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Mibus
06-28-2007, 05:34 AM
Hi,

I'm incredibly proud to let you all know about our latest article, highlighting the utterly incredible work that Emiliano Colantoni, Gianfranco Sgura, Marco Stellabotte and David Bonelli did in the last CGChallenge.

http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2007_06/the_shift/banner01_cgtalk.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4132)


So, check out the article, watch the videos, and let THE SHIFT team know what you think!

[ Digg This (http://digg.com/videos/animation/AMAZING_VFX_EON_CGChallenge_winning_short_film) ]
downing
06-28-2007, 05:41 AM
Just thought I'd add my congratulations to Emiliano, Gianfranco, Marco and David.
The short film is even more amazing once you get to have a look 'behind the scenes'.
No wonder they had to quit their day jobs ;)
Well done to everyone involved.
Silverwing
06-28-2007, 05:53 AM
Congratulations to Emiliano, Gianfranco, Marco and David too. This is phantastic stuff... really where the dreams are made of! Very well done. Itīs so amazing! Keep it up... You rock... all of you!
Rhs_CG
06-28-2007, 06:42 AM
Wow! That's so inspiring to see you guys go all out, and come up with such awesome stuff.
icedeyes
06-28-2007, 08:46 AM
I just wanted to congratulate these guys again... this could easily stand as a normal part of a very good movie... I hope you continue to produce such top quality work
HyMz
06-28-2007, 09:13 AM
Absolutely stunning work.
All that effort sure payed off, amazing work
Istmo
06-28-2007, 09:52 AM
I say it again. This trailer was amazing and has incredible shots. Well-done and congrats again hehe.

And the article is very cool, of course.Very instructive:thumbsup:
ThE-ShiFT
06-28-2007, 12:53 PM
:cry: we are touched. We want to thanks all the CGTalk staff for the great opportunity they gave us and obviously all the people that gave us the motivation to finish the contest the best way possible. :bowdown:


The Shift team
Bethoven
06-28-2007, 02:16 PM
bravo Shift :thumbsup:
JFVerissimo
06-28-2007, 02:33 PM
amazing! Very cool SCI FI
thondal
06-28-2007, 03:53 PM
Wow! amazing! Lol, I never got very far in that challenge :p.
But i must say, that i'm really amazed of this result. When i was watching the "trailer" i was thinking, when will this movie come out :P heh.. too bad it wont untill somebody makes it :P

-thondal-
marcnail
06-28-2007, 04:06 PM
wow, you guys gave up your jobs for that ? Now thatīs dedication and courage.
:eek:
csven
06-28-2007, 05:37 PM
Impressive effort.
Djampa
06-28-2007, 07:56 PM
ThE-ShiFT - Courage is an element rare to find around. You were brave to do that, congratulations!

I wish you the best and I'm sure there will be a lot of work and more success ahead for you guys !

Cheers,
Snakeman
06-28-2007, 10:32 PM
it runs kind of slow, is there a place where we can download the trailer?


Thanks,
Snake

PS
From what i saw it Rocks!!! great Work~!
Mibus
06-28-2007, 11:43 PM
it runs kind of slow, is there a place where we can download the trailer?

http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/16/12458/12458_1170252617_attach.flv
elnady
06-29-2007, 11:32 AM
Nice work guys at the shift

Awesome short,congratulation

And thanks for the article and making :)
pablov
06-29-2007, 02:47 PM
wow, congrats uys, this is fantastic!

great job! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Littleberu
06-29-2007, 06:27 PM
The short is really amazing, don't get me wrong, but the accents and the talking in general just kill it for me. Would've been much better without any engrish and just use your home-country language or whatever.

But other than that, it's very well done.
Kanga
06-29-2007, 06:28 PM
very proffy, sleek and smooth! just the right ammount of everything. great to see what a small team can achieve!

WOOT

cheerio chris
XYZRGB
06-30-2007, 09:18 PM
http://assets.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/16/12458/12458_1170252617_attach.flv


Your work is absolutely fantastic ! Loved all of it.
Very professional.

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I was surprised to see some screen shots done in XSI. While I was watching the clip I was thinking of how someone would do the effects in XSI. I thought " Wouldn't it be cool if someone did something like this in XSI" ....then I saw that it was !

BTW , What do I open this file with ? I tried the Flash Player, as well as a couple of others
with nothing but a white screen showing up.

Do you have a Quicktime version ?

One other question: I see a little bit of Bladerunner and Final Fantasy in here, but the design of the room is just like Deckards' appartment in Blade Runner, so it's my guess that you were inspired by Blade Runner .... no ?
glib
07-01-2007, 05:12 AM
The short is really amazing, don't get me wrong, but the accents and the talking in general just kill it for me. Would've been much better without any engrish and just use your home-country language or whatever.

But other than that, it's very well done.
If you're referring to the Russian/Eastern Euro accents, most of that is likely intentional. If you've read the book, it makes sense.


Truly amazing work. Just a couple very minor things stick out to me that pull me out of the experience a bit, but it's very, very close to being on par with anything seen in a theatre.

Stunning that it was done by only 4 people.
Mibus
07-02-2007, 12:31 AM
BTW , What do I open this file with ? I tried the Flash Player, as well as a couple of others with nothing but a white screen showing up.

VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) is probably a safe bet.
conceptx
07-02-2007, 09:44 AM
pretty inspiring and amazing you guys went through that and even risked you day jobs... guess it was all worth it...
best wishes in all your projects.
PavelPetrenko
07-02-2007, 02:15 PM
Great vork! its amazing! :thumbsup: 5*
GregBear
07-02-2007, 04:02 PM
A fine article on a wonderful piece of film-making. Of course, I'm prejudiced--but I love the ingenuity, the creativity, and best of all--the results. Only one thing lacking--a release date for the feature-length movie!
MarkSnoswell
07-03-2007, 05:16 AM
Congratulations to the whole Shift team -- an awesome job :)

You guys are an inspiration. It took real guts to quit your jobs and go out on your own. I am thrilled that our challenge was the inspiration for you to take that step... and that you were successful.

A personal thanks for your kind words about the Inspiration material. I work very hard to put together as much material as I can to help challenge entrants. It's fantastic to hear how this helps people.

I have heard that you guys have VFX shots for two films as a result -- congratulations. Lets hope that you get an opportunity to do some VFX for an EON movie in the future ;)
ThE-ShiFT
07-03-2007, 03:14 PM
A fine article on a wonderful piece of film-making. Of course, I'm prejudiced--but I love the ingenuity, the creativity, and best of all--the results. Only one thing lacking--a release date for the feature-length movie!

You guys are an inspiration. It took real guts to quit your jobs and go out on your own. I am thrilled that our challenge was the inspiration for you to take that step... and that you were successful.

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here the quicktime version.

LINK (http://www.the-shift.com/clients/simple/eon_640.rar)

Ciao!!!

The-Shift team
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