billy pause fest
Our short film 'Billy' and three works by other directors are part of the Pause. Originals collection of 2022 year with the theme,"Beyond 2050". Pause Originals is a digital platform dedicated to nurturing and showcasing the creative endeavours of emerging filmmakers for over a decade.
Dynamics of movements
How to make trash attractive? Billy is a very complex character with tons of details. The unique feature of the character Billy is that his overall image quickly took shape in our minds (thanks to Russell Brand)
Creation of unique concept
Our goal was to create a robot from trash, but one that would be pleasant to look at. Artists went through hundreds of photos of junkyards, twisted spoons, old barrels, and rusty engines. It was crucial because Billy’s appearance is central to the entire story
Sketches
In this project, we primarily honed the skills we had acquired from our commercial works. We used mockups, combined live-action and graphic elements, and played with HDRI maps to replicate real location lighting. Also we utilised Ty flow modifiers for generating the surface displacement in the sand from Billy's steps. It added that extra layer of realism to the animation
Concept
Billy’s recycling element’s secret code name: «The Washing Machine.» We started by capturing the sounds of its movements and then brought those motions to life through visualization. Our CG artist conducted a bunch of tests, struggled with the ropes' geometry mostly
Posters
Our goal was to create a robot from trash, but one that would be pleasant to look at. Artists went through hundreds of photos of junkyards, twisted spoons, old barrels, and rusty engines. It was crucial because Billy's appearance is central to the entire story
Credits
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
- Artem Shcherbakov
ART DIRECTORS
- Maxim Shagovikov
- Alexey Orlov
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Artem Shcherbakov
- Anton Chistiakov
- Aleksei Novikov
PRODUCERS
- Daria Sharonova
- Elmira Shcherbakova
SCRIPT EDITOR
- Petr Samoilov
LEAD VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST
- Nail Gaynullov
LEAD ANIMATOR
- Anton Chistiakov
SUPERVISING
- Alex Makedonski
VFX ARTIST
- Andrey Bibartsev
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
- Nail Gaynullov
- Artem Otvodenkov
CHARACTER CONCEPT ARTISTS
- Maxim Shagovikov
- Alexey Orlov
- Natalia Chistiakova
CHARACTER ARTISTS
- Alexander Panin
- Ilya Dyadyura
PROPS ARTISTS
- Alexander Korshakov
ANIMATION ARTISTS
- Anton Chistiakov
- Elena Marchenko
- Dmitrii Fomenko
- Ekaterina Shvedova
- Giorgi Tchanturia
- Liubov Tcimbaliuk
- Pavel Elchaninov
- Negah Majlesi
- Alexandr Pridachenko
MUSIC AND SOUND-DESIGN
- Ilia Shibanov
EDIT
- Artem Shcherbakov
- Dmitrii Sebrov
RIGGING ARTIST
- Ravshan Gaziev
- Alexander Gushin
RIGGING ARTIST (PROPS)
- Alexander Smirnov
TRACK, CLEANUP
- Alexandr Chiknaev
- Maks Cheslavsky
MOTION-GRAPHICS
- Vlad Bratkevich
PREVIS ARTIST
- Nail Gaynullov
MOCAP ACTOR
- Otar Berov
VOICE ACTOR
- Baldwin Williams Jr.
DESIGN PRESENTATION
- Oksana Skripko
DESIGN PRESENTATION
- Oksana Skripko
