The Last Train

‘The Last Train’ is an animated short movie that was made as part of The Animation Hub, a collaboration between staff and students of the Irish School of Animation (ISA) at Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE), staff and students of Trinity College’s Graphics, Vision and Visualisation Group (GV2) and the recently established animation studio Giant Creative (giant.ie), set up by BCFE graduates.

The Animation Hub, which received support from the Irish Film Board and Science Foundation Ireland, ran for 3 months over the summer in 2011 and involved Giant Creative working with animation and computer science students to create a one minute animated short fusing motion capture techniques with naturalistic 3D character animation.

This was an exciting project to be involved in. All of the students gained valuable experience working on a high-end short film using cutting edge techniques. Gareth Lee

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Credits:

Producers: Professor Carol O’Sullivan (TCD) and Gareth Lee (BCFE)
Technical Advisor: Shane Whelan (BCFE)
Directors: Alex Sherwood, Ben Harper and Sean Mullen (Giant Creative)
Sound Advisor: Franziska Prendergast (BCFE)
3D Animation and Modelling Students: Mark Fisher (BCFE) and Owen Maloney (BCFE)
Motion Capture Students: Amy Davidson (TCD) and Kenneth Ryall (TCD)