Behind the Effects of RENEGADES

ALLO contributed VFX and Blender-designed 3D printed props to a short superhero film.

I had the pleasure of working in collaboration with Station 1 Studios and MoNo Films on a superhero short film, RENEGADES that released last Friday. I co-produced, built props, and more importantly served as the Effects Supervisor. All the VFX were done in Blender, Resolve, and Final Cut Pro – from obvious effects to small unseen edits. Additionally, I worked with as many practical effects and props as possible on this project, which was quite a fun and challenging time.

I also used Blender to create some of the props for this film, designing models such as Concrete’s helmet to be 3D printed and post-processed.

I had the pleasure to make the credits sequence for this short, also using Blender. I loved the flexibility of creating the sequence in full real-time in EEVEE with real-time compositing, while having the music playback in real-time for easy editing. The power of the 3D tools in Blender is truly astounding, enabling me to create the sequence fully in viewport in a fraction of the time that I would have needed in After Effects or Resolve.

Additionally, I used Blender for some of the marketing, creating character posters of our main actors:

I hope you found this reflection on how Blender was utilized for this project interesting, and that you also enjoy the film!