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April 13, 2008
The Legend of Boruta by ~Psotek Wow! Watch this everyone. This is the kind of films we want to see here on DA! The backgrounds are like paintings, so beautiful. All the lighting is amazing. I really like all the little particles inside of the temple. I particularly liked the effect on the soldier at the end. Congratz! :clap:
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The Legend of Boruta

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SYNOPSIS

The year is 1939; Nazi Germany has recently invaded Poland, and many small towns and villages have already become victims of the German raid. A regiment of Nazi soldiers arrive upon a small church nestled in the sprawling wheat fields surrounding the small town of Leczyca. As they enter the church grounds, a low-ranking soldier is ordered into the catacombs deep beneath the church to search for valuables and items of historical and cultural significance for appropriation. Reluctantly, the young soldier heads down, and discovers he has been tainted by the stolen goods, further building the Legend of Boruta.


FILM DESCRIPTION

A short film (approximately ten minutes in length) centered around Boruta - an archaic creature who guards treasures deep within the catacombs of Poland - as he is confronted by unwelcome visitors during the German occupation of Poland amidst World War II. "The Legend of Boruta" is an animated grad-film project by Bartek Nowakowski, completed in April 2007 at the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design (Vancouver, BC). The concept of the film is derived from an old Polish legend that originates from the small town of Leczyca, Poland. The town - consequently, also Bartek's home town - though small, is saturated with old churches, cathedrals, art, architecture, stories and legends, all of which have inspired him to create his first film, The Legend of Boruta.


AWARDS

-WINNER- 2 ELAN Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts in "Best Film" and "Ready to Rocket" | Vancouver, Canada
-WINNER- Grand Prize Winner Electronic Arts Reveal '07 | EA Canada, Burnaby BC
-WINNER- President's Media Arts Award | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver BC
-STASH 38 DVD Magazine Feature


FESTIVALS

--Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
--Toronto International Film Festival Student Showcase | Toronto, Canada
--A Night of Horror International Film Festival | Sydney, Australia
--Mauvais Genre' International Film Festival | France
--A Night of Horror Film Festival | Beecroft, Australia
--Barrie Film Festival | Barrie, Ontario
--Emily Carr Media Arts Festival | Vancouver, Canada


SOFTWARE USED

-Autodesk 3D Studio Max (core modeling, lighting and animation)
-Pixelogic Zbrush (displacement and normal map generation)
-Adobe Photoshop (textures and post work)
-Adobe After Effects (post work)
-Adobe Premiere (video editing)
-Adobe Audition (sound editing)
-Propellerhead Reason (music production)


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Wehrmacht Army soldier.  Guilty of Article 9, Paragraph 12, Sub-Section J.  The infraction of being "Out of Uniform".  He had two German Army Eagle Decals on his helmet.  The Eagle Decal only goes on the left side of the helmet.  The right side has the Ti-Color Shield Decal.  He also had a non-regulation flash light.  Ther German issue flash light is small, and square.  It has a circle shaped light on the front of the square flashlight.  It is normally warn hanging from the left upper pocket on the uniform jacket.  The Bread Bag was also non-regulation with the Cross of Malta Iron Cross on it.  It shouldn't have had the cross.  He failed to report back to his commander.  He should have been put on report.  Shot, or latter sent to the Russian Front as punishment.