Wednesdays with Gramps | A Short Film by Chris & Justin Copeland

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When a teenage boy visits his Gramps at a seemingly mundane boring assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought. "Wednesdays with Gramps" is a story about connection, communication, and commonality, without say a word.

Written and Directed by: Chris & Justin Copeland
Produced by: Shabrayia B. Cleaver
Score by: Raashi Kulkarni
Editor: Joseph Butler
Head of Character Animation: Carlos Fernandez Puertolas
Art Director: Frederic William Stewart
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Edwards
Head of Cinematography, Layout: Jon Gutman
Production Manager: Kaki Bage
Modeling Supervisor: Matthew Paulson
Character Effects Supervisor: Pradipto Sengupta
DigiMatte Supervisor: Marla Tanigawa
Look Development Supervisor: Jeremy Engleman
Crowds Supervisor: Todd Zullo
Head of Lighting and Compositing: Gabriel Portnof
Character Rigging Leads: Milana Huang, JJ Jay
Head of Effects: Li-Ming Lawrence Lee
Lighting and Compositing Leads: Max Bruce, Francesco Giroldini
Supervising Technical Director: Noé Martínez Ibarra
Production Supervisors: Rafe Parker Blood, Sophie Brennan, Jin Aiah Villanueva Garcia, Jazmine Pulley
Image Finaling Supervisor: Stephen Mallia
Character Design: Seth St. Pierre
Assistant Editor: Daniel Ortiz
Modeling: Emilie Austin, Seungyoung "Sean" Choi, Brian Jefcoat, Jaewon Lee
Visual Development: Kalen Chock, Anjali Vakil
Character Rigging: David Drell, Ted Forgrave, Tom Molet, Adán Peña
Look Development: Elizabeth Kelly, Derrick Nau, Kirti Pillai, Violette Sacré-Shaik
Motion Graphics Effects: Keith Matz
Previsualization: Marianne Bell, Brittany Biggs, Alessandro Ceglia, Evan Dickinson
Animation: Laurent Caneiro, Tom Davis, Ares Deveaux, Jorge Garcia, Boris Maras, Tyler Phillips, Nicolas Prothais, Emily Springer, Kelly Vawter, Jeff Williams
Technical Animation: Anna Conde
Cycles Animation: Kate Vaillant
Final Layout: Tiffany Chou, Michael Guttman, Jason Turner
Additional Animation: Frank E. Abney III
Character Effects: John M. Dowell, Emily Harris, Luis Lopez, Alexa Mahajan, Eric Monachello
DigiMatte: Milica Fedele
Lighting and Compositing: Sarah Chalek, Thomas DesJardin, Milton Rodriguez-Rios, Catlin Scroggie
Effects: Jim Koonce, Jason Mayer, Mark Newport
Image Finaling: Emily Abele, Travis Wheat
Crowds: Kent Chan
Department Technical Directors: Rachele Bellini, Nick Lormand, Akhilesh Vijaykumar, Julie Garcia, Ryan Moran, Kurt Phillips
Additional Technical Directors: Zara Barryte, Anusha Shanker, Raship Trikha
Additional Supervising Technical Director: Megha Juneja
Production Coordinators: Karla Brady, Monique M. Miranda, Eerin Lamar Williams
Production Accountant: Jacquelyn Robbins
Assistant to Director / Producer: Julia Novello
Assistant Production Accountant: Mary Akopyan
Additional Production Support: Kristina Anderson, Leda Annest
Sound Designer: Xiao'ou Olivia Zhang
Lead Finishing Colorist: Paul J. McGhee
Supervising Post Technical Director: Ariandy Chandra
Re-Recording Mixer: Justin Scott Wilson
Post Production Supervisor: Allison Bernardi Stauth
Digital Imaging Technician: Jack Young
Director, Post Production: David Yanover
Post Department Supervisor: Alex Cardullo
Lead Technician: Michael Cady
Director, Post Production Engineering: Steven Moder
Original Dialogue Mixer: Ken Gombos
D.I. Conform Editor: Joe Thygesen
Digital Imaging Manager: Kyle D. Pascucci
Mix Engineer: Matt Brandseth
Color Production Supervisor: Brianna Rivera
Gramps & Deshaun ADR Efforts: Daniel Walton
Video Transfer: Kevin Cloepfil, Amy K. Clark
Post Production Coordinators: Kristal Santos Pagan, Alisha Syed
Conductor & Orchestrator: Raashi Kulkarni
Music Preparation & Session Librarian: Brad Ritchie
Recording Engineer: Nick Spezia
Musician Contractors: Gina Zimmitti, Whitney Martin
Mixing Engineer: John Chapman
Bass: Cooper Appelt
Score Recordist: Katelyn Prieboy
Drums: Jake Reed
Assistant Engineer: Kaitlyn Walker
Mixing Assistant: Jeff Fitzpatrick
Featured Vocalists: Shabrayia B. Cleaver, Chris Copeland, Justin Copeland
Score Recorded at: Ocean Way Nashville
Score Mixed at: Chappy Studios
Soundtrack on Back Lot Music: “BALLERINA”
Written By: Sidney Russell, Carl Sigman
Performed By: Bob Ragland
Courtesy of Muzak and Visionworks Music

Special Thanks to the Premo Team: Chad Ata, Suelika J. Chial, Ben H. Kwal, Andrew D. Brown, Anson Chu, Pia Miniati, Stuart Bryson, Matthew C. Gong, Chi-Wei Tseng, Nhi Hua Casey, Mark Jackels, Jesse Yeh
Special thanks to NetApp and Lenovo for their technology partnerships.

AND TO EVERYONE AT DREAMWORKS ANIMATION WHO SUPPORTED THIS PRODUCTION.


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