CGTalk - 3D short film : "Altaï"

Jaycee77

10-11-2005, 01:25 PM

That is some outstanding work there I have to say. Even though the piece is in French which I don't happen to know, I could easily appreciate the visual aspect of the piece. Great work there I must say! :thumbsup:

If you are still looking for hosting, drop me a PM, I may be able to host this for you or mirror it for you possibly.

PO-8

10-11-2005, 01:40 PM

Thx a lot AZ, i send you a pm. :)

Grin3d

10-11-2005, 07:48 PM

Can't wait to see your animation, stills are looking very promising :eek:

Roman.

PO-8

10-12-2005, 07:58 AM

thx Grin3d :)

AbsolutionZero host the film too, so you can also go there:

mirror 1 (http://www.jw-creations.com/Video/altai.mov)

Thank's again AZ!

Grin3d

10-12-2005, 08:57 AM

Awesome Work ! :bounce: 5 Stars.
Very well done, I love it.
:thumbsup:
Roman.

Winner

10-12-2005, 12:41 PM

what a magical piece of work. i really enjoyed it.

how long did you take to make this short ? when did you do it ?

PO-8

10-12-2005, 01:42 PM

Thanks a lot guys!

We made it in supinfocom arles in south of france, during the 2 years of 3d studies... 1 to learn 3dsMax, making a short film (30 sec, mine is "renaissance", see it on my website) and begin the synopsis and storyboard of the short film. During the 2nde year (october to july) we made the film. First, the 3d animatic, based on the 2d animatic, second part, modelling, then skinning, animating, lighting, rendering, postproduction, sound and assembly all with premiere...

After, we show it in a cinema, for a jury (pros and professors)...
and then, we search jobs and show the film in festivals like annecy, imagina... etc.

mattmos

10-12-2005, 02:59 PM

This is a beautiful short film, and quite an undertaking. I like the pace and story behind the film a lot, and the rendering/lighting/textures are gorgeous. The shots are framed very nicely.

My french is pretty rusty but I understood most of what happened from the action. Didn't quite get the particles being released though, was there a reason for that other than to look pretty? I think the only crit I have is at times the wings on the bird look a little awkward. Also the lighting in some shots (particularly the ones where he's going down the canyon/approaching the building) seems a little different from the different angles. Apart from that its a pretty much flawless piece. Congrats!

Nux

10-12-2005, 03:31 PM

howdie, love the jpgs, looks like itll be a great piece. id be happy to put up a mirror for it... however, i've only JUST started getting into webbuilding, so i havent got a clue how to do it., so youd have to walk me through it, ha ha.

admin@lucideaproductions.com

e-mail me if you still need another host.

MarieMJS

10-12-2005, 04:38 PM

Ahaha the pictures look great...

But there have been too many downloads, I will have to wait for the next turn ;)

Et accessoirement, bonjour les arlésiens de la nouvelle promo :D...

TwitchyHamster

10-12-2005, 05:23 PM

I think this deserves a front page. Very beautiful scenery.

I saw it this morning before the bandwidth was exceeded lol.

Now if they would just get another mirror up so I can show some other people...

-Twitchy

Nux

10-12-2005, 05:42 PM

alright, i'm knowledgable about it now. lol.

i'll host if need be. contact me.

jahspirit

10-12-2005, 05:49 PM

The mirror not found. This style is not correct.

Jahspirit

PO-8

10-13-2005, 06:46 AM

hello Marie! tu va bien? qu'est ce tu fait maintenant? i hope i will get a new mirror, so you can see it soon :) . (tx Nux)

Thx a lot Mattmos, your nice reply make me happy this morning :)
a compliment from you is an honnor.

wuensch

10-13-2005, 09:48 AM

absolutely marvellous-- great direction, stylish look---

I am -- well-- very impressed.

How long have you been working on it?

Olli

PO-8

10-13-2005, 10:15 AM

thx/danke Olli :)

We made it in supinfocom arles in south of france, during the 2 years of 3d studies... 1 to learn 3dsMax, making a short film (30 sec, mine is "renaissance", see it on my website) and begin the synopsis and storyboard of the short film. During the 2nde year (october to july) we made the film. First, the 3d animatic, based on the 2d animatic, second part, modelling, then skinning, animating, lighting, rendering, postproduction, sound and assembly all with premiere...

cbaristo

10-13-2005, 04:18 PM

looks amazing, but no one mirror works to me... : (

PO-8

10-14-2005, 06:36 AM

tx, try this, it's working now on my computer: http://thibault.petrissans.ifrance.com/film.htm

mirror 2 (rename files in .rar):
http://danamir.anduin.free.fr/mirror/

PO-8

10-14-2005, 12:32 PM

another link, because some of the firsts don't work on some computers... :)

Mirror 3 (http://www.crayon29.info/3D/Altai/altai.mov) (merci Crayon29)

Jaycee77

10-14-2005, 01:05 PM

another link, because some of the firsts don't work on some computers... :)

Mirror 3 (http://www.crayon29.info/3D/Altai/altai.mov) (merci Crayon29)

Yeah , this was so popular right after I mirrored it on my server that it blew up my bandwidth, lol. No biggie though, I am glad it is getting some exposure. Hopefully I will have the bandwidth issue taken care of soon so I can mirror it again soon.

