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AndersEgleus

06-05-2003, 05:02 PM

Hi everyone. Just finished an FX/Animation clip for a swedish independent short film called "Nocturne" (Director: P.A. Nilsson; Co-director/Photo: Erik Lundin). Thought I'd show the clip here, as the film will probably only be shown in local festivals.

http://home.sol.se/anders_e/Nct217.jpg (http://home.sol.se/anders_e/Nocturne25fpsMQ.mov)

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3.2 Mb, 17 sec, QuickTime Sorenson 3, 576 x 338.

Programs used: 3dsMax, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Boujou (although most of it is hand-tracked, the camera in the second clip was tracked using Boujou).

If anyone wonders what the guy says at the end, it's "snygg penna" (nice pen).

Also if anyone wonders (but I suppose it's pretty obvious), the butterfly is CG all the way, from start to finish. The actress' hand was empty when it (the scene) was shot.

Feel free to comment, thanks for your interest.

vfx

06-05-2003, 10:59 PM

That's superb such an original idea!! You rock! Would love to see how it was done, what sort of tracking did u have to do? What about the final explosion great stuff!

Did u animate its movements to fit with the womens eyes? Did tjis make it a little confusing having to animate to a given time and space?

AndersEgleus

06-05-2003, 11:28 PM

Thanks for those kind words Vfx!

I'll have to pass the credit for the basic idea of a drawn butterfly coming to life and disintegrating over to the script writer, though.

I'm writing a very rough sketched outline of the workflow atm, will post it here when it's finished.

About the eye movements: yeah, she's just looking at an imaginary butterfly so I had to "sync" its flight with her eye movements. A bit tricky, but not as tricky as making the drawing stick to her hand for 400 frames, lol!

It was a bit limiting to be confined to the actress' movements, but also challenging and inspiring.

AndersEgleus

06-06-2003, 10:57 AM

I've decided to make a comprehensive workflow description with pics and all to show potential employers, but in the meantime, here's a rough sketch. (http://home.sol.se/anders_e/AE3d/nocturne_casestudy/workflow_old.htm)

If anyone can be assed to read it, and find something that they think is really stupid and amateuristic and could have been done easier, better or more efficiently using some other method, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'm learning as I go.

vfx

06-06-2003, 08:08 PM

Great breakdown dude. Thanks for the insight, would love to attempt something like that if only I had such an imagination.

AndersEgleus

07-07-2003, 12:01 PM

Well, I'm done with the Case Study (http://home.sol.se/anders_e/AE3d/nocturne_casestudy/nocturne_casestudy_p1.htm) thing. It's a more comprehensive workflow description with pictures and stuff.

There haven't been too many replies in this thread, but it seems like people have been looking at it anyway, so I thought I'd post the link here in case someone would be interested in how it was done.

RockinAkin

07-11-2003, 11:50 PM

Very impressive compositing work.
I especially liked the butterfly's explosion at the end.

:thumbsup:

Though I cant understand why this hasn't gotten more replies... :shrug:

-DivideByZero-

long mao

07-12-2003, 03:55 AM

WOW!

I love the way the butterfly comes to life and explodes.
I want to see the final movie.
It's really cool!
:applause:

AndersEgleus

07-15-2003, 08:46 AM

Hey, I thought this thread was a goner, but whaddyaknow.

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Though I cant understand why this hasn't gotten more replies... (DivideByZero)

Well, with all the amazing work coming out of e.g VFS and other individuals her at the forum, I'm not surprised.

long mao: I'll make sure your feedback reaches the director.

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