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HIKE (2021)
Writer/Director/Actor/Animator/Editor: Josh Lange
Time on project: August-September 2021
HIKE (2021)
Writer/Director/Actor/Animator/Editor: Josh Lange
Time on project: August-September 2021
"Have you checked your email?"
I was on a grocery run at a Ralph's parking lot on a Saturday afternoon when Patrick Smith--the head of MPC Visualization and a longtime colleague--called me up out of the blue and asked me that question. My mind raced. What could he be talking about?
It turned out that I was chosen to join the Summer Unreal Engine Fellowship from Epic Games. I was shocked and immediately ecstatic at the news, which for me was akin to finding the Golden Ticket to Wonka's Chocolate Factory. I had applied a full year before, and had immense respect for the chosen members of the entertainment industry who were selected over the following twelve months to make animated films from the cutting-edge game engine.
I was on a grocery run at a Ralph's parking lot on a Saturday afternoon when Patrick Smith--the head of MPC Visualization and a longtime colleague--called me up out of the blue and asked me that question. My mind raced. What could he be talking about?
It turned out that I was chosen to join the Summer Unreal Engine Fellowship from Epic Games. I was shocked and immediately ecstatic at the news, which for me was akin to finding the Golden Ticket to Wonka's Chocolate Factory. I had applied a full year before, and had immense respect for the chosen members of the entertainment industry who were selected over the following twelve months to make animated films from the cutting-edge game engine.
I did not know exactly what I was in for, but I knew that to make the most of the opportunity would take nothing less than a full commitment. Having just wrapped previs on a feature film, I had a small window of time at the end of the summer before postvis work would be needed in the fall. As long as nothing else popped up in my life, the timing seemed to be as good as any. As fate would have it though, my wife and I had been househunting all Summer, and we would soon find "the one."
For those interested in what it was like to go through the fellowship, I've written a week-by-week account of the experience here. You can read it one "week" at a time with the buttons above. If you want to skip right to the final product, you can view my "fellowship cut" video below:
For those interested in what it was like to go through the fellowship, I've written a week-by-week account of the experience here. You can read it one "week" at a time with the buttons above. If you want to skip right to the final product, you can view my "fellowship cut" video below:
