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“Russia Polymers” (Discovery) Final Scene VFx Breakdown

This is the breakdown of the final scene of the Discovery Channel film “Russia Polymers. How it’s made” (you can see it at timecode 19:42). The task was to track the footage, to clean up it and to create and compose virtual elements of the scene. The scene itself shows us how many things around as are made from polymers and if they cease to exist we end up with nothing familiar around us.
The film itself was made in 2020 and participated in the number of events and concurses which are:
1. 11th Cannes Corporate media and TV Awards 2020silver medalist in the category “Best Documentary on Science, Technology and Innovation”
2. XX Moscow International Corporate Video Festival — Grand Prix of the Best Corporate Video 2021 competition in the Image Films category
3. London Motion Picture Award (England) — semi-finalist in the category “Best short documentary film”
4. World Distribution Award (Slovakia) — the winner in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
5. Fill The Reel International Film Festival (England) — the winner in the nomination “Best documentary”
6. Košice International Monthly Film Festival (Slovakia) — winner in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
7. San José International Film Awards (Costa Rica) — winner in the category “Best short documentary film”
8. Virgin Spring Cinefest (India) — Best TV Program winner
9. Golden Galaxy Awards (India) — the winner in the nomination “Best TV Program”
10. Tagore International Film Festival (India) — winner in the category “Best Documentary” and “Best Video Editing”
11. Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany) — winner in the “Extra Long Short” category
12. World Film Carnival (Singapore) — winner in the category “Best short documentary film”
13. London Shorts (England) — nominated for Best Documentary Short
14. Long Story Shorts International Film Festival (Romania) — nominee in the category “Best short documentary film”
15. Sweden Film Awards (Sweden) — finalist in the category “Best short documentary film”
16. Paris Play Film Festival (France) — finalist in the category “Best short documentary film”
17. Golden Short Film Festival (Italy) — finalist in the category “Best short documentary film”
18. Palma de Mallorca International Films Infest Festival (Spain) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
19. Rome Independent Prisma Awards (Italy) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
20. Bucharest Film Awards (Romania) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
21. International Film and Video Festival “Catharsis” (Russia) — official selection for the festival program in the “Best Documentary” nomination
22. Bucharest Film Awards (Romania) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short film”
23. Film in Focus (Romania) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
24. Short to the Point (Romania) — official selection for the festival program in the nomination “Best short documentary film”
25. Moscow Shorts (Russia) — official selection for the festival program in the Best Short Film nomination
26. Short Shot Fest (Russia) — official selection for the festival program in the Best Short Film nomination
“Russia Polymers” (Discovery) Final Scene VFx Breakdown
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