A Tale of Rock

[tki]

Wonderful show reel guys, 1. Animation is fantastic can't fault it at all. 2. Lighting and Rendering is amazing love the colours. 3. The Characters and the environment are spot on. Just Just well done I can’t say anymore need to go and watch it again. & again and maybe just one more time.


Five stars from me

Tk..

:scream::eek::applause::bounce:

[Jeggis]

Reminded me of Crossroads.
Very good movie, nice lightning and animations, and the characters are awesome.

Keep up the good work!

[PolecatIV]

Amazing man! Very nice render and animations! Love the guitar's model, looks great!!

[DanGrover]

Absolutely brilliant work, congratulations on the awards; They are well deserved.

[stephen_payne]

Cheers people, really appreciate the comments :thumbsup: Herts Uni Digital Animation course ROCKS by the way!

[Flashawy]

A tale of Rock..Rocks:buttrock:

[katana2665]

...the devil came down to georgia, he was lookin' for a soul to steal...

[Creature]

I saw it at the Film Day and I loved it. It sure is great to see it in HD on the big screen with a proper sound system!

[mattmos]

Very nice work guys! Your skills really complemented each-other well.

[picolo]

great work i enjoyed :thumbsup::love:

[skumaran]

great reel stephen :thumbsup:........

[richardoud]

That was awesome.. beautifull backgrounds!

[DDMan]

Very, very good. Loved the overall mood.

But I have to ask, what is that music playing during the credits ?

Cheers.

[J0hn]

Thanks for the comments all! It's amazing to get a such a great reaction from people after working in the dark for 5 months. Truly makes it all worth it!

[chunkified]

saw this at film day and thought the same but seeing it up close on my pc was even better!
awards definetely deserved and you guys are gonna have no problem finding work :D
best of luck to you both,

nile :)

[ColinRoss]

1. Animation is fantastic can't fault it at all. 2. Lighting and Rendering is amazing love the colours. 3. The Characters and the environment are spot on. Just Just well done I can’t say anymore need to go and watch it again. & again and maybe just one more time.

Totally agree, and was a joy to watch. The characters are brilliant, and the animation is flawless on them. 5 stars from here.

Congrats on the great piece of work. :thumbsup:

[stephen_payne]

Thanks again people; these comments genuinely do mean a lot. Its nice to see people enjoying our hard work! :)

Oh and DDMan: the music is Total Movement (http://myspace.com/totalmovement)

Cheers dudes!

[JPavitt]

Yeah this is a great success, right down to the details, fantastic work guys. All the best in the real world, and hope you'll have time to keep turning out personal projects and the like :)

[stephen_payne]

In case anyone is interested and missed the link to our blog on the main site, we have some production bits and pieces here (http://www.idlecreations.com/taleofrock/). I just added a list of exactly 'who did what' in terms of creation and production. Thanks again for the comments people! :)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/rocksig.gif (http://www.idlecreations.com/taleofrock/)

[D2F-blade]

that was really good. :thumbsup:

[SimonReeves]

Great job fellas, you should be proud - come to soho :)

[stephen_payne]

Sorry for the viewing problems with our film; www.tale-of-rock.com (http://www.tale-of-rock.com) is running again now.

Sorry and thanks :)

[RobertoOrtiz]

Sorry for the viewing problems with our film; we did not anticipate this much bandwidth usage! Theres a temporary fix in place now (you can watch the film on www.tale-of-rock.com (http://www.tale-of-rock.com/); follow the link), and the proper site should be up and running again tomorow.

Sorry and thanks :)
Well your bandwidth better be ready to be hit...hard

-R

[Etch-a-Sketch]

Excellent work guys - you already know what I think! Congrats on the two awards at Film Day.

That emergency bandwidth is all up and running! :)

[stephen_payne]

www.tale-of-rock.com (http://www.tale-of-rock.com) is running again; I just hope we have enough bandwidth to support the viewing demand that we were not ready for!

If the site wont open or play the file correctly A Tale of Rock can be viewed here. (http://thecurators.co.uk/TORwebstreaming.mov) (Thanks to Howard Berry above!)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/taleposter.jpg (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmpages/taleofrock.html)

[masterx3k]

That was awesome. 5 stars!

[pnoland]

That was great! :D

[Booyah]

This was definetly a great visual acheivment, i liked the characters, the animation, and the style very much. :thumbsup: The One critique that I would make would be on character development. The little guy is only afraid for a second when he meets the big one and that is only because of his mass, but the big guy seems like he would be head honcho with playing the guitar as well, i mean his guitar does blow fire:twisted:.
what I'm getting at is the little dragon doesn't question himself or his abilities at all, he just jumps right in there, which is cool but it doesn't bring out the conflict and it doesn't add to the growth of the character, he never once thinks that his skills are really on the line or being tested this is just another chump to show up, but it's not another chump that rock dude is narly. He went in there to accomplish a task and he did, fairly effortlessly and the rock dude falls. Just something to think about, but what you guys did was really great:applause: and I hope you produce more in the future with that kind of quality:buttrock:

[amannin]

at first I thought the action in some areas felt a little too fast, but after watching it a 2nd time (slightly enlarged) i thought it was perfect!

i haven't seen music incorporated into a short like this for a while -- nice to see something in this manner so briliantly executed.

ps. way to rock the FENDER!! :buttrock:

[seandunderdale]

congrats again guys, really is a top film. Like simon says, get down here to London. Stevo you owe me a kitkat peanut btw.

