World Builder (Short)

[FattyGrissle]

WOW.... :applause:
I loved it.
It such a great story and the quality is excellent.
Beautiful work.

....only thing that caught my eye was how the water kept moving around in the glass after he put the flower in it. In my personal opinion I think it should have become still sooner.
But other than that, im VERY impressed with it.
Excellent work!!
*****

[IZZE]

Amazing, wonderful, beautiful.

[blz]

pure awesomness.
i love it.

[RobertoOrtiz]

Wow!

Plugged.

Could you tell us more about the production.

Any behind the scenes stuff we could see?
-R

[RockinAkin]

As stated in the other thread - brilliant film, brillaint VFX!
Would love to see a HD version with some breakdowns.

[ulb]

Inspiring work! awesome.:applause:

[JesseGraffam]

Very nice. The compositing could've been a little better. I kept seeing the green screen outline on your main character.

[JaredPemberton]

I love the story and the amount of creativity involved with the world building. Great work Bruce, glad to see so much talent coming from KC.

[Intervain]

really creative :)

[depleteD]

That was ****ing nutz

[Kingcreation]

wow simply amazing stuff. It definitely gave me some inspiration and expanded my creativeness.

[JoshBowman]

Very nice. The compositing could've been a little better. I kept seeing the green screen outline on your main character.

I thought that was more an effect added to make the colours appear a little out of sync so it looked more like a digitally projected image.

[PhilipR]

The Bomb. Guys Awsome work here a friend showed me this on 3DTOTAL about 3 hours ago and now BLAM front page. Nice work.

[AtrusDni]

Damn, very nice! :applause:

[sergioduque]

I thought that was more an effect added to make the colours appear a little out of sync so it looked more like a digitally projected image.

yeah man i thought that too, i thought that was an RGB split thing.
great!!
and your reel is too!!

[BarneysPosse]

Haha screw a mouse and keyboard. I wish I could model this way instead.

[kdubayoo]

Awesome awesome awesome! Seeing 405 was what got me interested in 3D in the first place, and now to see this! Just great! Glad to see this!

[sharisabhi]

5* for the concept :applause:

[Nawaf 3D]

Excellent work and amazing idea and a great work of Western challenge worth viewing more than once

[farhada]

that's just amazing...its beautiful world
you rocks guys

[simonblanc]

I loved it , a lot of work for a lot of EMOTIONS!!!
Thanks for that :)

Simon

[JosueMariscal]

Great! You did well. The idea was creative.

[bluehonda]

Amazing work!

[ToastBusters]

Very nice!

The only thing that I wondered at the end is that if this is his lover and she is in some sort of coma, why didn't he interact with her or greet her while she explored his creation?

Otherwise all around impressive, I loved it.

[jigu]

loved the concept....very original....nice story and VFX too..

[KSteineman]

really great film loved everything about it, I think if the comping in regards to the green screen was worked on a little more, it would of been perfect. There were some parts were it stood out pretty conspicuously. But like I said, enjoyed it nonetheless. Great work!

-Kevin

[BebeteLANUITE]

Oh god !
Amazing works !
Very beautiful story and visual effects.
I love it.

[Gotmilk]

Impressive.

Loved the story.
Loved the mood.
Loved the post.

[cgCody]

Wow. Very impressive all around.

Now when I show my work to my non CG literate buddies and they ask how in the world I did it, I'll just refer them to this video. Much more entertaining than the usual explanation. heh

[workaholic]

you rock man :buttrock:

[Matasorapit]

Awesome work. That had to be one of the best cg clips I have ever seen. There is so much we can relate to in regards to being artists, dreamers and people in love. Fantastic work.

[turner]

Excellent stuff. Looked fantastic. Green screen looked totally fine... people are forgetting it's a holographic room.... seeing a green screen could add to the effect.....


My only crit is that the facial expressions of the actors looked as though they were in a car insurance t.v. advert. A little cheesy sometimes.

turner

[TerianSilva]

Wow! Simply amazing.

[rockmetalray]

Wow, impressive work. great look and feel to it.

One thing caught my eye, some 6min++into the film, when she walks away, she cast no shadow..intentional?

very well done indeed!

[INFINITE]

Saw this a few days ago when it was doing the rounds. Awesome idea, just how I imagined VR to be. Dodgy story but great visuals.

Nice one to the guys that made it. 1 day to shoot....2 years to make the VFX or something!

Bravo!

[DigitalNeutrinos]

Forget Minority Report (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/) interface , I want that in Max Design 2012.
You sure would get a workout putting a city together.

Love it great film, great all around.

