Out of the many CG animated short films from students I seen plugged on CG-related sites, I have to say Oceansize is one of the most technically ambitious of the bunch. The sci-fi thriller was created by Romain Jouandeau, Adrien Chartie, Gilles Mazières and Fabien Thareau, four French students from Supinfocom Arles in 2008. The team took ten months to complete it but it was only till a month ago that they uploaded it on Vimeo for everybody to see. For a CG short of such grand scope, I find it hard to believe that only four people was involve in the production. The future of French animation seems very bright with talented students like these.
Watch the full 8 minute short film after the break and also check out the official site for some cool artwork and the making-of video (English subtitles included).
Oceansize from Oceansize Team on Vimeo.
Really cool except for the weird character design. Look like the black liquid in X-Files (Aaah the memories) except more bad ass.
FOUR people made this?! HOLY ******* ****!! This is just WOW.
That was pretty f**king awesome. Wow. We're seeing a lot of cool independent animators out there making their own way.
Excellent work. And I like this chara design. IMHO is much better when characters in animations are not so realistic.
Hope this guys will make another projects in the near future.