Dark feelings harvested during the childhood of a kid erupt in violence after his mother dies. Pulsion (Drive) explores themes of abuse and dysfunctional family environments.
Pulsion is a full cg independent animation made with 0 budget! A passion project that took four years to complete.
The environments of the film play a major role in the story. They are used to bring context to the lives of the characters and also to depict how they feel trapped in their realities. In addition to that, narrowing down the space on the screen was key to being able to add as many details as the limited resources of the production allowed.
In order to create some of the models, a technique called Photoscan was used. It consists of taking lots of pictures of a real object, and then translating this to the computer. By doing that it becomes easier to produce highly realistic models. This was mostly used to create the outdoor scenarios. Taking advantage of the static nature of the camera, some extra details were painted on top of the final images using Photoshop and After Effects in a process called Digital Matte Painting.

Links: https://vimeo.com/326223038, https://vimeo.com/339872122

Writer, director: Pedro Casavecchia
Executive producers: Nico Casavecchia, Arnaud Colinart, Corentin Lambot
Co-executive producers: Antonie Cayrol, Pierre Zandrowicz, Fred Volhuer
Artists: Pedro Casavecchia, Marc Tingle, Charlotte Tyson, Peter Mitchel Paterson, Djordje Ilic, Ivan Sorgente, Zach du Toit
Music: Anna-Maria Rammou

Pedro Casavecchia (AR) is a CGI artist and director based in London. He has worked in the Lighting and Environments departments for films like Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers, Infinity War (2018), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Avengers Endgame (2019) and more! Pulsion (2019) is his directorial debut. He wrote, directed, and completed most of the production by himself.