Plumber
Foreign title: Plombier (French)
- Studio
- Red Rover Studios
Synopsis
Mario will do just about anything to fix his leaky faucet. An employee arrives at the office early one morning. Ready to accomplish another day's work, he discovers a new co-worker sitting close by... perhaps a little too close by!
Characters
Mario
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Andy Knight
- Co-directed By
- Richard Rosenman
Producing
- Producer
- Randi Yaffa
- Executive Producer
- Randi Yaffa
- Line Producer
- Christina Helmer
Writing
- Writer
- Andy Knight
Animation
- Animator
- Chris Crozier, Kyle Dunlevy, Mike Oliver, Ben Pilgrim
Voices
- Voice
- John Watson (Mario)
Music
- Music
- Scott Bucsis (Theme and Score)
Editing
- Editor
- Scott Bucsis
Crew
- Sound
- Scott Bucsis, Erik Culp, Tattersall Casablanca
- Character Modeler, Rigging and Cloth
- Ben Pilgrim
- Background and Props
- Chris Crozier
- Character Animation
- Kyle Dunlevy
- Fluid Dynamics Simulation
- Mike Oliver
- Texture Artist
- Raine Anderson
- Art Directors
- Richard Rosenman, Andy Knight, Brad Husband
- Compositor
- Brad Husband
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Erik Culp
- Foley Artist
- Marina Adams
- Voice Record
- Grayson Matthews
- Graphic Designer
- Larissa Ulisko
Production notes
Computer-generated animation.
A film without dialogue.
The film had a crew of approximately 28 and took six months to produce.
This was the first short produced by Toronto-based Red Rover Studios; the team had worked together on several commercials.
Produced in association with Bravo!FACT A Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, a division of Chum Limited.
More than half of the film contains shots involving computational fluid dynamics. All shots of Mario (The Plumber) involve dynamically-simulated clothing. Each frame was rendered with a mix of traditional/advanced lighting techniques and global photon mapping.
Modeled/animated with Discreet's 3dsmax 4.2, composited with Discreet's Combustion on NT-based computer workstations. Rendered with Chaotic Dimension's VRay Renderer. Clothing was simulated with Chaos Group's Simcloth, and water was computed with Next Limits's RealFlow/Realwave.
A film without dialogue.
The film had a crew of approximately 28 and took six months to produce.
This was the first short produced by Toronto-based Red Rover Studios; the team had worked together on several commercials.
Produced in association with Bravo!FACT A Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, a division of Chum Limited.
More than half of the film contains shots involving computational fluid dynamics. All shots of Mario (The Plumber) involve dynamically-simulated clothing. Each frame was rendered with a mix of traditional/advanced lighting techniques and global photon mapping.
Modeled/animated with Discreet's 3dsmax 4.2, composited with Discreet's Combustion on NT-based computer workstations. Rendered with Chaotic Dimension's VRay Renderer. Clothing was simulated with Chaos Group's Simcloth, and water was computed with Next Limits's RealFlow/Realwave.
Awards
Best Short Animation, Chicago Cineme International Film Festival, 2003.
Honorable Mention, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2003.
Best Animated Short, Giggleshorts International Comedy Film Festival, 2003.
Nominee, BAFTA Award, Best Short Animation, 2004
Honorable Mention, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2003.
Best Animated Short, Giggleshorts International Comedy Film Festival, 2003.
Nominee, BAFTA Award, Best Short Animation, 2004