Short - La Pursé
See “La Pursé” official release link here, with a ton of extra stuff
ABOUT
“La Pursé,” a short film that combines horror and fantasy. The film, which takes place in a quiet neighborhood, tells the story of two octogenarian neighbors and a hungry cat. Mr. Badú is a taxidermist with questionable taste who is madly in love with his neighbor, Ms. Aurélia, a nearsighted and absent-minded lady, the owner of a poor cat on the brink of starvation.
TECHNICAL INFO
Position: CG Supervisor/ 3D Generalist
Studio: Vetor Zero/ Lobo
This project took a while to be finished, since it was a side project inside Lobo.
It blends practical effects with CGI. Mostly, all the sets are practical, and we ended up matchmoving the camera movements. This itself prove to be a challenge, since the defocused nature of the overall look.
Danilo Enoki was the CG Sup in the first year. Even though he was too busy with internal projects, he was able to capture HDRI panoramic images of the set, which made lighting WAY easier. He supervised the initial concept/modeling processes, worked on the matchmoving and started working on LookDev of props.
As Danilo stepped out the project, it was handled to me. In the end, aside the “CG Supervisory” duties (managing the team, making sure everything meets the expectations etc.), throughout the project, I ended up making a ton of stuff that are not listed in the credits. Here is a simple list of the tasks:
- Matchmoving a handful of shots
- Lookdev and texture creation/ optimization of the characters
- Animation and correction of already animated shots
- Fluid FX simulation (blood) – This was later enhanced and optimized by Ale Eschenbach
- Asset organization and optimizations
- Lighting. At this time, I was able to prelight every shot, and lighting colleagues begun to join to share the lighting task.
My contribution ended in the beginning of 2020, after 1,5 years in the role for this project. After this I have no idea what happened. What I know is that Ale Eschenbach picked up from where I left.
It’s amazing seeing this short on air and receiving the praise it deserves, and I’m really proud and honored to be part of the team.
CREDITS
Direction: Gabriel Nóbrega;
Co-Direction: Lucas René;
Studio: Vetor Zero/ Lobo
Script: Rúbia Sproesser, Pedro Paulo de Andrade;
Executive Production: Alberto Lopes, Sergio Salles, Pedro Paulo de Andrade;
Producer: Fábio Matiazzi, Cecília Mazetto, Cristiane Santos;
Producer Assistant: Larissa Zazula;
Director of Photography: Lucas René;
Assistant Director of Photography: Guilherme Fuchs;
Production Designer: Fabiana Fukui;
CG Supervisor: Danilo Enoki, Ale Eschenbach, Rafael Segnini, Rick Ramos;
Set Producer: Duda Rodrigues;
Motion Control/Gaffer: Lee Peffer;
1st Director Assistant/Logger: Ycaro Prata;
Set Artist/ Model Maker: Duda Rodrigues, Julia Goés, Michelle Chuang, Lucas René, Ycaro Prata, Guilherme Fuchs, Heitor Yida, Ligia Jeon, Alexandre Eschenbach, Borys Duque, Maise Valfré, Livia Serri Francoio, Matheus Silva.
Character Concepts: Felipe Jornada;
Concept Art: Bogus Marcos Felix, Felipe Jornada, Marcelo Souto, Fernando Heynen;
Storyboard: Fernando Heynen;
2D Animation: Thiago Martins, Paulo Passaro;
Head of CG: Fabio Shigemura;
Line Producer: Cristiane Santos;
3D Animatic: Ale Eschenbach;
3D Modeling Coordinator: Cintia Miura;
3D Modeling: Rafael Martinez, Bruno Saber, Milton Dias, Filipe Lopes, Diego Esteves, Rodrigo Paulicchi, Eiti Sato, Frederyco Martins, Lucas Lira, Alexandre Yuji Yamamoto, Brian Kodama;
Rigging: Flavio Castello, Alexandra Marassá, Felipe Gimenes;
3D Animation Lead: Marcio Nicolosi;
3D Animation Supervisor: Leo Cadaval;
3D Animation: Alexandre Eschenbach, Marcio Nicolosi, Eduardo Conter, Fernando Donizetti, Hederson Marques, Jesiel Almeida, Jonathan Edwards, Lucas Meriguetti, Marcos Elias, Marcus Bydlowski, Michael Mron, Michel Denis, Odair Martins, Radamés Araújo, Jannaina Bonacelli, Raphael Vinicius, Ronaldo Brito, Camila Silva, Yuri Gnu;
3D FX: Alexandre Yuji Yamamoto, Luiz Duarte, Gabriel Reid, Rodrigo Albano;
Matchmove: Alexandre Eschenbach, Danilo Enoki, Alexandre Yuji Yamamoto;
Texture Artist: Rafael Martinez, Bruno Saber e Milton Dias;
Matte Painting: Eduardo Schaal, Montalvo Machado;
Look Development: Danilo Enoki, Milton Dias, Rafael Segnini;
3D Lighting/ Rendering: Felipe Bauer, Milton Dias, Mauricio Pirillo, Mauricio Trivellin, Patricia Lobo, Rafael Segnini, George Daniani, Igor Colaiacovo, Annelise Campana, Thiago Peretto, Felipe Ferreira e Rafael Tomazzi;
Lead R&D: Giovanni Meneghel, Filipe Lopes;
R&D: Claudia Fujiwara e Diana Naranjo;
Post Production Coordinator: Clara Morelli, Cristiane Santos, Rosangela Gomes, Michelle Vinotti, Helena Jardim;
Editing: Jeff Ferreira, Herbert Gondo;
Editing Assistant: Eduardo Lopes, Rodrigo Mattos, Marco Antonio Tavares, Fabio Augusto, Isabela Balbo;
CG Compositing Lead: Carlos Campos, Leandro Pena;
CG Compositing Supervisor: Diogo Girondi;
CG Compositing: Isabela Ferrari, Leo da Silva, Narayani Andrade, Renato Tripi;
Motion Titles/ Credits: Daniel Linard, Estevão Santos;
Finance Dept: Thais Santana, Meire Prado e Taluya Grecco;
Partners
Audio Studio: Combustion Studio;
Color Grading: Clandestino;
Colorist: Alexandre Cristófaro;
Post Production Supervisor: Fabian Gamarra;
Conform: Luiza Freire, João Geraldo;
Customer Support: Elciane Magda;
Finance Dept: Silvia Dorra;
Overall Supervision: Alexandre Cristófaro;
Special Thanks: Sergio Salles, Alberto Lopes, Mateus de Paula Santos, Nando Cohen, Fábio Matiazzi, Francisco Puech, Ycaro Prata.