The Hollow
Inspired by a short story and characters created by Luis Torres from La Flama, " The Hollow " presents a tale of a doll that yearns to feel alive, and fill the void that is on her hearth. "The Hollow" is a work created for the Re:Play short film festival that was presented on F5 in New York on April of 2009. Mixing various animation techniques from stop motion animation, to full cg environments, and 3d enhancements for the stop motion doll, the score and sound design was created by Jarpa Studio in Mexico City.
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Luis Torres (Mr. Flama)DirectorNike Juega 10, Technorganic
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Luis Torres (Mr. Flama)Writer
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Jorge BobadillaProducer
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental
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Runtime:1 minute 47 seconds
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Completion Date:July 1, 2009
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Country of Origin:Mexico
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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F5 FestivalNew York, New York
United States
April 13, 2009 -
New York Festivals Tv and Films Awards 2010New York, New York
United States
Two World Gold Medals, Best Direction and Best Art Direction
Luis Torres is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and animation Director with 29 years of experience in advertising, graphic design, animation, motion design and visual arts. Teaches art and animation at Escena Animation and Digital art school in Mexico City.
He has been represented internationally as an animation Director through Curious Pictures in New York and Resistor in Canada. Has won several awards for his work in animation and design, the most important to date 2 Gold World Medals in the 2010 New York Festivals in the best Direction and best Art Direction for an animated short film categories of the festival.
HIs work has been published in Taschen's Logo Design vol 2 and Latin American Graphic Design. His paintings have been exhibited in New York at Agora Gallery, Resistor Gallery in Toronto, Framers Gallery in London and Aguafuerte Gallery in Mexico City.