And then..

On the 26th of September a meeting took place to discuss the direction of this project. During the 1st year of university a small group of us made a short animation and miraculously made it in 1-2 weeks (render quality in more or less words: embrassing) but the concept behind it had a good enough premise for a short animation and it was decided that the idea had the potential to be refined into something visually amazing. Prior to the meeting, i prepared a quick concept sketch to get the feel of the film which is shown on the right.

To date, Lucky 13 consists of 8 active members and they are as follows:

Director/Writer/Concept art/Modeler/Texture artist/Animator/: Phil Paris Zarcilla
Character and hard surface modeler: Alex Mccarthy
Character Animator: Steve Kimbrey
Character Animator: Krissy Josephides
Character Rigger: Tyrone Hemmings
Lighting and Texture artist: Dan Grover
Conceptart/Hard surface modeler: William Cheng
Texture Artist/Editing: Matthew Walker

In the beginning..

This blog has been set up as a result of the facebook group 'Lets make a short animation'. The group was inspired by a similiar project which involved a bunch of dudes who decided to make a short film which ultimatley led to a Leciester Square screening. I was also been inspired to write this because recently I got fuggered by a freelance and i don't want to be no ones ho no mo :'( (for now) So it began as a call to arms to make something kickarse and it was an open invitation to anyone who was interested and to anyone who could relate and wanted to make something more than just showreel worthy.

Initially the idea was for anyone who was jobless i.e me, think about investing some time into a project that could ultimately get great exposure, festival entry's and all that jazz. It would a be a great opportunity to collaborate, hone your skills and most importantly to have some fun.

Short + Simple + (expert production values) = Awesome

Basically if a bunch of random dudes can get together to make a film of home video quality, AND get it shown at Leicester Sq, in comparison, a group of us could take over the world. Sooooo....

Lucky 13 is the current name of the group that has banded together to make a short animation and is the brainchild of Phil Paris Zarcilla. . We're a bunch of recent university grads that have decided to make this short and hopefully we're gona kick some arse.