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

→ WATCH MORE ←    • Videos   → SUBSCRIBE ←    / @universalkids   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. Join the fun on Universal Kids where you can find an endless supply of laugh-out-loud jokes, lovable characters, life hacks, music, magic, gaming and more!