Hello everybody,

My name is Sepehr and I'm working on a Master's thesis short film called "The Legend of Arad". It is a live action short film in style of 300 with a lot of visual effects and room for creative work!



Legend of Arad is a story of a forgotten son who returns to his supposed place of birth, only to find himself unwelcome. He is captured as a defyer and is brought to the king for "purification". His soul must be purified before Marduk, the God of time. But Arad survives to become something that he can never forgive. The story takes place 4500 years ago in the lands of Sumeria, only a few centuries after the birth of civilization and the destruction of the tower of Babel.



It is a time when the people of Sumer and Akkad have forgotten their past. The only thing they remember is that they have been praying to the hand of their king; believing the hand to be the shadow of hand of Marduk, the God of the world. It is the hand that rules their army and it is the hand that brings rain. The hand of the king, the holiest thing on face of the earth; what connects their mortal world to the lands of Marduk. They have made great sculptures of the hands of seven legendary kings of the past to keep the memories of their glorious heritage alive forever. Among their oldest beliefs is a deep dread of handless people, those who are considered defyers. The cursed who rot the pillars of society and power. The defyers are often banished, tortured or killed, infants and adults alike. No one can remember the origin of this fear...





The film was shot on green screen stage at the end of summer. We have been fortunate to have some great talents and industry professionals in our cast, crew and advisors. Since summer we have been editing to come up with a short and solid cut and start the best part of film making: visual effects!
We have around 50 shots that are heavy duty VFX shots or totally CG. We have started to work on some of those shots but the post-production is really demanding and I thought to post it here and seek some help!




And it all comes the creative part now!
We are looking for people who are interested in:

• CONCEPT DESIGN
• MATTE PAINTING
• ENVIRONMENT MODELING
• LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENT (Vue or Terragen)

Please check out Legend of Arad website for more information!
http://film.cgtal.com

And let me know if you are interested.
Thanks!
Sepehr

You should put this under "pet projects", might be better way to have people to see more of your work.... : )

Thanks Steve, I'm gonna do that.
Cheers,
Sepehr

I certainly have an affinity for topics that blend myth and ancient history. My specialty hovers around reproduction of architecture. What are you looking for in specific?

Hi Scott,

That sounds great!
We're trying to get inspirations of the region's architecture around 4500 years ago but we have some elements that belong to later eras.
I have gathered a collection of Egyptian, Sumerian and Persian architecture images from web but I'm not totally happy with it.
If you could refer us to the right resources, that would be great!

Thank you,
Sepehr

We just finished the pickup shoot.

We are looking for:
-Concept Designers
-Look Development TD
-Lighting TD
-Compositors
-Camera and Object tracking artists
-Rotoscoping Artists

Please contact me via: http://film.cgtal.com/blog/index.php?disp=msgform&recipient_id=1
If you are interested.

The post-production team at this point includes 35 people located in 17 countries. We have a very exciting combination of very talented people including a 2 time Emmy Award winner in our team.

Please note that all positions are volunteer positions.

Thanks,
Sepehr