[imashination]

Very nice. The compositing could've been a little better. I kept seeing the green screen outline on your main character.

lol, go look up chromatic aberration, it was added on purpose ;-)

[gdavisiv]

That was insane!! Just WOW!!!

[PavelPetrenko]

Amazing video! Love idea, music, anything!! :lightbulb
Download link please!

[iskanderMellakh]

Absolutely Brilliant ! lovely idea.

[tinitus]

really nice short.. the story, too
is there a HD version available..seems to me that there is a lot of detail that is lost in the low res version!

cheers

[padfoot7726]

WOW! Never seen compositing done this well! I love where he's growing the tree!

[padfoot7726]

double post...

[safakoner]

brilliant :thumbsup:

[undoz]

Simply superb! I love it.

I think that it took a lot of courage to get into a project like this, because from the synopsis it should have sounded very challenging.

[XminusOne]

Really nice work!!! He's got some good ideas in his head.

[Mrguy]

405 was an amazing piece of work.... I'm happy to this this creation because it is simply amazing! Bravo!

[Enirel]

Just love it !!!

[sfox8]

This was beautiful and amazing in every possible way. I enjoyed every second. And as far as the green outlines I think that was purposeful. It wasn't there the whole time and from what it looked like, it was meant to make it look somewhat like a glitch of some sort. Even if it wasn't on purpose, it just enhanced the idea that everything was holographic.

[YerEvilTwin]

Now we need one for character artists.

[BenDstraw]

very nice work :beer:

I agree being able to model like that would be pretty badass:drool:

[vvkonline]

was it some kind of therapy?, at times it felt long and I wanted to see some action. I liked part where he started to put details in to buildings it was nicely paced. So what was man's purpose of building the city? to make her smile? kind of strange.

[Spin99]

Another wow from here. Yes maybe technically the comping leaves just a little to wish for.
dunno if it's the green screen or the deep etching or something but still negligible.

What really stands out is how cool the whole concept is. And how savvy the whole thing is in terms of "building" a Cg scene. Very futuristic and even believable? The acting was only cool. Expected her to be taking a break from the birth clinic, turns out she was sick or something?

Also pretty romantic, I'm not really for the soppy stuff but won't pick on it ;)
Maybe it borders a little on the corny or is it just a love story. Dunno.
I think sweet is quite the applicable word perhaps :thumbsup:


PS-- Thinking of the plot it's still kind of romantic. So he builds a world for her, and when she leaves everything falls apart, not. And now it seems to me that she's not sick, only checked in to a clinic for a little trip or something? And he creates the world for her to walk into? Or she sick and taking a break of sorts and he just does everything to surprise her. Makes you wonder huh

[Climax]

It was a joy to watch it, congratulations

[boulba]

Simply outstanding. The story is fantastic and the film is beautiful.

[eyad]

wish i can have a download ...

[chemkid]

wow! i really liked it!

almost like i imagined the footage gibson writes about in "pattern recognition" would look like! a little more sad and unconnected... now, all what's missing here is an anonym artist/creator, right?

very nice!

chem!

[ATiGr]

2 YEARS of post production?

Oh my godness. I don't know what to say.

Good things come at a cost......

My god......

[animsennn]

you rock man

[MAN0]

wow,this is impressive!

[SpaXe]

Fantastic piece of short film. Why did this never get out since 2007? (The copyright at the end says that.)

The idea is pretty neat. I really enjoy the thoughtfulness of the creator and how he protrays the main character.

On the other hand, personally I think the CG isn't done as well as it could have been. But still a great job considering the size of the team and the budget you guys had.

The lens was very stylised. You'd never see a lens so noisy, but clear yet there is a great amount of chromatic aberration on the sides. Yet I was not bothered by it.

Great job. ;] Thanks for sharing!

[jojo1975]

10 stars I love it

[Cageman]

2 YEARS of post production?

Oh my godness. I don't know what to say.

Good things come at a cost......

My god......

Well... he only worked on it on his sparetime, that's the reason for it to take such a long time. I heard that during this two year period, there were significant breaks because of workload on other projects.

[crew 972]

Hope to see you get a film deal for this.
Alex

[furo]

is there a HD version available..seems to me that there is a lot of detail that is lost in the low res version!

amazing short, I love it, but the same question here, is the HD version available for download?

[Paul4wood]

A beautiful, sensitive and inspiring work! Thank you!

[venomgfx]

great work, thank you for making me smile while watching this.

