Hatem's new making of

[totochi1231]

Hey, fantastic stuff you have there
5 stars from me:thumbsup:

[marciowski]

Very nice!!!

very well done!
Congratulations

[amoz]

really nice job !!! nice comp! nice idea!

contgrats!!!

[csmallfield]

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[Goro]

exellent stuff man! And you have an kick a** reel!
5 stars :thumbsup:

[Wongedan]

really good , really2 good!!
its very smooth, seamless, and realistic
really good direction
good music
even the breakdown is seamless also


5 stars, and I vote front page for this one

[droidoz]

Wow, I had to watch it three times before I saw how much vfx went into this, its that seamless... Very, very very awesome!
What song did you use, it sounded pretty good.

[med21]

:thumbsup: Hatem ben abdallah esem Tounsi ?

[Silverwing]

Wow that was absolutely amazing!
Photoreal backgraunds interaction
with the live footage and last but
not least the phantastic tracking!
Jus wow and 5*!

Btw what software was used for
the 3D-trackung?

[RobertoOrtiz]

Cool!
Thanks for posting.
This is great work.


Plugged!

-R

[RockinAkin]

Simply amazing VFX work... everything is subtle, elegant, and seamless.

Thanks for sharing this breakdown with us. :thumbsup:

[Hartemus]

HI guys,
thanks you for all your feedbacks

I was working back in time at method studios: www.methodstudios.com (http://www.methodstudios.com)
That spot was really hard acheive with a short deadline
i had i beleive 3 to 4 weeks of real post

here is more details about the process on my breakdown
page:
http://www.hartemus.com/02_breakdown/s015_direct.htm

i will tell you more about the process: pre-production and
post-production.

I was exclusively in charge of all the background/room replacment
I was the lead and i supervised the process (shooting elements, workflow..) for that aspect
of the background.
i had with me a team of 3 cgi artist during 3 to 4 weeks helping to acheive the final look

for the rest of the project you can have access of the full credit here
in the method website:
http://www.methodstudios.com/project/731.html

and i was involve in most of the shots: texturing, shading, final gathering,
ambient occlusion, reflexions (mental rays), layering and precomp

There was so many layers that worked at the end with 5 flames artist

That job was a tough one but a good challenge for me. a good occasion
to apply some of the olds tricks (cf camera mapping)


ooh for the music :
Such a Tease from Junkie XL

thanks
Hatem

[TimMehmet]

Excellent work,
Can someone PLEASE tell me the name of that song? Its so beautiful

[siouxfire]

Absolutely superb - great to see subtle and sublime CG work. Congratulations.

[Thonz]

Wow, absolutely stunning!
I had to check back a couple of times when the 2nd character puts on his jacket, and turns into an adult. Really seamless!

[sekocan]

it is beautiful :thumbsup:

[Jadetiger]

This was great! I saw this commercial a while back and loved it. Great job.

[Machin]

Amazing work! Love the commercial when the man draw of the old car and the new one is under it! Very god!:thumbsup:

[LAZIKAT]

amazing work, i saw this before i started working at method and was blown away from it. heard it was a hellish 2wks or so but it came out amazing. good breakdowns... so how many people worked ont his project?

[cgcontact]

credit where credit is due

I encourage the users of this forum to follow the links to http://www.methodstudios.com/project/731.html
and
http://www.methodstudios.com/project/793.html
and note the contributions of ALL of the artists at Method studios (the company where these spots were done) who put in long hours and creative energies in achieving the high level of visual quality in these spots.
Cg specifically and visual effects of this sort are best achieved as collaborative efforts.

To be fair Hatem was the LEAD CG artist for these spots, but to say "...and i did by myself most of the shots:" is simply not true, because it ignores all of your coworkers and the proper credit they deserve for the work they did, both for this spot and for saturn.

gil
cg technical supervisor
Method studios

[Hartemus]

Hi everyones,

I’m glad of all the feedback.


Due to all the enthusiasm. I’m preparing a big description of that spot

had an intense and heavy involvement in creating those backgrounds
During the preproduction for the rooms. I defined a process and supervised it
sure to have the rights elements to meet the level of quality and meet the deadline

I was working aside the main 2D VFX supervisor Alex frish of the spot DIRECT TV
I expressed in details my needs to achieve the background replacement for all the concerned room.
And we shots them into digitals pictures (with multiple exposure)

During the post. I was in charge to apply the process and recreate all those rooms. I worked with a team of 3 to 4 CG artists.


I drove that big part of the VFX Post (recreation of the rooms). And art directed them to make them nicer based on the framing and the camera move. I supervised the quality of the render for most of the room. Beside leading I really pulled the hours to the post as a CGI artist. It’s more than 6 years that I’m developing and optimizing the technique of cameramapping and that job was a good opportunity


During the comp process I contribute the quality and worked with several flam artist. The deadline was really tight (like always in that industry)

For a full credit list you can check on the method website
http://www.methodstudios.com/project/731.html (http://www.methodstudios.com/project/731.html)



thanks you again

Hatem

[GeneralLethal]

Very well done! Is there somewhere we can see the finished spot?

[ENL]

simply amazing. Great Job!

[Hartemus]

Hi everyones.

here is more details about that spot
http://www.hartemus.com/02_breakdown/s015_direct.htm
Where you can see the full spot.

if you wants to know more in details about the process feel free
to contact me.:)

I would like to be thankfull also for all the artists who helped
me on that spot. And for that respect you can find a complete credit list
on the same page.

Thanks everyones
Hatem

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