PO-8

10-14-2005, 03:56 PM

thx absolutionZero, i think, you can erase my movie from your ftp to get back some bandwith because i have another mirror (thx Nux):
Miror 4
(http://lucideaproductions.com/short/altai.mov)

MarieMJS

10-15-2005, 09:02 AM

I finally managed to see it :D

Its really beautiful, the idea was great and the work done on colors/lights/rendering/textures is stunning...My only crit would go to the animation, some good poses but lacking in weight and a bit slow...Except that, its really cool :D

PO-8

10-17-2005, 07:55 AM

Marci bien Marie :) heu... thx a lot :)

I agree, we wanted to spend more time on animation but we didn't had the time, nevertheless i think the work on it is pretty cool, Noëlla did particulary a great job!

PO-8

10-19-2005, 06:47 AM

for those who want to see the film in big screen, it will be/seen at :

- Etiuda festival (Poland), 18 to 24 November 2005: www.etiuda.org (http://www.etiuda.org/)
- The 26th Festival of Short Film in Villeurbanne (France), 18 to 27 November 2005: www.lezola.com (http://www.lezola.com/)

:)

zambuka

10-20-2005, 03:56 AM

Didn't quite get the particles being released though, was there a reason for that other than to look pretty?
From what I gather it was to determine the direction of the wind. The bird would follow the wind when released and to find the bird they needed to follow the wind as well. Tossing something in the air to see how it falls, rather than just trying to guess the wind direction (lick the finger type of thing), has the intimate spirituality fitting with the rest of the story.

This is a beautiful piece and very easy to follow, even without knowing the language they are speaking. You don't even need words at all to really understand what is going on, that's the sign of a great film maker.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

optimus008

10-20-2005, 01:14 PM

Wow, you have some great shots, loved it very nice.

PO-8

10-20-2005, 03:55 PM

thx a lot zambuka, you're right, particles is a way to find the way :)
we wanted to make more particules like pollen, dust, but we didn't had the time...

mimo8

10-20-2005, 05:10 PM

great movie - quite an undertaking
the animation is pretty decent, the horses work very well.
the only two critx would be the wings animation and the particles (look too much 3D generated)

good luck

Gangstashers

10-20-2005, 08:00 PM

Hey man!

I have to say you did a great job on this short! :thumbsup: Frontpage fo sho!

anywayz.. i dident understand what was going on... a little then.

Can't you make one with english subtitels.

Again awsome job nice short!

Sheherryar

polybuilder

10-20-2005, 11:50 PM

Yep, that was really good. I enjoyed watching it even though I don't understand french.
The way the whole animation was put together is what makes it captivating. The camera positions. I liked the animation of the horses, realistic movements.

All very well done.:)

Don_Barro

10-21-2005, 12:00 PM

beutifull
congrats, lighted up my day

rafaelrubio

10-22-2005, 10:48 PM

Excellent. Excellent. Beautiful story. Great animation. Awesome environments. Its a great work, i'm impressed. i sorry that i don't understand nothing about french language. i´m spanish and i speak a little of english, but nothing about french :banghead:
But don't worry, its a great piece of art althought you don't understand nothing in subtitle.
again, excellent. 5 stars from me.

Lupinus

10-23-2005, 01:14 AM

Here's a quick translation of the script. My French is very bad, so forgive any inaccuracies.

It's yours, Naran. His name is Tushig.

Papa, can I let it fly tonight?

No! The wind is blowing.

It's not accustomed to you, to your scent, your voice.

Don't remove its hood!

We'll go together onto the hill so that you can tame it.

[...]
There, gently, Tushig!

[...]
Papa...

Don't worry, we'll go search for it tomorrow

[...]
Naran, wait!

It's time for you to go the rest of the road.

Alone? But..

Continue following the wind!

You will see some ruins..

Go in and don't leave them.

rafaelrubio

10-23-2005, 08:43 AM

jejeje. ok, thanks, story shows all perfectly, but better if i know what characters are speaking. Thank you very much Lupinus :applause:

PO-8

10-23-2005, 09:37 AM

Thank's a lot all, it's good to see that our movie is liked by so many peoples! :)
We will make an english version soon for the web.
I put the name of the characters in the script (Tx Lupinus):

Aman (the father) : It's yours, Naran. His name is Tushig.

Naran (the Child) : Papa, can I let it fly tonight?

Aman : No! The wind is blowing. It's not accustomed to you, to your scent, your voice.
Don't remove its hood! We'll go together onto the hill so that you can tame it...

[...]
Naran: There, gently, Tushig!

[...]
Naran: Papa...

