Placement
- Studio
- Australian Film TV and Radio School
Synopsis
Max's life is shattered when his daughter Ruby chases her balloon off the edge and falls to the street below. Offered the chance to clone her, he puts his strong religious beliefs aside in order to have his daughter back, but the new Ruby is not the same.
Characters
Max, Ruby
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Bill Chen, Christopher Haughton
- Live Action Director
- Christopher Haughton
Producing
- Producer
- Sarah Warner
Writing
- Writer
- Nicholas Searle
Voices
- Voice
- Ian Bliss, Karinna Greska, Kahlia Greska
Crew
- Cinematographer
- Denson Baker
- Production Designer
- Sophie Nash
- Digital Effects
- Bill Chen, Lee Pregnell
- Sound Designer
- Elle Steam
Production notes
Combined live action and computer-generated animation.
Director's statement by Bill Chen: "During the making of Placement, there were many challenging visual effects and animation shots. 3D City: The challenge of the 3D city was to build a CG city that looked realistic, indeed believable, to the audience. Maya was used to model the buildings, and the effect was reinforced by the combined creation and use of CG clouds and real smoke for the city below. 3D Hologram: The actors used perspex in rehearsals to practice their moves. It was removed for the actual takes, and the graphic effects were created in post-production to match the actors' performance and the positions of their fingers, creating the buttons they were pointing to. 3D Baby: There is a transition shot of a baby that morphs into the face of the cloned Ruby. A 3D model was used to achieve a seamless metamorphosis so that the viewer cannot tell at which moment the transition occurs."
Director's statement by Bill Chen: "During the making of Placement, there were many challenging visual effects and animation shots. 3D City: The challenge of the 3D city was to build a CG city that looked realistic, indeed believable, to the audience. Maya was used to model the buildings, and the effect was reinforced by the combined creation and use of CG clouds and real smoke for the city below. 3D Hologram: The actors used perspex in rehearsals to practice their moves. It was removed for the actual takes, and the graphic effects were created in post-production to match the actors' performance and the positions of their fingers, creating the buttons they were pointing to. 3D Baby: There is a transition shot of a baby that morphs into the face of the cloned Ruby. A 3D model was used to achieve a seamless metamorphosis so that the viewer cannot tell at which moment the transition occurs."