HUNGER

"After waiting a lifetime for his McDonald’s order, a living dead janitor named Jan’s meal is snatched by Mexerica, a cunning and hungry raccoon. In an apocalyptic food court, a life versus death race for fast food begins."

Following the story of Jan and Mexerica, "Hunger" is the first episode of what we conceived as a set of episodes reminiscent to Roadrunner and Hannah Barbera Cartoons. This pilot was developed during 6 intense and ongoing months at VFS. There was an idea. “The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something...” wait, that’s another movie, but same principle! 

We were inspired by Love, Death and Robot's The Three Robots and Blade Runner 2049. We hope you enjoy our WIP!

THE FOOD COURT AT THE MALL

The Food Court was created using Maya, Substance Painter and Designer, and Redshift Proxies. As per our student habits and diet, we found inspiration in a popular fast food franchise, cooing invaders and overwhelming capitalism. 

In the slider you can see Comp - Render - Wireframe - Unshaded.

MEET MEXERICA

This feisty raccoon was created in Maya and Substance Painter, it's furriness comes from XGen and it's sassyness from it's animator, Alejandro. 

In the slider you can see Comp - Render - Unshaded - Wireframe.

MEET the JAN-itor
Jan was created with Maya, ZBrush and Substance Painter and Designer. His beat down outfit with Marvelous Designer. Jan and Raech, Jan's animator, have many things in common, like an insatiable void-like hunger. 

In the slider you can see Comp - Render - Wireframe - Unshaded.

Besides the trailer we wanted to share some of the compositing progress Kathleen Helter has done. 

CREDITS

Modelling, Surfacing and Lighting by Luis Motta and Manolo Jaime

Rigging by Luis Motta

Grooming by Manolo Jaime

Animation by Raech Sardina and Alejandro Romero

Compositing by Kathleen Helter (https://kathleenhelter.wixsite.com/portfolio)

Drool Sim by Jihye Bak

Motion Graphics TV (Emergency and Orders) by Ingrid Cruz

Floor, Wall and Brain Substance Designer nodes by Arthur Meirelles

Title Card Illustrations by Alex Durazo and Manolo Jaime

Shout out to the mentors at VFS!

Thank you for taking some time to view our work!

The HUNGER Team