Description:

‘Mellow’ is a fully 3D animated film that tells the story of an anxious young researcher named Holly who breaks away from her reliance on external authority. Holly finds her own self-confidence after she is required to kill a lizard-like creature that supposedly threatens the bird-like creatures she is tasked to research. 'Mellow' is a reference to the protagonist Holly's meek personality and traits that she must learn to overcome. It is also a homophone of a flower-like weed, the 'Mallow', which can be seen in the film.
For the co-directors and animators of this project, particular creative and technical tasks were split across two primary challenges. For one it was the muscle simulation on the lizard-creature through the use of the simulation software Ziva Dynamics. For the other it was the feather simulation and rigging of the bird creature. The final work was the result of many hours of animation pipeline work and high-quality lighting and rendering.