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EdtheHobbit
10-08-2009, 06:00 PM
This is the official animation production thread for “The Deliverator” — a 3D short film based on excerpts from Neal Stephensen’s Snow Crash. In this thread I'll be posting animation tests and rigs developed for the project.

http://www.whetstonevfx.com/wip/SnowCrash/production_stuff/snowcrash_logo_post.png
What is the Deliverator Project?

“Deliverator” will be a high-speed, high-thrills, high-stakes race through a futuristic cityscape. Fast cars! Robot Hover Police! Explosions! Pizza Delivery!

… pizza delivery?

The Deliverator is a pizza-wielding member of an elite order, a hallowed sub-category. He stands tall, your pizza pie delivered in thirty minutes or less or you can:

• Shoot the driver

• Take his car

• File a class-action lawsuit

If the client doesn't kill the deliverator for a late pizza, then his boss, Uncle Enzo, definitely will.

This is America, after all. You deserve a hot pizza along with Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

When our hero finds himself with a twenty-minute old pizza and fifteen miles to go, can he make his delivery to save his life?

I guess we’ll find out.
EdtheHobbit
10-16-2009, 05:25 AM
Good news on the animation front. We will be using Craft Director Studio to animate vehicles and cameras for the short film. If you haven't heard of them before, I highly recommend looking at some of their work. (http://www.craftanimations.com).

The essential idea is that you can rig and animate vehicles with the ease of playing a video game. (although, there are significant bugs in the system).

I'll be posting some tests here as soon as I get a chance to put them together.
EdtheHobbit
12-14-2009, 04:54 AM
Our first animation tests with the Craft Director Studio suite are in!

http://vimeo.com/8114378 (http://vimeo.com/8114378)

http://vimeo.com/8114685

We're having a lot of fun with these tools, and plan to make a series of tutorials about them.

Stay tuned!
mistasam02
12-19-2009, 06:09 AM
Sweet! I had a chance to play with Craft earlier this year and thought it was awesome how you could control everything using keys, and just hit record. Makes it so easy! Funny story you've got there, too. Good luck on the project :thumbsup:
EdtheHobbit
12-19-2009, 10:51 AM
thanks!

Craft is a lot trickier to get right than it may appear at first, but it definitely lets us get better results with the time that we invest.
EdtheHobbit
02-24-2010, 10:43 PM
having a bit of fun in Photoshop. Introducing the new working-title card for Deliverator.

http://www.whetstonevfx.com/wip/SnowCrash/production_stuff/snowcrash_logo_post.png
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