Stunning CG Animated Sci-Fi Robot Adventure Short - NO-A

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"NO-A" is a beautifully animated sci-fi film project that was directed by Liam Murphy. It’s an award-winning graduation film that was developed at the Savannah College of Art and Design by a team of eight talented students.

This is a seriously impressive film, and it has a great mix of action and a powerful heartfelt story. I loved the characters and the design work for them, as well as the world that they built to bring this touching story to life. Here’s a brief synopsis:

The world is a desolate, unforgiving place in this action sci-fi with a surprising amount of heart. We follow NO-A (Noah), as he attempts to rescue Aixa, the young woman that created him. In his desperate attempt to save her, he must face an unknown enemy force and fight to keep them both alive.

This is a wonderfully executed film, and I really hope that you all take the time to watch and enjoy it.

Award winning graduation film NO-A completed at the Savannah College of Art and Design by a core team of 8 students. The world is a desolate, unforgiving place in this action sci-fi with a surprising amount of heart. We follow NO-A (Noah), as he attempts to rescue Aixa, the young woman that created him. In his desperate attempt to save her, he must face an unknown enemy force and fight to keep them both alive. (C) NO-A Productions Website: http://www.noafilm.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NO-A/948787145132068?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOA_Film Credits ============================ Directed by Liam Murphy VFX Supervisor Andrew Finley FX Lead Matt Benson Lighting Leads Michelle Gao Kevin Herjono Additional Lighting Mark McKinsey Dennys Herman Aditi Vengurlekar Lead Sound design Kai Paquin Render Pipeline TD Will Cavanagh Environment Modeling Nathan Kreuzman Rigging TD/Animation Pipeline Liam Murphy Kori Ackmar Ovid Nostradov Effects TDs Matt Benson Tyler Britton Joshua Schwartz Executive Producer Xan Xai Producer Chloe Mortensen Original Idea by Andrew Finley Matt Benson Compositing Lead Matt Karan Music Jacob Yoffee Soundmixing Matt Yocum Sound Design Kai Paquin Tom C Schmidt Animation Liam Murphy Emily Katske Ben Sanders Compositing Lead Matt Karan Compositing Michelle Gao Andrew Finley Character Modeling Raed Alamouni Qween Parker Andrew Finley Modeling/Texturing Anthony X. Smith Casey J Arterburn Nikit Shetti Harsh Agrawal Ty Roberson Cloth Sim Ben Lopatin Concept Art Adam Varga Layout/Cinematography/ Editing Liam Murphy Shading Leads Michelle Gao Dayna Kelly Andrew Finley Opening Title Clint Rea Motion Graphics Eddy Nieto Copyright, NO-A Productions, 2014