce their own short film. Calling themselves 'Bif' Jules, Fabrice and Francois joined the Mill in 2005 having graduated top of their class from world renowned French animation school Supinfocom.

Director of 3d production Stephen Venning said: "having recruited such incredible talent it was only a matter of time before they started to talk to us about perhaps creating a short animated film, in an attempt to expand the creative ability of the 3d team as a whole. It has been our intention for a while now to help nurture and foster talented animators such as these guys and help to facilitate them with these types of self motivated projects. Therefore given the strong idea for the story the guys had come up with we made it an absolute must to accommodate the production of the film within our normal working structure. Personally the guys have completely exceeded mine and everyone's expectations - we love it! It has confirmed our intention to roll out this opportunity to other members of our team, with our goal being to open everyone's eyes to the huge creative ability of the Mill".

Raymond is the story of a lowly swimming instructor from Douche Les Mines and his quest, with the help of some fantasy science to achieve his dream – to swim with the whales. The film was created as a combination of live action and 3D animation. The main area created in 3D was that of Raymond’s laboratory re-programming, and it is here where Bif were able to display their very unique style of character animation.

Raymond is put through his paces, he’s a table top footballer, he runs like no man before him and he dances like a Jackson. The other area that the Mill believes their Bif team have truly excelled is the look of the film. It’s a combination of very cool stylization and photorealism, giving the final film a very sophisticated look.

Raymond was also shot out by The Mill's Digital to Film department.


Selections

Clermont-Ferrand film festival – France

Labo Competition
26.01.07 - 3.02.07

Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway

International Panorama
20.04.2007 – 24.04.2007

Granada International Short film Festival
14.04.2007 – 22.04.2007

Les étranges nuits du cinema, Suisse
4.04.2007 – 7.04.2007

Festival Némo
25.04.07 – 5.05.07

Annecy - Festival International du Film d’Animation
11.06.07 –16.06.07

Award

Clermont-Ferrand film festival – France

Labo Competition
26.01.07 - 3.02.07

Digital Work of Art Award (SCAM)



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