In this family's history, every 14 year old son is giving a task to become a man. So when it's time for Buddy's task to slay the neighborhood dragon, he might not be ready to be a man.

Duration 8:24 Process 2D and 3D Animated Language English Start Date April 2008 Completion Date May 2010 Funded By Grants and Research Funding (Southeast Missouri State University) Software Used Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Produced In USA

Director, Producer Peter Chanthanakone Story Concept David Hayes Production Assistant Michael Freezeland Modeling Assistants Tyler Paneitz Chris Northcutt Texture Assistant Kirk Lohmann Musical Director, Producer Rabby Teng Voice Overs Connor - David Hayes Gabriel - Jacob Dudley, Olivia Nguyen Dragon - Osby Tomlin Special Thanks Patrick Adams Neal Borowiak Scott Wright

Number of short stories David Hayes gave me 3 Number of revisions of the film 5 Number of 3D shots 49 Number of 2D drawings 8 Avg number of layers per 2D drawings 23 Number of models 29 Number of textures 250+ Avg animation time per second 1 hour Number of voice over auditions for casting 10 Rendered using: 3 computers 2008 Macbook Pro (4GB) 2008 Mac Pro (2GB) AMD 64 x2 5000, (4GB) Avg number of render passes (max, min) 4 (6, 2) Avg rendering time per frame (max, min) 1:50 seconds (1 hour, 6 seconds)

February 11-13, 2011 - FiLUMS International Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan

April 28 - May 3 - China International Cartoon and Animation Festival, HangJoo, China

June 6-11 - Annecy International Animation Film Festival: International Invitation Exhibition, Annecy, France

June 9-13, 2011 - International Short Film Festival, Detmold, Germany

August 22, 2011 - New York City International Film Festival, NYC, NY, USA

October 4, 2011 - Kansas International Film Festival, Kansas City, MO, USA

November 4-8, 2011 - Puchon Animation Festival, Puchon, Korea

 

 

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