Another moment of pride and excitement for all of us at PRANA, the release of “3 Pigs and a Baby” DVD on 4th March. It is the first film produced by Prana Studios along with Jim Henson Company and Flame Ventures. “3 Pigs and a Baby” is the first of the three Unstable Fables series which are famous tales re-told with a wacky twist.
For more details …
www.unstablefables.com
I haven’t got a copy of DVD myself since it hasn’t released in India (I hope it will soon!) but its reviews have been really encouraging. For those of you who are in a similar situation, do check out the music video of the wolf song which one of the most entertaining parts of the movie.
You could also check out the trailer of the next movie in the Unstable fables series – “Tortoise Vs Hare” in the same site.
It took just above a year in the making and I’m sure every department went through good and bad times. Being the Rigging Lead it was surely a memorable journey till the end and I feel privileged to have worked with a very talented team. It has especially been a great learning experience working with David Tart, the Animation Supervisor whose contribution to this project and influence on Prana’s animation quality and work flow is highly commendable. He also raised the bar on the quality of rigs and the toughest challenge for us was to meet his list of rigging requirements. “Mason” might look great in the movie but he caused us sleepless nights till we got his rig approved. It was indeed the appreciation that came along with the approval that kept our spirits up for the rest of the project! Man what a day that was!
Kudos to the other departments too – Modelers, Hair and fur artists, Texturing artists, Animators, Lighters and compositers and the Production … You guys Rock!!!
Venu Krishnamurthy 