[WesComan]

Nice work guys!

I can see there's a lot of work gone into it, and congrats on the award :thumbsup:

[cgmadvin]

Absolutely flawless,
love the short and reel, you guys are very talented.


Well done

:thumbsup: :buttrock: :applause:

[Rodi]

Nice one, really enjoyed the animation

[AJ]

Quite simply some of the most polished student work I've ever seen come out of a UK university. The effort you've put in really shines out.

There are one or two moments, such as the little guy doing the 'cuckoo' expression, that feel a bit jammed in but then it's a light hearted fun film, so it's not that big a deal. Having said that, the battle culminating in the 'hero' stabbing the rock guy in the head does seems a little harsh!

Really good work, you should both be proud as clouds.

[Jadetiger]

Great animation. I especially love the expressions. A lot of people tend to cut corners in facial animation, but you did great. Nice work. I'm curious where that whole "Devil went down to Georgia" concept originated, or maybe I just answered my question.

[Djampa]

Very nice work ! :thumbsup:

Congratulations !

Funny to watch.
Your character (Jack) is really good, nice to see your concept art and how it progressed.

Cheers,

[}-{obbes]

I must say it was delightful. The animation and render were pulled off quite nicly (a subtle touch i LOVED was the lava glow on the rock guy's guitar that pulsed in and out in between his playing).
I loved the breath roar waves, i replayed that section 3 times it was beautiful. The end "hero pose" was well framed and I liked the little dodge reposition for the falling body, lent very well.

I do have some critique/comments though, sorry if it comes off negative, but I say them in hopes of breaking off from the "fanboy" generic posts that are just one liners of its positive things. Learning experience > mindless praise (though getting both is the best, no?)




Anyways, to start off, the scene where the rock breaks and falls, he clearly falls with his guiar strapped firmly to his back, as well as the strap being UNDER his arm...I say firmly because in the drop scene it didnt budge an inch. Then the IMMEDIATE cut after that the guitar is gone.
He falls for something like 6 seconds, and in the slide down that long path you dont even see the guitar after him. Since he fell vertically it seemed odd that not only do you not see it there, but that it doesnt impact shortly after he does. When he lands, it takes another 5 seconds for it to land...it bothered me.
Now you have him clear his head while sitting, and it woulda made more sense for the guitar to impact him right as he cleared his head, instead of the additional time of standing up, then he could stand while rubbing his head to lead into the reaction to the stage.

Next bothered me enough to scroll the video back to see if it was an error in the stream. When the rock character enters for teh first time, the third step you see (his 2nd right foot plant) which is also VERY unfortunatly the one immediatly in front of the camera, 2 things happen. First, is the camera starts shaking before the foot plants. And i'm not talking a one frame off like i noticed on teh 4th step, it starts 3 frames ahead. Unfortunatly also, the sound seems to have been keyed to the camera movement as well, because the sound starts early as well. Real shame, because it was something little but it took me out of the film so much.

Next, the gulping sound effect of the small character immediatly following this scene appears to be mistimed as well, seemed awkward.

Next, i know this may be knitpicking a bit, but the hand motions didnt really coinciede to the guitar plucks from teh audio as much as i'd have expected from this film. I say that because this film is ALL about the guitar battle, so its something you'd focus on instead of the broad movements of the character.

Lastly, I have to say, in the ending scequence with when the tambourine enters on the sound and the small character is joined by those small bobbing bits of rock, I must say I was confused as to what was happening and dont know at all why little bits of rock would be floating around the character and really made me sit up (as i was slouching back at the time) wondering what and why. Simply as a medium of getting the height for the ending guitar plant, no, doesnt make much sense because its set in a cave, there could easily have been an outcropping on the wall that the character danced up boulders elading up to that, then making the leap to the head, then continue the end scequence.




Ok thats pretty much it, i'd like to say again I really enjoyed the film as a whole, and I commend you for the job you guys did, it was alot of work, and I hope you take my criticism not as attacks to you, but as comments to hopefully let you see what I saw and that you can use to improve in the future noticing small things like that.

Cheers, great watch.

[HWX]

great work i enjoyed 　http://www.owolove.com/bbs/UploadFile/2007-4/200741916222145.gif











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[stephen_payne]

I thought I would stick up some concept art for the characters. All artwork below is by the wizard that is John Godwin.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/rock_concept2_sml.jpg


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/jackjamps_sml.jpg

I would just say thanks to Hertfordshire University's Digital Animation team as well. You can check out our Film Day site here (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmday.html). You can view the other amazing films on this site :)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/h3daimage_sml.jpg (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmday.html)

[RobertoOrtiz]

I thought I would stick up some concept art for the characters. All artwork below is by the wizard that is John Godwin.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/rock_concept2_sml.jpg


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/jackjamps_sml.jpg

I would just say thanks to Hertfordshire University's Digital Animation team as well. You can check out our Film Day site here (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmday.html). You can view the other amazing films on this site :)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/h3daimage_sml.jpg (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmday.html)

Could you tell us a bit about your workflow?
-R

[Danehy]

Simply amazing work. Again, feels very polished. The quality of the animation in terms of the quick movements of limbs was great!

i also liked the overall consistent style of the background and props.

Brilliant job!

[shahabp]

cool.
good luck with finding job.

[CantiCooly]

Really Great work guys...Had to sit and watch the whole thing while at work. SHould be graduating myself in december cant wait to see some more of your work.

[stephen_payne]

Thanks again people :) We shall get a workflow thingy up soon :)

[mdee]

This is exceptionally well done guys! You've got a lot of talent and skills, please don't lose it in the real life and do not stop making your own movies.

You've got a fan here.

P.S. Admit it, you have been inspired by "Crossroads" :).

[bluemagicuk]

Guys that was one of the coolest things I have EVER seen. :buttrock:

[Choice]

good work and good luck :)

[stephen_payne]

Yea Tenacious D was the main influence but Crossroads springs to mind! The little creature is actually called Jack (after Jack Black :) with his little pot belly)

Heres a diagram of our workflow... kind of.

We both studied Digital Animation at Hertforshire University and it really was a great course. The quality of teaching is superb; the course comes highly recommended. You can check out the site here (http://www.h3da.co.uk/filmday.html). There are some other amazing films this year all viewable on the site :). (plugging complete...)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/workflow.jpg

Another render from the film for no particular reason :)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/painey_3d/endshotsml-1.jpg

[firstsingle]

Hey Guys. I loved the film. Everything about it was spot on.

[Spc]

it rocks!!!
5 stars.

:bowdown:

[HellBoy]

Awesome work guys :thumbsup:

[VitaMilk]

Good job guys! I can see a lot of effort is put into this project! Good luck with job search!

[Chris5044]

Nice 1 guys .... mmm dunno if i should post our film up then :( .. shame ours isnt completely finished

gd luck

[Voluntas]

nice movie, the end where one grey dude looks up and falls of the stereo is the best. rofl, hahaha! I love that part! :D

[prophecy313]

wow, definately 5 stars from me! Only thing i saw wrong was the fingers werent playing the song to well but it gives a cartoony feeling which im sure you were going for so very nice job!

[ziomalbanan]

GREAT animation!!! I like this style
Congratulation!!!

[moidphotos]

Really good to see this get front page, you certainly worked hard enough for it:applause: Now get out there and get some cool jobs:)

[Wyam33]

congrats on the front page guys, told you before but i'll say it again this rocks. all the best in the real world

[stephen_payne]

hehe Thanks y'all. :) A cool job would be very cool Martin. Very cool...

[Howitzer]

That was awesome!

[jhuasdas87bd]

yeah, absolutely amazing!

[c4d-jack]

It reminded me of the Crossroads Guitar Duel, too ;-)

Anyway, all good has been said: Textures, colors and lighting are superb.
The animation is also very well done, even if I would have liked it a bit less histrionic in some shots.

Best regards,
Jack

[lemongrass]

It's very good....but some of the gestures and actions feel a little...forced.

Still, great work...congrats!

[3dcga]

I dont mean to be harsh but I was a bit dissapointed! Maybe because people have been praising how great the animation is and giving "5 stars". I think the modelling and lighting is not bad. However, as an animator I must say the animation is not that great. Also the overall acting and cinematagraphy is a bit messy. The animation timing is off at times also could be polished more. I dont mean to condemned you guys... In fact, I think it is a decent effort. You guys deserve praise for that. However, I am not sure how it can be frontpage material when there are so much better works in the forum which deserve getting plugged. Oh well, all the best and keep up the efforts. :)

[Talmir]

I think its pretty much perfect :) Awesome and cute character brandishing my favorite kind of guitar :)

[stephen_payne]

*Sorry our site has gone down due to more bandwidth problems. You can watch the film on youtube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7fJgXcCpc) though. We are trying to sort out the problem!*

[NoFatClips]

Kill my bandwidth (http://dekku.blogspot.com/2007/06/tale-of-rock.html), in the meanwhile.

[stephen_payne]

Thanks for that Dek. We owe you one :)

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