A Tale of Momentum & Inertia

Special CG short from Portland animation studio HouseSpecial - More of our work: http://www.housespecial.com/all/



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Kirk Kelley, Creative Director

Kameron Gates, Director

From an Original Story by Allan Turner and Kameron Gates



Awards & Screenings:

• Runner-up: Best CG Short 3DWorld Magazine - http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/cg-awards-winners-2015-revealed-111517613

• Screened in the Milano Film Festival

• Screened at the NW Animation Fest's 2015 "Best of the Fest" show

• Portland Film Festival: Screened

• Siggraph 2015 - Screened at the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater at the Los Angeles Convention Center

• Best Animation Award at FilmOneFest 2015

• 22nd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) - Screened in Films International Competition

• Best Animation 2015 One Screen Film Festival

• Best Minute Movie at Animation Block Party in Brooklyn

• Short Film Silver at The Australian Effects and Animation Festival

• Audience Favorite Award at the California International Animation Festival in the category 3D Animation

• Ottawa International Animation Festival: Nominated Best Short Animation

• Screened at SPARK Animation Festival

• 41st Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival - THE GIANT ANIMATION AWARD

• Best Animated Short - Oregon Underground Film Festival

• Screened during Couch Fest Films - http://couchfestfilms.com/films



"It’s hard to think of a better way to spend seventy seconds than this. Enjoy." - Christopher Rauschenberg



Credits:

Executive Producer: Lourri Hammack



Producer: Zilpha Yost



Production Coordinator: Jamie Pulliam, Julie Ragland, Evan Smith



Animator: Wendy Fuller, Kameron Gates, Greg Kyle, Chris Ohlgren, Allan Steele



Matte Painter: Don Flores, Kameron Gates, Saira Matthews



Character Designer: Kameron Gates



Environment Designer: Ian Abando, Pascal Campion, Don Flores, Joshua Harvey



Storyboard Artist: Kameron Gates



Technical Director: Chris Immroth, Terence Jacobson, Patrick Van Pelt



Modeling: Michael Berger, Chris Ohlgren, Allan Steele, Josh Tonnesen



Texture Artist: Jeff Gipson, Saira Mathew, Sari Rodrig, Josh Tonnesen



Character Set-up: Terence Jacobson



Lighting Artist: Thane Hawkins, Matt Reslier



Rigger: Terence Jacobson



FX: Rogerio Mendes, Karl Richter, Patrick Van Pelt



Opening Titles: Jose Diaz



Editor: Steve Miller



Flame Artist: Rex Carter



Flint Artist: Leif Peterson



Post Production Manager: Cam Williams



Tape Op: Travis Ezell



Scheduler: Melissa Tvetan



Sound Design and Mix: Lance Limbocker