"The Voice in the Hollow" Screening & Q&A with Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma
Time
Thu, Nov 17, 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
Location/Platform
Gnomon Campus
Lenovo Stage
1015 North Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Join us on Thursday, November 17th at 6:00 pm on campus in the Lenovo Stage for the premiere screening of "The Voice in the Hollow," the highly anticipated short film from filmmakers Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma!
Rendered entirely in Unreal Engine 5, Miguel and Tran will be sharing shot breakdowns, pipeline and workflow solutions between Unreal and Maya, Houdini, Marvelous Designer, Substance and more, followed by Q&A.
"The Voice in the Hollow" is an animated African horror fable of sisterhood, envy, and ancient evil. As resident artists and instructors at Gnomon, Miguel and Tran have been chronicling the production of the film through weekly live streams, and we can't wait to see the final result. Gnomon is also grateful to Epic Games for their support of the project through the Megagrant Program.
We look forward to seeing you at the Gnomon stage on November 17th at 6:00 pm for a meet and greet pizza, and then 7:00 pm for the event! We'll also be giving away a limited number of "Voice in the Hollow" posters and t-shirts and providing campus tours for those interested. As this will be our first in-person event in quite a while, so be sure to RSVP to reserve your spot! Note the event will also be live streamed to Gnomon's Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook channels starting at 7:00 pm.
Speakers
Miguel Ortega
Miguel is a Colombian Film Director, creature designer, and cinematographer with over 15 years of experience working in some of the industry's most awarded VFX studios including Digital Domain, Phil Tippett Studios, and Rhythm & Hues. Miguel has brought to life characters and creatures in many Hollywood blockbusters including Thor, The Mist, Underworld, A Night at the Museum, Godzilla 2, and Krampus. Working with his partner Tran Ma, he had his own "Home Made" directorial debut with the wondrous Short film “The Green Ruby Pumpkin.” His follow-up Short The Ningyo has won over 35 international film festival awards and has been picked up by Thunder Road Films for development as a feature film. When he is not filming Miguel is a professor at Gnomon School of VFX in Hollywood California.
Tran Ma
For the past decade, Tran has worked as a designer, character artist, and environment artist on various films such as Transformers: Dark Moon, Alice in Wonderland, and Krampus. She has developed extensive skills in organic sculpting, hard surface modeling, texturing, look development, matte painting, and lighting. But this is only the beginning for Tran who in partnership with Miguel Ortega co-created The Ningyo, where she has fulfilled roles as VFX Supervisor, Writer, Producer, and Production Designer. Tran and Miguel have been described by Scott Begs, Film writer for Vanity Fair as being at the forefront of Indie CGI with their “wondrous short film spectacle” The Green Ruby Pumpkin, and their Faustian tale of exploration, mythical creature hunting, and moral conundrums … The Ningyo. When she is not creating, Tran is a professor at Gnomon School of VFX in Hollywood California.
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