Our Best Short Film winner will receive our custom Global Shorts statuette which we ship anywhere in the world, free of charge. The award is manufactured by Society Awards, the same awards company that manufactures the Golden Globe and the Emmy. All winners will receive our Global Shorts Winner laurels in black, white, and gold.
GS: What was the inspiration for your film?
LC: Nude Triumphant is rooted in the art model experience. It was originally inspired by a blog by Roy Joseph Butler (A London Model) and developed through interviews with a number of models working in the London art scene.
GS: When did you conceive the idea for your film and how long did it take before it was realized?
LC: Roy wrote his blog in 2013. Shortly afterwards, we set up Figuration, our creative studio, and began to work regularly with many art models through community life drawing events. Over a number of years, we collected their stories and in 2019 successfully applied for funding to turn them into an animation. After a period of development and pre-production, we began production in earnest in March 2020, finishing in June 2020.
GS: What was the most challenging aspect of working in a short film format?
LC: Giving the story its breathing space and cutting back all the wonderful but peripheral elements.
GS: What was the most challenging aspect of your production?
LC: Creating an entirely new production method combining painting from life in watercolour with digital animation techniques. We developed the technical pipeline through experimentation and iteration.
GS: Do you have any advice for first-time filmmakers?
LC: Just make films: experiment and if things don’t work, know that what you’ve learnt will make your next film even better.