Ahoo Shafi

"RENT IS OVERDUE"

Bachelor of Design 3D animation Character Animation Unreal Engine Visual Effects Experimental Narrative Realism
AD21 Award
Visual Effects Team Project Award
For outstanding achievement in a Visual Effects team project

'Rent is Overdue' is a short film about a single mother who in complete desperation takes the job of a one-time hitman in order to earn some “easy” cash; in order to pay her rent.

'Rent is Overdue' is a short film about a single mother who in complete desperation takes the job of a one-time hitman in order to earn some “easy” cash; in order to pay her rent. This 3D animated short film explores various different real human emotions, questioning morality in a time of need.

The aim of this project was to investigate into creating a film using real-time technology in Unreal Engine 4 - focusing on world building, lighting, and cinematography. Over the course of this project I had the opportunity to study facial-motion capture through the utilization of Live-Link - going into depth about creating an effective framework for achieving convincing and emotionally communicative facial motion-capture.