Corrupted
In the alleyways of a futuristic city, an undercover detective infiltrates a secret laboratory. As the intruder’s presence unleashes chaos, a struggle ensues to corrupt a politician’s memory. But who is being protected from whom?
Synopsis
In the back alleyways of a futuristic city, an undercover detective infiltrates a secret laboratory. There, an alien scientist has a prominent politician plugged into a memory extractor ahead of him testifying in court. As the intruder’s presence unleashes chaos, a struggle ensues to corrupt the politician’s memory. But who is being protected from whom?
The Story Behind 'Corrupted'
Working on 'Corrupted' was an exciting ride for everyone at the Academy, taking us out of our comfort zone and really pushing our creative boundaries. We wanted to shake things up a bit in the cyberpunk genre, so we ditched the typical neo-Tokyo and neo-LA settings and decided to place our story in neo-Venice. This let us play around with various architectural styles and build a whole new world from scratch.
We had fun world building to create the unique atmosphere of neo-Venice. We wanted a place that was an amalgam of different cultures, but with some new religions in there as well. In the background you can see a giant robot idol. We wanted to explore this side of the story more but we’re happy it adds to the background texture.
Our 'Robot Scientist' character turned out to be a real showstopper in terms of design. It's creepy yet stunning, and the porcelain details are beautiful. Animating it was quite a challenge, but thanks to one of the animators (James Delaney) great idea to make it move like a spider, everything clicked into place.
The story itself started with the idea of a shady detective going into a senator's mind to delete her memory of accepting a bribe. We had a ton of ideas for how to tell this story, but the real challenge was figuring out how to cram all that into just five minutes. We're pretty happy with how it turned out, though!
'Corrupted' is definitely the biggest and most ambitious project students have tackled at the Academy to date. We had more shots and assets than ever before, and it was definitely a hard process. But in the end, we're super proud of what we've created.
We really hope you enjoy watching our film as much as we enjoyed making it. So, grab some popcorn, sit back, and get ready to be transported to the world of 'Corrupted'!
Meet The Team
As a collaborative group project from the Masters of Animation and Visualisation students at the UTS Animal Logic Academy, the 3D animated short film 'Corrupted' has been developed from the story idea, through all stages of production by the student group under the guidance of the team of Leads who directed and supervised the development and production of the project.
Digital Artists - Alexandra Wegman, Alvin (Yijun) Ding, Andy Yang, Ava Williams, Benji Barlow, Brandon Nunez, Brianna Jackson, Eliza Atkins, Isabella Anastasi, Jacques Harries, James Delaney, James Walsh, James Weeks, Jess Hamley, Lucas Thomson-Moore, Lydia Riccioni-Brown, Margaret Ho, Minh Quan Nguyen, Nam Dang, Natalie Dreyer, Rubeena King, Stephen Forsyth, Stephen Limcangco, Sydney (Xin Ngee) Ong, Tom Booker, William Chidiak, Yuge Yang
Producers – Jac Choryniak, Brianna Jackson, Sydney (Xin Ngee) Ong
Sound – Kai Harris, Turner Lynch
Music – Joseph Nguyen, Ben Oliver
Writers – UTS Animal Logic Academy Students 2022
Technology Used
Hardware - HP Z4 G4 Workstation (Intel Xeon W-2265 / 128GB RAM / Nvidia RTX A5000)
Software - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Katana, Renderman, Adobe Premiere, Resolve
Process View
From concept to completion, see the world of 'Corrupted' come to life!
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