The Valley Below (2015)

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The Valley Below (2015)

What is disguised in the haze will only be revealed from up close.
On top of a mountain a soldier protects his town from threat lurking beneath the fog.
One day a mishap forces him to confront his fears. In the process he realizes that not everything unknown hides great danger.

A film made by
Charmaine Bossert, Jonas Habermacher, Joel Hofmann,
Matthias Huber, Monika Jagodzinski and Dominic Lutz.

The Valley Below is our graduation film and was realised at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
My position was Art Director. I was responsible for the design development, concept art, color scripting,
matte painting, modeling / sculpting,character animation, lighting / compositing and graphic design.
Here you can see some artwork I've done for the shortfilm.

Turntables of the heads that I

sculpted for the film.

The making of The Valley Below

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Origin: Schweiz
Year: 2015
Duration: 8' 31"
Technic: 3D
Size: 2048x858
Format: DCP / File
Aspect: Cinemascope 2.39:1
Dialog: No Dialog
Sound: 5.1 Surround / Stereo
Software: Maya / ZBrush / Mari / Nuke / Nuke Studio / ProTools / Premiere Pro / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign
PlugIns: OpenPipeline / FumeFX / FractureFX / Tractor Slave / Shapes
Target audience: All
Genre: Arthouse / Drama

TEAM
Charmaine Bossert, Jonas Habermacher, Joel Hofmann,
Matthias Huber, Monika Jagodzinski and Dominic Lutz.