What Makes Them Tick

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. 2nd year students short animation film project.

https://www.metropolia.fi/en

United Kingdom Student Film Festival 2023: Gold Medal
Student Los Angeles Film Awards 2023: Finalist
Student World Impact Film Festival 2023: Semi-Finalist

Logline: Three robot companions descend down an abandoned mine, working together as they search for invaluable fuel that keeps their kind alive.

Credits:

Jimi Kujanpää: Project Manager, Story, Storyboard Artist, Technical Artist, Prop Modeling & Texturing
Tanja Nummela: Environment concept artist, Colour script artist, Lighting artist, Technical artist, Compositor
Simo Kuosmanen: Technical Artist, Layout artist, Storyboard Artist, VFX Artist, Animator
Ilmari Vartia: Character Technical Director, Animation Lead, Character modeling, Mocap Actor
Aleksi Vänskä: Character Concept artist, Character Modeling & Texturing, Story, Environment artist/set building
Tiina Leskinen: Concept Artist, color script artist, story board artist, animator, compositor
Jani Nurhonen: Story, Environment Modeling & Texturing, VFX, Motion Capture, Animating
Joona Haaparanta: Character Modeling & Texturing, Animator, Technical Artist, Logo Design, Compositor
Ville Sutinen: Environment Modeling & Texturing, Animating, VFX
Anssi Väisänen & Fathi Ahmed: Screenwriters
Anni Niemelä & Essi Hurttila: Producers
Tuomas Gröndahl: Sound designer, Sound editor, Foley, Music, Mixing
Inka Poikela: Sound editor, Foley
Hanna Lagom: Sound editor, Foley


Word from the Director

"What Makes Them Tick is a thrilling and visually impressive science fiction adventure diving into the lives of three robots. Friendship is central to the story. The events reflect the uncertainty of life and that which makes life meaningful. The movie aims to evoke questions such as: Is eternal life worth pursuing? How would you act in difficult times? What would you be willing to do for your friends?

The vision for the movie was born out of dinner conversations and was molded into an experience on the big screen. The movie couldn't have been possible to finish without our very motivated team that's been there ever since the beginning. This movie is one of the forerunners in the implementation of Unreal Engine in its pipeline for the final assembly and rendering."