Uplift Universe - Video Entry: Bartosz Bialek

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Hello! And welcome to another challenge! I hope we'll all have great fun here Good luck everyone !!

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Reading the book everybody (Startide Rising) ! I'm planning to post some first concept storyboards later.
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Hello
This is a list of shot's for a full lenght movie ( some may change of course :P)

-WARNING SPOILERS-



neo-dolphins and Toshio in slider swims in Kithrup's ocean . Camera from behind / above chasing them


interior of the Streaker neo-dolphins swims between humans in a corridor
Metz's computer showing a screen of dna modificatins data (2 dolphin's top- regular down - modified neodolphin)
shot of the central cilinder neo-dolphins on their stations humans sweam across , some interacting
camera rise from the ocean into space deapths
shot of Kithrup and damaged Streaker approaching
closeup of dolphin speaking
surface of the planet metal islands and ocean
humans and spiders on the island
shot of Gillian softly touching Orly's hand - camera from behind on a level of their hands
closeup of Gillian's upper body
Goddes in Creideiki's dream
///B/P///

hologram of the acient fleet
computer screen with a massage to keep hidden
Galactic fleets approaching Kithrup
Streaker laying on the bottom of the valley
shot of humans and neodolphins gathering at the ship's bridge
Creideiki colseup
///Series of shots///


space battle - a dynamic shot
Krat killing Poha
Bossman hitting Moki
K’tha–Jon chasing Keepiru in a cylindrical cave laser beam flickers
///final///

shot of Kithrup's moon exploding
flaming galact's ship hitting the surface , shot from underwater
zoom on Herbie behind the glass
Now it's time to get to work

cheers!!

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Hello this is my streaker model. I tried to make it close to one described in the book .I want to keep this movie in a cartoon style so I'll use toon shaders for all objects

[morganvillette]

I like this design, and I hope your 3D model will be as you want!
I am eager to see more !!
Good luck!...

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Thanks Morgan !!
Now it's time for slider model. I wanted to make it look more like a dolphin this time
-cheers!

[makaron]

I wonder.. is it any flowers in space... :eek:

naa. but really like you start on the spaceships.. and your story looks like its gonna be a "good movie" in the end.. good luck and hope to see more soon

[adib]

Good start!Nice design on the secund ship!Keep up the good work!

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@MOna - Thank's nice to see you! I'm sure you're gonna find some flowers in here :)
@ Thank you Adrian as well!!

This time I'm going to show you my dolphins models and basic textures
I modeled 2 main species common and bottlenose ones

you can also see suits and "spiders"

cheers!!
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Hello!
Today I will show you my start on interiors. On top you can see dr Metz's lab , bottom - central corridor architecture
hope you like it!!
cheers

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Hello
Now it's time for another shot - this is mystart on "the bridge scene " - this is Streaker's bridge of how I see it
I hope it's not too funky
Thanks!!

p.s.
Can someone explain to me why my XSI crushes each time a save scene with enviroment shader added or Lwo object imported?

[alvin-cgi]

Looks good! Like the dolphins very much! :)

[Pyke]

Im loving your interpretation of the material. Keep it up!

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@Alvi hello nice to see you again in this one mate!!
@Pyke - thanks for good words it keeps me motivated!
Thank you guys!!

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Hello I started my works on characters here's the first one on my desk - Tosbio Iwashika.
It's the very begining of overall model so face and hair are now closest to final . Working on body and textures
Thank you!

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HEllO! This is a gallery of other human characters I think I like the way their faces look now without fancy texture work so I'll leave it this way for now
It looks like chimpanzee is next hmm
-cheers!!

[mim-Armand]

first four faces looking really good man! and I like how you create hires specially!
keep workin on!

mim,

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@Thank's Mim I'm still working

Now I'll share with you with diving suit for human crew members.
I hope you like it
C&C always welcomed!

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Hello these are stills from the first 3 shots in the script. IT's still WIP but represents style I want to keep. Hope you like it !! If not don't hesitate to tell it!!
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Hello these are stills from the first 3 shots in the script. IT's still WIP but represents style I want to keep. Hope you like it !! If not don't hesitate to tell it!!
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Hello these are stills from the first 3 shots in the script. IT's still WIP but represents style I want to keep. Hope you like it !! If not don't hesitate to tell it!
Cheers!
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[PeMelin]

Being a great fan of the books, it is wonderful to see the words come to life. It's truly inspiring to see.
I look forward to following your work!

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Thank you Jim - Such word's are nice but also keeps me working harder not to dissapoint other people ;P Thanks!!

[mim-Armand]

:thumbsup: Nice shot and movement

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@ Thanks MIm!!! I wish we could post videos wip in here

This time I'll show you alien fleets wip for few of my shots. Each color represents one fraction
-cheers!!

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HEllo!
This time I show you some stills from previs I've made so far . I'm still working on extra details and FX but primary goal is to prduce new.
Hope you like it the !
Any suggestions welcomed.
cheeeers!!

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HEllo!
This time I show you some stills from previs I've made so far . I'm still working on extra details and FX but primary goal is to prduce new.
Hope you like it the !
Any suggestions welcomed.
cheeeers!!

Hi!

First of all, you you shore covered a lot of scene... good for you!

Sugestions... i think it could use more contrast (the 2nd frame of your last update)... there's a lot of blue in that scene. You could make the human costume black and the dolphin's chest white.

Looking forward to see more!


my Uplift Universe
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Thanks liviu - you're right water is blue I'll try to play with light color to contrast it more. There will be more traffic also.

