The Ark [3D short animation]

An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land. So begins the exodus, led by one man…
Ark is a short movie directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys. Visually, he was inspired by the catacombs he saw in Italy.
The short has been produced by Marcin Kobylecki and Grzegorz Jonkajtys at Platige Image. Co-producers: Jarek Sawko and Piotr Sikora.
“The picture was created using an unconventional technique of making animated films. It’s based on hand-made models (built by Marcin Kobylecki and Tomas Mayer) which were photographed using Nikon D70S. [...] Then using 3D software, digital characters and elements” were added.
Intriguing photos of the model shooting process can be seen on MRMC.

Paweł Blaszczak and Adam Skorupa composed music for the film. Sound design: Adam Skorupa.
R&D: Adam Wierzchowski.
3D graphics: Steve Arguello, Alex Federici, Joe Hoback, Kevin Hoppe, Szymon Kaszuba, Grzegorz Krzysik, Slawomir Latos, Votch Levi, Olek Lyzwanski, Radoslaw Nowakowski, Bartosz Opatowiecki, Akira Orikasa, Marcin Pazera, Piotr Rusnarczyk, Aaron Singer, Bartosz Tomaszewski, Piotr Tomczyk, Gabriel Vargas.
Character animations: Grzegorz Jonkajtys, Grzegorz Kukus, Lukasz Muszynski, Tracy Irwin.
2D graphics: Damian Bajowski, Lei Jin, Krzysiek Kamrowski, Pawel Lewandowski, Marcin Pazera, Maria Strzelecka.

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LINK: Visit Grzegorz Jonkajtys.
LINK: Visit site Ark.
LINK: Visit Platige Image.
IMDB: Page of Arka – Grzegorz Jonkajtys
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