3 Day Cinematic Challenge! ICE, Chris Bischoff - DIGIC on a shoestring budget!

#27

Crowds? Check.
Animals? Check.
Rain? Check.
Snow? Check.

Thanks guys!

d4rk - Ill speed that clip up a touch - I see what you are saying!
Xhar - Its all a product of ‘well yeah…that wont work…’ :smiley:
red - thanks!

A little trick I’ve been using for the camera work is I just linked the target to the hip bone of the main character - you get this really cool ‘hand held’ effect with it - and it sets its own pace and temp for the scene…gentle animations are automatically met with gentle camera moves, and visa versa.

#28

Pyke, somethings that’s bothering me appart from the youtube compression,
is the smoke plates. Possibly it would be better to export the camera to ae/nuke/fusion and put the smoke on cards, so the plates aren’t so locked on image.

#29

Using silhouettes is a smart move! I actually thought you were joking about animals and crowd. Great going :thumbsup:

IMO the chromatic aberration is slightly overdone in that screenshot.

#30

phew

#31

I never joke about crowds and animals…and I learned how to NEVER do crowds and animals!

Ill play around with the CA…

Id love to do plates and smoke in MAX - next challenge Im going to attempt learn FUME. I last used it years ago!

#32

2 more shots to go!

#33

Great to hear that.
I am also close… few more hours, and I should be done.

#34

Cool! How many shots you guys got? I have 16, and 5 more to go. I may have to redo the edit in order to get away with the unfinished shots. :wink:

#35
  1. One is crazy complex and Im trying to see if I can do it in post instead…
#36

ok guys - Im rendering from Final Cut now - but Im gonna crash and upload it in the morning!

Its been a wild one! Cant wait to see what you came up with!

#37

I’ve decided not to go to bed, until I am done.
So close… so far… :slight_smile:

Anyway, great you got it to edit part (I am still rendering some parts).

Can’t wait to see your work Pyke.

#38

NIIICE man. in 3 days - :applause: i have 3 shots to go - :banghead: wish You luck!

#39

OK guys - here it is.
Had to do some editing around, and the last shots are a little rushed…but the general idea is there and thats what counts!

The ‘ice/snow’ theme did kinda get lost along the way - but hopefully you can see that its snowing…or was snowing…there is some sort of cold snow in the scenes. :smiley:

I learned a ton - specifically in After Effects. I know that I pushed the DOF and CA too far - but this was really an experience for me in seeing how those things work, so they tended to be turned up to 11.
I also had fun with the sound - easily my favorite thing to do!

//youtu.be/nGsxTQrxE7M

#40

Great looking, and congrats on finishing it. Some of the shots are incredible.
What bothers me most (but it’s a just small thing) is that the main hunter should have fallen faster (with much more weight) at the beginning.

Far more complex then what I did.
I hope, soon, you will share making off.

#41

Oh yeah - there are some serious weight issues. That sequence did bother me, but time moved against me! I suppose I could have fixed it in post…

If you have any specific questions, just ask. :wink:

#42

Yeah, no pressure…
It’s not like I have to do much to surpass that next weekend…

#43

That’s a lot of work! Very impressive work mate. Congrats!!

#44

Thanks man!

#45

That is very, very impressive!! Loving it! When the good guy transform in the futuristic Soldier and simply shoots the Zombie down, I said “Abgefahren” out loud (German word for ace or wicked).
Detailed environments, action sequences, cloth, animated crowds, rigid body simulations, 3 days = :surprised

#46

Thanks man!