SPACE BETWEEN STARS
CREATED & DIRECTED BY SAMUEL W BRADLEY // 2017-2018 // GURU STUDIO
SPACE BETWEEN STARS is a project I created, directed & designed while working at GURU STUDIO during 2017-18, followed soon after by a successful international festival run. Initially pitched as part of Guru’s short film initiative, after receiving a greenlight for production I began an intense collaboration with an exceptional team of artists to bring this idea to life, while also working in concert with Jim Guthrie to develop an inspired original score. I’m so enthusiastic to be able to share the film with the world after its recent premiere on DUST. If you enjoy the film, please share it with a friend ★
VISDEV / DESIGN / KEY ART
A series of designs and paintings I made to pitch the film, as well as various bits of key art & promo images
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Knowing many shots would present unique challenges, there was a thorough per-shot design process intended to resolve as many creative questions as possible before individual scenes entered production. Much of this art was then used directly as matte paintings, as well as reference for layout, character posing, vfx, lighting, compositing. The environment layers in these images were painted by Elton Lo and myself, split roughly equally between us while often sharing files to keep the overall look unified. In the end each scene in the film was approached this way - below I’m sharing a selection of my favourite images from this process.
ANIMATIC
My storyboards, cut together in collaboration with Tom Berger who won a Canadian Cinema Editors Award for his work on this project (all audio in this edit is scratch/temp only, never used in final content)
SHOT BREAKDOWNS
Shots at various stages of production - boards / layout / animation / compositing. Due to our small team size and heavily collaborative process, there was a strong collective push to improve shots through each stage of production.
AWARDS
2018 Winner - Best in Show - Animation Block Party
2019 Winner - Best Canadian Short - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
2019 Winner - Audience Choice Award - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
2019 Winner - Best VFX - Animayo Film Festival of Animation, VFX & Video Games
2019 Winner - Best Editing in Animation - Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
2018 First Place Tie - Best Animated Short Film - Vortex Sci Fi Film Festival (RIIFF)
2018 Runner Up - Best Animation - Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest
2019 Nominee - Golden Sheaf Animation Award - Yorkton Film Festival
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & SCREENINGS
Animation Block Party - USA - 2018
Siggraph - USA - 2018
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival - UK - 2019
Anima Mundi - Brazil - 2018
Animayo Film Festival - Spain - 2019
Picture Farm Film Festival - USA - 2019
Foyle Film Festival - Ireland - 2018
Rhode Island International Film Festival - USA - 2018
Shorts That Are Not Pants - Canada - 2018
Monstra International Film Festival - Portugal - 2019
Toronto Short Film Festival - Canada - 2019
Palm Springs International Animation Festival - USA - 2018
Cinemagic International Film Festival - USA - 2019
Valencia International Film Festival - Spain - 2019
The Animattikon Project - Cyprus - 2018
Madrid Sci Fi Film Festival - Spain - 2019
Icon Festival for Science Fiction & Fantasy - Israel - 2019
TIFF - Short Cuts - Canada - 2019
Fantasia International Film Festival - Canada - 2018
Japan Media Arts Festival - Japan - 2019
Toronto Animation Arts Festival International - Canada - 2019
Ottawa International Animation Festival - Canada - 2018
Vortex Sci-Fi Film Festival (presented by RIIFF) - USA - 2018
St Louis International Film Festival - USA - 2018
Animation Dingle International Film Festival - Ireland - 2019
Yorkton Film Festival - Canada - 2019
Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest - Germany - 2018
Les Utopiales, International Sci-Fi Festival - France - 2019
Still Voices Short Film Festival - Ireland - 2019
Boston Sci Fi Film Festival - USA - 2019
Animac International Film Festival - Spain - 2019
Les Intergalactiques Sci Fi Film Festival - France - 2019
Juggernaut Film FestivaL - USA - 2019
Philip K. Dick International Film Festival - USA - 2019
