Direction, FX, lighting, rendering, comp
Role
Houdini, Maya, Unreal Engine, USD Pipeline
Tools
THE STORY
"Don't let pretty things trick you," the grandfather warns. On the edge of Leitisvatn, a boy grows up on his stories, and the one that stays with him is about the Nix, a shapeshifting water spirit that takes the shape of a beautiful horse and waits by the lake for the children who wander too close.
THE FOG
When the mist rolls in without warning and green eyes appear in the white, the boy can no longer tell where the old man's story ends and his own fear begins. The myth says there is only one way to break the spirit's hold. You have to name it.
It is told through fog, silence and symbolism, with almost no dialogue, so the fear belongs to the viewer as much as to the boy.
BEHIND IT
A directed short film, funded and taken from first idea to final frame on a pipeline I built myself. It stands as a complete proof of concept for the world and its look, with the story continuing in development.
