Private Project

Covert

A security guard must protect a priceless Jewel from a thief's clutches until the police arrive.

  • Bervyn Chua
    Director
  • Bervyn Chua
    Producer
  • Rodolfo Barcelli Jo
    Technical Directors
  • Bervyn Chua
    Fight Choreographers
  • Celeste Chia
    Assistant Fight Choreographers
  • Kasimir Poh Cieslak
    Assistant Fight Choreographers
  • Joseph Chai
    Assistant Fight Choreographers
  • Rodolfo Barcelli Jo
    Lead Environment and Prop Artists
  • Celeste Chia
    Lead Character Modelling Artists
  • Xin Jie Hoo
    Character Modelling Artists
  • Luqi Li
    Character Modelling Artists
  • Ernest Koh Tian Yi
    Character Modelling Artists
  • Celeste Chia
    Lead Character Texture Artists
  • Bervyn Chua
    Lead Riggers
  • Bervyn Chua
    Lead Animators
  • Rodolfo Barcelli Jo
    Lead Lighting Artists
  • Bervyn Chua
    Lighting Artists
  • Bervyn Chua
    Motion Capture Coordinators
  • Bervyn Chua
    Lead Motion Capture Cleanup Artists
  • Angelo Casalla
    Motion Capture Cleanup Artists
  • Kasimir Poh Cieslak
    Motion Capture Stunt Actors
  • Joseph Chai
    Motion Capture Stunt Actors
  • Lucas Lim
    Motion Capture Stunt Assistants
  • Bervyn Chua
    Motion Capture Actors
  • Celeste Chia
    Motion Capture Actors
  • Bervyn Chua
    Editors
  • Bervyn Chua
    Lead VFX Artist
  • Rodolfo Barcelli Jo
    VFX Artists
  • Celeste Chia
    VFX Artists
  • Bervyn Chua
    Sound Designers
  • Hans-Martin Rall
    Support Staff
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Action, Thriller, Drama, Martial Arts, Heist, Crime, Dark
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 26, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Singapore
  • Country of Filming:
    Singapore
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Nanyang Technological University
Director Biography - Bervyn Chua

With 8 years in the animation field and a decade abroad, Bervyn has a drive to create Singaporean themed shorts in Unreal Engine that appeal globally.
His CG films have won awards internationally, with features on the Newspaper LianHe ZaoBao and on Corridor Digital's Render Challenges.

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Director Statement

Covert is an experiment to fuse the action film elements from the East and West, by combining sakuga martial arts references from Anime with Hollywood cinematography.