All about The Pig on the Hill

“The Pig on the Hill”

Produced by Lightstream Animation Studios

Co-Produced by Crater Studio

Jamy Wheless, director/executive producer

John Helms, director/executive producer

Pierce Brosnan, narrator

Petar Jovovic, vfx supervisor

Milovan Mladenovic, vfx executive producer

John Kelly, story

Matthew Wilder, music

 

 

 

Synopsis

When Pig’s free-spirited, rambunctious new neighbor, Duck, plunges himself into Pig’s quiet, orderly life, Pig learns that having friends is what he has been missing all along.

About The Film

Based on London author John Kelly’s beloved children’s book, “The Pig on the Hill” is heart-warming story about next door neighbors who are worlds apart. Living in the whimsical mountaintop community of Topton, Pig very much enjoys his solitude and silence. In every direction, an expansive, gorgeous view of the surrounding mountains and waterways, with no neighbors as far as the eye can see. One day, however, Duck shows up and zealous about the amazing location, he decides to build a home right next door, causing an awful ruckus as he installs a water slide, swimming pool, palm trees, and outdoor sound system. Pig tries to ignore the disruption to his sanctuary, wearing noise-canceling headphones and busying himself with his daily routine. But Duck’s ebullient presence has forever upset the rhythms of Pig’s organized life.

 

 

Crater Studio and Lightstream Animation Studios (LSA) have been partners and collaborators on many VFX, film and animation projects since 2010. It was a great honor to have Mr. Pierce Brosnan as the narrator and a promoter and supporter of the whole project.

We spent almost three years in the making of this little gem. We were coming back to it every time we were free from the ongoing commercial projects. That had its own benefits, as we had some extra time to rethink some of the details. In general pipeline worked well. John and Jamy from LSA were taking care of animation scenes and were fantastic visual consultants. All look development, lighting, compositing and some animation took place in Crater Studio with all creative freedom given. We used Maya – Houdini – Nuke pipeline. Textures were produced in Mudbox. We rendered all shots in Arnold, and composited in Nuke. The aim was to have the best possible beauty renders, so the minimal touches are done in compositing. In order to achieve that artists in Crater Studio spent a considerable amount of time in light & ldev stages of the process. Compositing served to unveil Crater Studio’s artists’ hard work in full color & glory.

Awards as of November 2019

 

Credits

Produced by Lightstream Animation Studios

Co-Produced by Crater Studio

Jamy Wheless, director/executive producer

John Helms, director/executive producer

Pierce Brosnan, narrator

John Kelly, story

Matthew Wilder, music

Milovan Mladenovic, vfx executive producer

Petar Jovovic, vfx supervisor

Douglas Kay, executive producer

Rohin Malhotra, managing director

Michael Carney, executive producer

Mitch Yellen, executive producer

Brendan Gottlieb, animator

Dragana Mandic, animator

Elissa Peterson, animator

Dennis Lai, animator

Jun Park, animator

Hans Tsai, animator

Ricardo Lua, animator

Mario Orlando, animator

Bryant Wu, animator

John Kelly, art director

Zoran Cvetkovic, art director

Matt Gaser, art director

Nikola Ilic, vfx artist

Maksim Ljubenkovic, vfx artist

Miroslav Uzunovic, vfx artist

Jin Bae, modeller

Vaughn Smith, modeller

Lenora Acidera, modeller

Ivan Aleksic, lighting/texturing artist

Goran Lakic, lighting/texturing artist

Milena Radovic, lighting/texturing artist

Aleksandar Babic, lighting/texturing artist

Vladimir Jankovic, lighting/texturing artist

Dejan Vladisavljevic, lighting/texturing artist

Vladimir Corluka, lighting/texturing artist

Katarina Radic, lighting/texturing artist

Jovana Vulevic, lighting/texturing artist

Cassandra Bakic, production manager

Amy Palladino, production manager

Milena Niciforovic, production coordinator

Ivana Mitrovic, production coordinator

Sergey Berengard, rigging artist

Diego Garnica, rigging artist

Dave Sidley, rigging artist

Bogdan Amidzic, compositor

Matija Koraksic, compositor

Zivan Petricevic, compositor

Vladan Djiri Vasiljevic, compositor

Tamara Dinic, compositor

Zoran Mitrovic, compositor

Luka Plecas, compositor

Vladimir Jankovic, compositor

Nikola Novakovic, compositor

Milos Randjelovic, compositor

Nikola Vucenovic, compositor

Brandon Douglas, vfx editor

Eli Yellen, vfx editor

Srdjan Latinovic, vfx editor

Suzie Katayama, music conductor

Tereza Stanislav, concert master violinist

Sara Andon, musicians

Donald Foster, musicians

Erika Duke-Kikpatrick, musicians

Michael Lang, musicians

Songa Lee, musicians

Neil Samples, musicians

Zachary Dellinger, musicians

Steve Genewick, musicians

Victor Lawrence, musicians

Joel Pargman, musicians

David Stone, musicians

Joel Derouin, musicians

Gerardo Hilera, musicians

Jennifer Takamatsu, musicians

Tom Lea, musicians

Caryn Rasmussen, musicians

Armen Ksajikian, musicians

Edie Boddicker, vocalist

David Loucks, vocalist

Baraka May Williams, vocalist

Luke Edgemon, vocalist

Antoinette Scruggs, vocalist

Nathan Nance, sound design

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