My partner Jeric Pimentel and I began brainstorming our thesis "David Mills" in September of 2013. The planning and production lasted from January to August of 2014. Our shoot began in September of 2014 and we continued to work on all of the CG and VFX aspects until March of 2015.

The thesis statement of our film is "face your fear to free yourself". It's a short story about a man named David Mills, portrayed by Matthew Stannah, that is running from his biggest fear. Set in a euphoric "happy-place" environment, David is running from the beast that disrupts his conscience.

My CG responsibilities included the sculpt of the beast, uving, texturing, shading, look development, lighting and rendering, and sound design.

Our film has been featured on CGMeetUp and Itsartmag thus far with intentions of it being sent out to film festivals.

David Mills is a CG/VFX live action short film about a man that must face his fear or continue to run from it.

Written, Produced, and Directed by Jeric Pimentel and Nico Del Giudice

Matthew Stannah as David Mills
Matthew Crawley as David's Boss
Composer: Thom Robson
Sound Design: Nico Del Giudice
Director of Photography: Jorge Arzac
First Assistant Camera: Jackson Lewis
Key Grip: Neal Todnem
Drone Camera: Jeff Boucher
Assistant Director: Keelin Cheely
Boom Operator: Ben Gutierrez
Sculpting/Texturing/Lighting: Nico Del Giudice
Compositing/Texturing/Lighting: Jeric Pimentel
Rigging: Minji Sohn
Additional Rigging: Marie Raoult
Animation: Thomas Shek, Daniel Scheg, Francisco Amaral, Anne Fong, Sydney Daugherty, Michael Deliso
Additional VFX: Ben Cone, Alexis Jo, Elaina Brillantes
Credits: Dan Finn
Particle FX: Chihyun Lee
Additional Concept Art: Auden Lucas-Sparkes

Produced at School of Visual Arts BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects