Tropfest,
the world’s largest short film festival, have today released the official
trailer signaling the countdown to the 2013 festival, to be held on Sunday
17 February 2013.
Alethea Jones,
Tropfest 2012 winner, took time off in between legs to LA where she’s working
on multiple projects to create the trailer – a dark and enchanting depiction of
the history of the humble balloon.
Jones says
making the trailer was an unforgettable experience “I’ve gotten so much out of
my win with Tropfest, making the trailer was just another fun way for me to be
involved in this incredible event”
Festival
Director John Polson says “We’re excited to have our 2013 trailer directed by
Alethea. She showed us in 2012 that she is a talented director; she’s done so
much since her win and continues to demonstrate her ability as a great
storyteller with this trailer”
From the
initial brief to output, the team at Cutting Edge crafted the VFX, design and
animation onto the live action footage. VFX Supervisor Ron Roberts
collaborated with 2012 Tropfest winner Director Alethea Jones on-set, ensuring
the transition from shoot to post was realised in a very tight time
frame.
Every in-house
department at Cutting Edge was hands on deck, from concept brief to output,
providing design, 2D and 3D animation, on-set VFX supervision, grade,
compositing and post production. Cutting
Edge's creativity shows how effective visual effects are to enhancing story
vision within a short film format.
"Cutting
Edge is happy to partner up with the team at Tropfest for this year’s festival,
and we relish hopping in and throwing some pixels around in support of emerging
Australian creative talent, said Brent Grayburn, Cutting Edge Creative
Director.
Noise
International worked with Tropfest to create sound and music for the
trailer. "We're really excited to be partnering with Tropfest this
year" says Creative Director, Bruce Heald.
"It's such
a huge event in Sydney's event calendar and one that allows us to do more of
the work we really love every year. The trailer has been a lot of fun to work
on. It's quirky and charming and there's nothing like being given a long leash
when it comes to crafting music and sound for such a nice idea.
Tropfest 2013
will screen at The Domain, Sydney and at other live venues across Australia on
Sunday, February 17.