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HI
You can see more stills from shots I'm working on. There's like 15 still to come
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Hello
Another 3 shots I'm working on. I figure out how to make neodolphins speaking but may need a help when recording human voices. I'm looking for a woman age 30 :)

LOOKING FOR RESPONSE HERE!!

I also cut some shots from my story board to make action more coherent. Ill show it later
-Cheers :)

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ello!
Another part of shots I'm working on. Streaker escaping , psi explossion , and Gillian ^ Tom. Only few to go
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[OZ]

VERY ORIGINAL STYLE! i like it! keep it up!!:bounce:

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@ OZ - Thank you Oscar I'll try ;P

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Hello!
Another shots from previz I've made so far
First one - Krat killing Poha and second - battle of the galacts. It's an early version but I hope you can feel the mood.
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[PeMelin]

I'd really like to see you finish this one off!
My work is going bad... lot of time is lost to lesser important matters as work, family, eating etc.
I'm happy to see yours progressing though. Even more excitied now!

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Software: 3ds max,XSI

Hello!
This is a edit made from previs shots. It's raw &dirty , no after effects just to give you an idea of how I want my move to look like.Now it's time for fixes and ideas to come how to make it eyecandy and properly edited and directed. C&C always welcomed !
Cheers!
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Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=88790)

[ivanisavich]

Did you forget the link? ;)

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Did you forget the link? ;)
I guess not!
It's a CGS server's issue in another challenge I must wait few minutes for a video link to show up... I hope it's gonna work here that way too

DIRECT LINK FROM ENTRY PAGE
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p.s.
I don't know the framerate by CG player but the video seem to be a bit accelerated 30fps??

[RJofVFX]

I like the edit... feels like a good trailer already.

[grzesiekj]

Very cool!
I like the edit and the pace of the trailer.
Seems like tons of work ;)

keep it up!

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@Tyson haha!! you're just more motivated to work. remember Pareto's rule "20% work 80% dull seating or 20% of time gives 80% results - seem like you have a plenty of time for your family and great perspectives here as well;)


@Nenad - Thank's But I found out that it's way too fast and 99 other things to cover I asure you I'll try to make it even better

@Grzesiek Thank's for a kind and true words (I mean the last sentance :)

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Software: XSI

Hello!
I've been working on adding more details
Here you can see first 3 scenes from extended trailer
You can find some additional models and shader work in these shots comparing to old ones
No final edit in here
Hope it's a progress!
-cheers!!
BB

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=89254)

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Software: 3ds max

HEllo!
Another 2 shots updated for you. I remodeled , added new shaders to some models and repainted some textures. There is a DOF effect also.

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=89380)

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HELLO
Here's a full lenght trailer with a music test relase
95% scenes are ready and won't change.
I composed some music I hope it fit's the overall mood of this animation
I'm not a master of sound editing = sorry for scratches ;/
Now it's time for vocal parts( I'm still looking for a female voice ;) ) and short trailer
hope you like it!
C&C most welcomed especially when it comes to video output (collor corrections) and audio volume
Cheers
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Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91002)

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Software: 3ds max

Hello!
I added voices and fixed some minor composition bugs.
I know my actor's voices are not perfect but It's more about animation I hope ;)
CHEERS!!
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Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91013)

[ivanisavich]

Hey mate,

It's looking good! Definitely has that sci-fi movie trailer feel :D

The wide variety of characters and environments is also impressive!

Just a suggestion...first thing that popped out to me was the grammar of the first line of text. It should probably read "In The Future"...because in English "In Future" doesn't make much sense :) (I realize English isn't your first language though)

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Great find Tyson!!
Thank you!! :applause:

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Hello
This is my first candidate for short trailer entry
I had to cut some shots but tried to make my choice so the trailer would be dramatic & dynamic
I hope it is in any matter ;P
cheers!!

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91042)

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Software: 3ds max

Hello
I added a music and drums tracks to video.
I'm thinking if there's any needo for additional spoken track since I don't have this deep kind of voice Don't want it to sound silly



Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91076)

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Software: 3ds max

Hello
Here it is 98% ready full length trailer
I fixed vocal tracks and some minor editing stuff
Hope you like it :)
Wish you best
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Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91083)

[chrishaighcomposer]

Great work on this loved the look of the trailer and characters.

well done on getting it 98% complete

Chris Haigh

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Thank you Chris!
I'm back working on final versions
I'll post fulllength later on
CHEERS!

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Software: 3ds max

HELLO!
This is finished version of fulllength trailer!
I fixed 3 shots and some editing stuff
This is about it Final entry will have better bitrate (hate this encoding software)
I'll post rest of videos soon
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Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91130)

[sasquatch70]

Hello Bartosz,

That is a very impressive video. You can definately see the amount of work you have put into it. Best of luck to you.
Brad

[ivanisavich]

Hey man,

Congrats on finishing! The final trailer has a great look to it...like it represents a really epic film...especially with all of the different environments you set up and the multitude of shots. I especially liked the little robotic devices that the dolphins were using to walk on land.

Best of luck!

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Thank you guys!! I'm just finishing making "making of" and poster for a final upload... There's still a week to go as I noticed.. But I think I'll just leave it as if it was for the old deadline.
See you soon!
CHEERS!

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Hello!
This is it!!

The playlist is

1 SHORT TRAILER
2 MAKING OF
3 FULL TRAILER

I wanted to keep up to story written in the book. It's a fantastic world I imagined as full of colours so I wanted to make my movies very expressive both in visual and emotional matters
I used XSI for modeling and later max and AE for animation and editing.
I hope you like it and you'd like to see a feature movie some day in the future
It was a great pleasure to participate in this one
Thank you for support and advice wish you all the best
and CHEERS!

-Bartosz Bialek

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/player.php?entry_id=91152)

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