[newmain]

amazing concept

[unwrap]

Exactly what CG is all about! :buttrock:

[jonne]

Wow. So very very inspiring.
For those of you that missed it, vimeo often offers an option to download the original videosource. There's a link halfway down on the right side leading to a 960*540 version of the movie:
http://www.vimeo.com/download/video:481851?v=2&e=1236466661&h=2d562c637bca7461de7f0d4ca9f531c0&uh=d1fe55be0a7b7742fbf8695d588d40d4

[Kerem]

no words except a big WOW! :buttrock:

[hasif]

This was really amazing that u did 1 day shoot and 2 yrs of post production.Its really stunning work ,A lot inspired..

[MichaelZHsee]

brilliant!love every frames of it!

[OLD-BOY]

Brilliant work and very touching.

[p0rcupine]

I saw this work so many times now.
I really enjoyed it. I love this idea and the shots u've created.
Truly amazing job.
Thanks for sharing it with us!!!

[ZacD]

Amazing video, cool what can be done from one day of filming after 2 years.

I didn't know there are vfx studios where i live :D (KC)

[cg2009]

i loved 405 :D haha, but this tops even that, fantastic animation :cool:

[Imagus]

I doubt I can say much more than what's already been said, but it's an amazing film, from the vfx to the acting to the storytelling. An incredibly well-thought out and moving short film. Excellent job, and serious kudos for the dedication it took to bring it to completion.

[eliseu gouveia]

Absolutely STUNNING film.
inspiring and heartwarming at the same time.

The only thing that kept running in the back of my brain throughout was... "- Wait, he just applies the materials, no UVmapping?" :D

[ZacD]

Absolutely STUNNING film.
inspiring and heartwarming at the same time.

The only thing that kept running in the back of my brain throughout was... "- Wait, he just applies the materials, no UVmapping?" :D

In a world where you don't need to UV map...

I was more amazed by his perfect sense of scale.

[AVTPro]

Wow...wee!!
:bowdown: :eek: :buttrock:

[MaxUzkikh]

World Builder a film by Bruce Branit

http://www.vimeo.com/3365942
(http://www.vimeo.com/3365942)
A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.

This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of '405'. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

It's very very impressive work! Idea is great! I think every person is a little god! :)
I thought about it a long time ago. My congratulations!

[oktawu]

seems like "someone" did a production focus on the short.
if u google "world builder production focus" ull find it on the first link.
its actually a very informative read
(and no, im not working for "that" magazine)

[leonlabyk]

Incredible...
5*

[rajeevm]

looks cool man !

[Jadetiger]

Wow, I actually teared up. Not only a great story but beautifully portrays the amazing potential of 3d. I'm so emotional right, now... I've gotta go model something. :applause:

[jinx3d]

Excelent work. I love it and I watched it 10 times. Really beautifull.

[MrPositive]

Son of a bitch that's genius work, right there. Please tell me you are sending this to Siggraph, for everyone to see on the big screen. This could be adapted to a feature film dude and Siggraph is your meal ticket. I think what is so touching, is the fact that sometimes the most important things in life are the simple things, like a smile from a loved one, and no amount of work and effort will stop the human spirit from achieving that goal.

[AVTPro]

I just want to say congratulations again.

Shot in a day, two years of post production.

Can see every hour in this 9 minute short.

[}-{obbes]

Quite a nice piece, I really liked it, though I was kinda bothered by the acting direction of the beginning (the guy looks too pleased with himself during initial construction for something he knew was sentimental).

[ndeboar]

Cool.

I always feel the need to be the devils advocate when i see hundreds of positive posts..so..

...Thought it was overly sentimental...acting was a bit naff..

but good on him for basicly doing everything him self though, can't make any negative comments on the vfx work.

Nick D

[AndHolzmeister]

405 was fantastic, but this one if something more... genious!

LOL.... that chromatic aberration was a style decision not a green screen glitch... look for chromatic aberration on photography sites, and you will understand better what he tried to achieve.

[Frank Dodd]

This piece of work exudes professionalism and quality across all aspects of its production. Very well done I enjoyed it greatly.

[JohanGold]

daaaaaaaaaaaamn man ... that's was ... it's not even describable

i really loved every single moment

u got to tell us the breakdowns

loved ur work

cheers

[matheboy]

very beautiful. I like the cg flower.

very subtle details, great short

[EricDLegare]

Great short indeed !

Nice work !

[Barbaros]

I watched it today. Truly good work. I like architectural construction especially fountain.

[SPIRIT3DCN]

awesome,very nice:cool:

[Cageman]

Interresting...

There was a small Q&A with Bruce in the latest NewTek newsletter, where he said that he had a shot that was MoCaped. Upon further investigation, I got to know that in two of the wide shots the actor (the builder) is actually 100% CG.

:)

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