Aman : Don't worry, we'll go search for it tomorrow

[...]
Aman : Naran, wait! It's time for you to go the rest of the road.

Naran: Alone? But..

Aman : Continue following the wind! You will see some ruins... Go in and don't leave them.

Nawras

10-25-2005, 08:31 AM

i like the shots it's really amazing but i wonder how many guys work on this animation i think that i miss understood cuz it's amazing ! but i really like it and i appreciate it if you tell me

thx

PO-8

10-26-2005, 05:23 PM

Tx a lot Nawras, we were 3 to make this movie, and all of us maked a part of the animation, but Noëlla did the most important part of it (70/80%).

Wisky

10-26-2005, 08:27 PM

Good directing, lightning and animation. I think, characters can be look much better, but I hope, you recast this moment in future project. Good luck

PO-8

10-28-2005, 09:10 AM

yeah, we had some dissensions on the character design, specially on the child... so it's not as we wanted but it's normal, in a collective project we can't be always agree.

Nemoid

10-30-2005, 04:56 PM

congrats! i found the movie to be very poetic and well done.

there's also something "moebius" in the pov's and some concepts that i liked very much. :thumbsup:

PO-8

11-02-2005, 11:19 AM

thx a lot!

you're right we were inspired by moebius, particulary for the design of the ruins...

PO-8

11-04-2005, 11:04 AM

to be seen at the Virtuality festival in Turin (Italia), 3 to 6 november 2005:
http://virtualityconference.it

paulrus

11-04-2005, 11:34 AM

Very nice work, though the mirror only gave me about 1/2 of the film.

My only critique would be on the sound. There's a lot of background noise in your sound effects and I found the use of a blue jay's squawk for the bird to be really distracting. It's such an immediately recognizable bird call that nobody would ever confuse it for a hawk or eagle's call.

But that's getting pretty picky.

Visually it's really very nice.

Paul

FANHYBRID

11-05-2005, 11:02 AM

This is really good work, I love the design and the animation is superb.

PO-8

11-07-2005, 11:45 AM

thx a lot guys :)

paulrus: did you see the whole movie?

paulrus

11-07-2005, 11:55 AM

No sorry - I wasn't able to download the entire movie. I got about 1/2 before it just stopped.

Great work!

Paul

PO-8

11-07-2005, 04:50 PM

did you try it:
http://lucideaproductions.com/short/altai.mov

or it:
http://thibault.petrissans.ifrance.com/film.htm

Brent_3D

11-11-2005, 02:42 PM

Hooray! Well told piece of work. Love the style and the subtle character work!

feebsicle

11-12-2005, 01:10 PM

I saw this awhile ago, I can't remember where it was...it didn't have english subtitles so I didnt understand some of it.
Nonetheless...I loved how it looked, and the animation was great :) especially the bird. but I love birds.

are you still at supinfocom? my school (vfs) is doing an exchange program with supinfocom right now! im thinking of applying...what is it like there?

Drakaran

11-12-2005, 03:53 PM

thanks for the mirror. I was able to d/l the short. I LOVE the story and could get the jist of the storyline even though my french isn't very good.

PO-8

11-14-2005, 01:54 PM

Brent_3D:
thx a lot! it's cool to have such good feedback especially from a great cg artist!

feebsicle:
thx a lot miss :) for the bird it's especially the work of ben for the modelling, texturing, (and animating on the scene of the tree), he did a great job on the bird! Noella make the animation of the bird on the first scenes, and i took the work of my too colleague to make the scene of the canyon, so, i edit the textures and the modelisation from ben and the animated cycle of the bird to add chaos and create the dark birds...
It's a very good idea to make an exchange program between our 2 schools ! I'm no longuer in supinfocom, but you can find some informations on the 2 websites of the school : www.supinfocom.fr (http://www.supinfocom.fr) (official one) and www.supinfocom.org (http://www.supinfocom.org) (student one), the second has a forum included.
I hope you can come in france because the school is great, specially in arles (i don't know well the valenciennes school). if you want we can chat about it on MSN. :)

Drakaran:
i'm happy that you can saw it, and thx a lot for your comment :) (i hope that i will have time to make an english version soon)

Loulu79

11-14-2005, 04:53 PM

Aie! While paulrus saw at least 1/2 of the film...I got 1/4 of it! The part where the boy just realized that the hawk ain't coming back...

But overall nice...I see that you guys were going for realism...well executed.

The only little crits from me is that blackness on the screen. I understand the use of the first one when the boy took the cloth from off the hawk...but I see another black out...and that didn't make any sense...it looked like a screen error or something. Besides that the animation is swell.:)

Looking forward to seeing more of it, hopefully.

PO-8

11-16-2005, 05:18 PM

yeah you're totally right, this black screen is a mistake on the renderer when we had exported the movie for the web. i put the film again on the website, encoded with the flashplayer 8, it seems to work good, there is also 2 mirrors so i hope you will see it soon.

thank's for your nice feedback