Terra Curta-metragem de Animação by Hugo Ferreira

Terra Curta-metragem de Animação by Hugo Ferreira is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Computação Gráfica, Modelação 3D, Texturização e Renderização Competition Category.

PrataComputação Gráfica· 2025

Terra Curta-metragem de Animação

by Hugo Ferreira

Client: Okdraw

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Computação Gráfica Category

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The Design

About Terra Curta-metragem de Animação

Terra é um curta-metragem de animação em que a poeira, a gravidade e as ruínas construídas pelo homem são os principais protagonistas. O filme tem cerca de cinco minutos de duração, utiliza uma proporção de tela de 2,35:1 e é acompanhado pela faixa musical E2, da banda Muay. Terra apresenta-se como uma homenagem à arquitetura, à tecnologia, ao cinema de ficção científica e à música. O trabalho foi criado com 3ds Max e Corona Renderer, com edição e correção de cor em softwares Adobe. A animação, o trabalho de câmera e a iluminação foram feitos manualmente, enquanto colisões, explosões e rachaduras foram simuladas com plugins. As formas brutalistas orientaram a direção visual.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Terra Curta-metragem de Animação conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Terra Curta-metragem de Animação seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Terra Curta-metragem de Animação é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Terra is a short animation film, based on a what if kind of story, where, dust, gravity, and man made ruins are the protagonists.
Terra was written for the music E 2 of the band Muay - a music written inicialy for the live Soundtrack for the movie Earth (Terra), of Aleksandr Dovzhenko.
Terra attempts to be an honest homage to architecture, technology, sci-fi movies, and music.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length: 5.20 min
Type of film: CG Animation
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Music: E2 by Muay
Tags: music, video, short film, brutalism
Production Technology: We wanted to implement as much of our daily work flow as possible, so our setup did not deviate much from the industry standard. We used 3ds Max with Corona Renderer, and
Adobe After Effects and Premiere for editing and color correction.
Our approach was straightforward, with us solving problems as we encountered them and
embracing limitations as part of the creative process. We were more concerned with the results than with realistic physics – if it looked good, me would move on. All the animation, camera work, and lighting were done by hand. The only exceptions were the rock collisions, explosions, and cracks, for which we used the Phoenix FD plugin and tyFlow to simulate various effects.
Design Challenge: Curiously enough, the most difficult part was probably working free from the constraints of a client: with endless possibilities, it is hard to establish boundaries. Between the music, story, and visuals, it was not easy to strike the right balance. Occasionally, we went too far while experimenting and had to dial it down a notch.
Research: Terra finds its primary inspiration in a fusion of Sci-Fi movies, utopian ideals and stories, music, ancient machines, the solidity of rocks, and the aesthetic of brutalism.As we were not used to work with this aesthetic, we submerged ourselves in movies like 'The
Tragedy of Macbeth, Lighthouse, and Sin City. We also consulted the photography of Saul Leiter
and Sebasião Salgado. All of these references helped us to understand how, in the absence of
color, we can use contrast as a shaping, and eye-guiding tool. Consequently, lighting direction,
camera movement, and post-production went hand in hand at all times.
Inspiration: Terra finds its primary inspiration in a fusion of Sci-Fi movies, utopian ideals and stories, music, ancient machines, the solidity of rocks, and the aesthetic of brutalism. Examples:
Project Duration: This project started in August 2022 and was finished in February 2023. Was writen, directed and produce on our studio, with the help of Rebus Farm.
Operation Flow: Watch it and listen to it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Okdraw, 2025.
Image Credits: Written, Directed and Produced by: Okdraw
Music by: Muay