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Our Mission<\/h2>

Our five-person student animation studio produced this short film, Sirena. The film is an adaptation of the \u201cSirena of Guam\u201d myth. Through a traditional animated format, we  present the dazzling legend of a young girl as she transforms into a beautiful mermaid. <\/p>

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WHO ARE WE?<\/h5>

We are an interdisciplinary group of graduate students with a focus on art and technology at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center.\n<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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WHAT IS THE STORY?<\/h5>

The animated short is based on the myth \u2018Sirena of Guam\u2019. Synopsis: A pious girl drowns and is saved by the love of the sea goddess, Tangaroa. She is liberated by the goddess, who transforms her into a mermaid.<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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WHAT IS OUR TECHNICAL FOCUS?<\/h5>

Our focus for this project is to use believable hair and water simulation to immerse audiences in Sirena\u2019s tale. We also are pushing VFX to create a stunning transformation scene of Sirena becoming a mermaid.\n<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

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WHAT SOFTWARE?<\/h5>

Our model, rig, and character animation is done in Autodesk Maya. The hair creation uses Maya\u2019s Xgen interactive grooming plugin, and the simulation is done with Maya\u2019s nhair system. All of the above are rendered in Maya Arnold. As for our ocean, it is simulated and rendered in Houdini 17. All of the rendered footage was composited in After Effects, and further edited in Adobe Premiere.<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

Our Team<\/h2> <\/div> <\/div>
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Niharika Jain\n\n\n\n<\/h4>

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Jared Ettinger\n\n\n\n<\/h4>

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Muhammad Bin Tahir Mir<\/h4>

Character Technical Director\n\n\n<\/h6>
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Yi Ting Kristy Tsai\n\n\n<\/h4>

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Yikai Kevin Han\n\n\n<\/h4>

Technical Artist (Ocean)\/ Lighting & Rendering<\/h6>
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Faculty Instructors<\/h2> <\/div> <\/div>
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John Dessler<\/h4>
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Without Further Ado… We proudly present our final product, the animated short Sirena! The Last Week So, how did we get here? Well, our final push was pretty intense. The[…]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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That’s a Wrap! We’ve done it! Sirena\u2014 all 2+ minutes of it\u2014 is in the bag. As is our Pre-production content. However, you’ll need to wait until next week to[…]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Back in the (Seahorse?) Saddle Monday night ended our mad rush to get our content to a completed state for Soft opening. By the end, we had put together all[…]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>

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Our Mission Our five-person student animation studio produced this short film, Sirena. The film is an adaptation of the \u201cSirena of Guam\u201d myth. Through a traditional animated format, we  present the dazzling legend of a young girl as she transforms into a beautiful mermaid. WHO ARE WE? We are an interdisciplinary group of graduate students…
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