MEDIA
FESTIVAL TRAILER
A LOOK AT VIRTUAL PRODUCTION AT AMAZON STUDIOS, FEATURING FATHEAD
AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival - 2023 - Emerging Filmmaker showcase - best student film - Winner
NAACP Image Award - 2023 - Outstanding Short Film (Live Action) - Nominated
TELLY AWARDS - 2023 Winner Gold Telly STUDENT - NON-BROADCAST - WINNER
MICHEAUX FILM FESTIVAL - 2023 - OUTSTANDING ACTION FILM - OUTSTANDING VFX - WINNER
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2023 - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - WINNER
STILLS
“...all there are now are Dums and Ragamuffins.
Ragamuffins and Dums.
One always taking. One always runs.
-- Who needs ‘em?”
PROCESS
AS A VIRTUAL PRODUCTION SHORT, THE PROJECT AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE A VISUAL STYLE AND COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE VIRTUAL ART DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAMMETRY EXPERTS, UNREAL ARTISTS, VIRTUAL PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS, ANIMATORS AND MORE.
INSPIRATION COLLAGE
MAP OF JUNKYARD PARADISE DESIGNED FOR EARLIER DRAFT OF SCRIPT
GRASSLANDS LOOKBOOK INCLUDING PLANES CAPTURED BY PHOTOGRAMMETRY
CONCEPT ART - GRASSLANDS AT NIGHT FEATURING DISTANT FIRES
CONCEPT ART - RAGAMUFFIN CAMP. GREENERY WAS REDUCED IN FINAL FILM DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
CONCEPT ART - MOTHER'S HOUSE
GREYBOX MODEL OF RAGAMUFFIN CAMP ENVIRONMENT DELIVERED TO VAD TEAM
DRAFTING: RAGAMUFFIN CAMP
DRAFTING: MOTHER'S GRASSLANDS
RENDER - RULER'S THRONE
GREYBOX MODEL INDICATING "FLOOR IS LAVA" - AKA COVERAGE OF SCENIC FLOOR TREATMENT - FOR SHOT PLANNING
GIVING NOTES TO VAD TEAM
WITH ART DIRECTOR SAM KEAMY-MINOR FABRICATING "DIRT SKIN" FLOOR
MIRANDA AND SAM CONSULT GROUND PLANS WHILE CARS ARE DELIVERED
THE RULER'S THRONE ON THE VOLUME
Ragamuffin Camp "Mine" entrance on the volume
ONSET PHOTO: CAVE ENVIRONMENT
ONSET PHOTO: RAGAMUFFIN CAMP
ONSET PHOTO: THE VOLUME WITH GRASSLANDS NIGHT ENVIRONMENT
ONSET PHOTO: RAGAMUFFIN CAMP
SNAPSHOT OF LEARNINGS FROM FATHEAD WHITE PAPER
CREATIVES
ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER @ USC SCOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS | SHOT ON AMAZON STUDIOS LED VOLUME STAGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASVP | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: ERIK WEAVER, BEN BAKER, GREG CIACCO, TIKA SUMPTER | PRODUCERS: MITCHELL GRAHAM COLLEY, ANTHONY GAITROS, LETIA SOLOMON, BRANDYN JOHNSON, ALEXA VILLAREAL | WRITER/DIRECTOR: C. CRAIG PATTERSON | CINEMATOGRAPHER: KATHRYN BOYD-BATSTONE | PRODUCTION DESIGNER: MIRANDA FRIEL | LINE PRODUCER: IRINA SLEPNEVA | POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: JAMES BLEVINS | VIRTUAL PRODUCTION & PREVISUALIZATION SUPERVISOR: SCOTT SQUIRES | VIRTUAL PRODUCTION PRODUCER: TOM THUDIYANPLACKAL | EDITOR: NAOMI SHROFF-MEHTA | ORIGINAL SCORE: JUSTIN BARDALES | COSTUME DESIGN: MADDI MAYS | ADDITIONAL PREVISUALIZATION: THE THIRD FLOOR | VIRTUAL ART DEPARTMENT: NARWHAL STUDIOS | ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL ART BY: UME.AI, ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR + UNREAL ARTIST: NHAN LE | ART DIRECTOR: SAMUEL KEAMY-MINOR | PRE-PRODUCTION ART DIRECTOR: ADELE BIRAGHI-MASCHI | LEADPERSON: SOORIM LEE | CONCEPT ARTISTS: MIRANDA FRIEL, NICOLA GIGANTE | STORY BOARD ARTIST: NHAN LE | CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR: NAOMI MIYAHARA | SET DRESSERS: ELEU JANE, ELLIS DAVID PERRY | PROPS ASSISTANTS: NAIYAH AMBROS, MAYA CHANNER | ART PAS: Sarah Chavarriaga, MADELINE ABIERA, Alex Chang, Chris Tobin, Riya Rajiv, Khalila Green, Emma Reisenauer, Aasha Dev, Yihang JOY TAN, Eva Furlani, Malia Livingston, Christian Olsen, Eliot Ohlemeyer, Joon Cho, Amanda Chen, Yukako Fujimori, Brian Ramian, Rachel Han, JLee MacKenzie, Francisco Martin Del Campo, Aron Meinhardt, Liam Mills