Directed by Alexandra Paglieri and produced by Luis Aleman, 'Starborne' is an action-packed animated short centered around treasure hunter June's tumultuous mission.
As a senior thesis project, this film was animated over a total span of two and a half months, primarily by Alexandra and Luis. At one point during production, the most animators working at the same time was five students.
Utilizing inspiration from video game cinematics and 80s sci-fi/action films, 'Starborne' is a rockin' film all around with an original song by LuckySparkxx.
Animated in Maya 2023, models made in Zbrush, texturing done in Adobe Substance Painter, and rendering in Unreal Engine 5. Edited in Avid Media Composer.
Directed by Alexandra Paglieri and Lead Animation by Luis Aleman, 'Debris' is an emotional animated short film.
'Debris' was Alexandra's animated directorial debut with a limited scope of a one-minute runtime, no dialogue allowed, and one other classmate to crew on the film. The production schedule was a short two-week period.
The score is incredible. 'Reconstructing Science Remix' by Pascal Michael Stiefel is an amazing rendition of the already famous 'Reconstructing More Science' from the soundtrack of Portal 2, composed by Mike Morasky.
Animated in Maya 2022, texturing done in Adobe Substance Painter, and rendering in Unreal Engine 4. Edited in Avid Media Composer.
