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GordonPinkerton
05-13-2011, 07:24 PM
Hey everyone! Just finished up my senior year at Ringling College of Art and Design, so I thought I'd post my thesis film! I had a lot of fun making it and I hope you all enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/gordonpinkerton/hunted

Also check out some of my classmates' films from this year here:
http://www.vimeo.com/channels/ringling2011

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~gpinkert/access/Personal/GordonPinkerton_Hunted1.jpg

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~gpinkert/access/Personal/GordonPinkerton_Hunted2.jpg

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~gpinkert/access/Personal/GordonPinkerton_Hunted3.jpg
JesseDavis
05-14-2011, 05:37 AM
Very very impressive. You should be quite proud.
awp7574
05-14-2011, 02:30 PM
I second that. I'm a 3D major at RIT and I absolutely love this. How'd you get the soft lighting and shading, almost glowing effect?
Michael5188
05-14-2011, 03:00 PM
Really enjoyed this, great work!

Love the character design of the native!
GordonPinkerton
05-15-2011, 01:25 AM
Thanks! The soft glow look on the characters that I think you're talking about is probably a combination of some renderman sub-surface scattering, color-bleeding, some careful light placement, and some compositing on top of everything :)

I was going for the kind of look you'd see in older movies such as Singing in the Rain or The Red Shoes... here's some images of theses movies that inspired me...

http://trueclassics.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gene-in-the-rain.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p-OeUIk9u4Q/TLhYfvhJtWI/AAAAAAAAACo/bZVokbXUniE/s1600/Gene-Kelly-Singin-in-the-Rain-classic-movies-4032279-1920-1080.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7Rm__TBot4/TYUvaPOnC0I/AAAAAAAAB3Q/jP0jr9CUkxE/s400/The+Red+Shoes.mkv_snapshot_00.13.53_%255B2011.03.19_15.27.29%255D.jpg

I was also inspired by Director of Photography Roger Deakins. I really like some of his more naturalistic approaches to lighting and heavy shadows...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WSMlXOIAPiE/0.jpg
http://www.diggnewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/True-Grit-Review.jpg
http://www.top10films.co.uk/img/shawshank_redemption_happy.jpg

Hope that helps! :D
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