Artem Shcherbakov and Otar Berov Find “The Spark” in New Short Film
Production: ZHEESHEE
Writer/director: Artem Shcherbakov, Otar Berov
Art Director: Maks Trofimov
EP: Artem Shcherbakov, Aleksei Novikov
Lead Animator: Anton Chistiakov
CG Supervisor: Mikhail Dmitriev
Producer: Evgenia Arkhipova
Director of Photography: Nail Gaynullov, Maks Trofimov
Concept artist: Maks Trofimov, Maxim Shagovikov, Pavel Vophira, Olga Kononenko, Natalia Chistiakova
Visual development artist: Maks Trofimov, Olga Kononenko, Artem Kazakhunov, Denis Hebi
Character artist: Alex Korshakov, Robert Kubus, Nikita Veprikov, Vadim Kosarev, Ilya Dyadyura,
Assembly, Lighting and compositing artist: Artem Kazakhunov, Andrey Bibartsev, Nail Gaynullov, Danila Korniltsev, Petr Shkolny
Props artist: Alex Lutai, Alex Korshakov, Ivan Demenkov, Katya Suleymanova, Ivan Podorozhkin
Storyboard artist: Denis Hebi, Olga Kononenko
Costume modeling/dynamics: Alena Kapustina, Sergey Karaulov, Mikhail Dmitriev
Editor: Dmitrii Sebrov, Artem Shcherbakov
Animator: Ekaterina Shvedova, Aleksey Romashov, Alexandra Limina, Vladimir Hakobyan, Liubov Tcimbaliuk, Mariya Kravtsova, Ian Aghavelian, Elena Marchenko, Oleg Zhukov, Jack Stollery
Rigging artist: Oleg Nechaev, Alexander Gushin, Ravshan Gaziev, Alexander Smirnov
Faccial Rigging Artist: Artem Dubina
2DFX: Margarita Shalynina, Dasha Skripka, Olga Kononenko
Motiongraphic artist: Vlad Bratkevich
Previs artist: Nail Gaynullov, Andrey Bibartsev, Alexander Sokolov, Slava Dmitriev
Logo Designer/animator: Evgeniy Starov, Alexey Dubnichenko
Title artist: Eugene Seleznev
Music/sound design: Ilia Shibanov
“This project was definitely a challenge for the studio as we tried out a new style, working with stylization, including animation on doubles.
Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2022
“We are now developing the possibilities of revealing this world, the protagonist, and his ancestors in a game format.”
Shcherbakov and Berov: “‘The Spark’ is a story about a young boxer and his fear of his first big fight. It’s a story of confrontation through the ages, fighting and overcoming.
“The Spark began as a pitch that wasn’t given the green light but our whole team was so in love with the concepts, story and art that the project became a labor of love for us. Doing creative independent art projects and finding the time and resources is always a challenge but worth it.
