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syntetik

01-18-2004, 10:17 PM

This is a music video for the song "Skurk" from KMFDM Attack album.

It´s actually one-person graduate project made most of the time at Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic. Thanks to Sascha Konietzko, leader of KMFDM, I got this chance to work for top rock-industrial band. Some parts of the video were projected during their recent U.S. WWIII tour.

The „Skurk“ music video for rock-industrial band KMFDM is about pressure we feel sometimes from the outside. The main hero is ejected from his boiling mind of volcanos under this pressure of commercials convincing us to spend money, it´s money itself, politicians playing like actors to change our mind, food products attacking us, sexual lust and stupid TV and movie culture into our brain. It´s a fantasy adrenalin ride with Tim Skold inside.

The video has been sent to many animation festivals, so I can´t show the whole video yet. But I´ve tried to pick up shots so the trailer is showing the most interesting moments and energy of this piece.

...continue to my website, where you can download Skurk video at downloads section
(duration 4:40)

www.jakubkrompolc.wz.cz (http://www.jakubkrompolc.wz.cz)

I´m curious about your comments! good or bad. each one is appreciated :cool:

Jakub Krompolc
(maya animator, rigger)

http://www.volny.cz/syntetik/skurk_miniPoster.jpg

3D-ima Green

01-18-2004, 10:58 PM

woah! :I looking really good, some parts are looking kinda weird, but great work.. prolly took loads of time to create? :)

syntetik

01-19-2004, 12:07 AM

thanks! which weird parts do you mean? I think it´s all weird ;)

yeah, it took very long, nearly 2 years. one man does everything.

mroranger

01-19-2004, 05:40 PM

lots of work, nice anims. Maybe lighting could be more improved.
Looks good.Keep it up.

syntetik

01-19-2004, 07:20 PM

thank you orange R.B.! lights are not so important, since I focus on animation. There are very hard light situations to be solved and rendered. I think next time I will take some light specialist, if the budget will allow it. Thanks Orange. :)

3D-ima Green

01-19-2004, 08:35 PM

yeh, i didnt want to disapoint you about how wierd it is :D but i really like it :) great work for one man (but damn two ears eek! )

syntetik

01-19-2004, 09:08 PM

No, no. I think it was weird because of the mix, the music in the trailer was not cut properly, bad rhythm, bad consequences.

download the trailer AGAIN!, I have next version and much better, just few hours after you downloaded the first version.
;-)

Jakub

zdenny

01-20-2004, 11:11 AM

hi syntetik!
I think ,it's very good class of animation.
I like specially character rig of skurk.
Did you create it on ownsome?! hm...hm:bounce:

zdenny

01-20-2004, 11:29 AM

hi syntetik!
I think ,it's very good class of animation.
I like specially character rig of skurk.
Did you create it on ownsome?! hm...hm:bounce:

agarwaen

01-20-2004, 11:56 AM

Gulp, I see your complete clip and now new trailer and maybe you can do cuts in trailer more softly - it is a little bit sharp. I know that animation is synchronized with music but maybe you can pul volume down and up again or make some sound or graphical effect like: one part-black screen with skurk sign (only for a while)-part two-black screen...etc ;).

But great work man!...I see it many times and now I am singing this song sometimes :) and my musical style is quite different.

Stay cool!

syntetik

01-20-2004, 11:25 PM

thank you both for the praise!!

agarwaen//

I think it´s ok (the cuts). But I agree that showing the parts from the video with gaps and blackouts could be the way too. I wanted it this way, to maintain the pace, energy and speed. Well, the video is actualy about energy, how people want to give it or steel it (suck it). That´s why there is fight, anger and collisions.

agarwaen

01-21-2004, 05:33 AM

...and maybe you can resize picture in your first thread. I think that this picture is bigger than is necessary. About 600-700px would be better and 160kb??? ufff...jpeg compression could help ;).

syntetik

01-23-2004, 01:00 AM

well. it´s so big for 2 reasons:

1. you can see the quality (though it´s already 70 jpeg degree)
2. you can hopefully make it your background, right? :buttrock:

best

Jakub

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