FXWars! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS!: Max_Power, HYBRID, SPIELBERG

#6

I thought I would point out that the lensflares are an ‘Homage’ to the Spielberg film.

I know they are frowned upon nowadays :smiley:

#7

Wow, this is going to be a great entry! keep it up!

#8

Thank’s man :slight_smile:

I sure hope I can finish it in time.

#9

I finally got the shot list figured out. Not sure I got all the terminology correct :slight_smile:

FADE IN
SHOT 1: A dog is sleeping soundly on a bed. The dog wakes suddenly…
SHOT 2: A bright light shines through a doggy door…
SHOT 3: The dog jumps off the bed and runs out of frame…
SHOT 4: The dog runs through the doggy door surrounded by bright light…
SHOT 5: The dog runs out the doggy door, the light fades away…
SHOT 6: (Reverse angle) The dog is running, a small sphere of light is following him…
SHOT 7: Dog running toward camera, the light sphere following him…
SHOT 8: (Overhead shot) The dog runs into frame looking up, the light sphere flies up toward the camera and out of frame.
SHOT 9: (Medium shot) The dog is looking up, the scene is suddenly filled with a bright light.
SHOT 10: A UFO descends from a starry sky.
SHOT 11: An Alien materializes as the UFO lands behind him. The Alien quickly glances around.
SHOT 12: Medium shot of a flower in a pot.
SHOT 13: Alien begins to walk stage right.
SHOT 14: Alien kneels down and picks up the flower pot, he suddenly looks up, startled.
SHOT 15: (Closeup) Alien turns his head looking a bit confused.
SHOT 16: (Closeup) Dog looking at the alien.
SHOT 17: (Closeup) The Alien smiles.
SHOT 18: (Reverse angle) The Alien stands up, the dog is standing in front of him.
SHOT 19: (Profile shot) Alien and Dog facing eachother.
SHOT 20: (Medium shot) Alien kneels and pets the dog on the head.
SHOT 21: (Closeup) Alien smiles and stands up.
SHOT 22: Dog looks up
SHOT 23: Carrying the flowerpot, the Alien turns and walks away. He dematerializes.
SHOT 24: (Medium shot) The dog looks up.
SHOT 25: UFO ascends into the sky and dissappears in a flash…
SHOT 26: (Reverse angle) Dog watching the small sphere of light fly past him and up into the sky.
FADE OUT.

I have all the footage shot, and more than half the shots done, luckily the dog is a good actor :smiley:

#10

FYI

Fxwars Close Encounters: New Dateline!

-R

#11

Well, now I have plenty of time to experiment with the music, re-render shots, fix annoyances…start over? :twisted:

#12

Heh, that’s what kept be behind as well- can’t do much until you’ve got your medium:D

#13

Yeah, I wanted to look like I know what I’m doing :smiley:

#14

edited…

#15

Here’s my final piece. Any comments, critiques are welcome. Thanks :slight_smile:

http://www.dobiedog.com/video/Max_Power_FXWARS(640x480).mov

#16

Wooow Joseph! You’re the one! :stuck_out_tongue: This is the most brilliant entry for this FX-Wars! (for what I’ve seen till now :wink: )! :drool:

You really got a great movie: very cool and clear storyline and a very nice cinematrographic feel! Also the music really fits everything together! Did you compose/produce it yourself? :arteest:

Also: did you shoot most of the stuff as ‘day-for-night’? And what software did you use?

It must have been a hell lot of time to get the FX shots done! You got such an amount of it! A 1-minute-40 short movie will take allot of time!:bowdown:

I just wanna say ‘bravo’ and I hope that you’ll soon get more of the (well deserved!) replies! :slight_smile: Have a nice day!
-Gijs

[edit: you also got really cool stuff on your website! I really like your modeling style on that ‘pan’! :arteest: ]

#17

Thank you for the very kind words :slight_smile:

You really got a great movie: very cool and clear storyline and a very nice cinematrographic feel! Also the music really fits everything together! Did you compose/produce it yourself?

I used Sony’s ACID pro for the music, and one of their orchestral libraries. It was a lot of fun putting the music together, and arranging it to match the action.

Also: did you shoot most of the stuff as ‘day-for-night’? And what software did you use?

Yes I shot it in the daytime, and I turned the exposure down a bit on the camcorder. Then I brought it into Commotion pro and adjusted HSL, Levels, and added a blue tint.

I rotoscoped many of the shots and added a starry sky, and the dog had to be roto’d quite a bit. Pretty tedious work :cry:

A few shots were stabilized, but commotion couldn’t do a very good job with my DV footage.

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[i]I really like your modeling style on that ‘pan’!

Thank you. That was for an old CGTalk challenge a few years ago.[/i]

#18

Fabulous Job!! Great story line and very well done. The time and care you put into it really show!

#19

That was truely magnificant! I loved the ‘acting’ from the dog, fantastic, the interaction was brilliant.

#20

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments :slight_smile:

I loved the ‘acting’ from the dog

Heh, Jack Russell terriers are fine actors :smiley:

#21

hey i just love the story u got there.and dog u have.really nice acting by dog.can i know where did u do rotoscopy for dog?(don’t know much about rotoscoping …)

well daytime shot would be cool looking too if u did that.the only thing i would like to point out is the starry sky u replaced in the footage.that kinda makes scene looks like in the universe.

#22

hey i just love the story u got there.and dog u have.really nice acting by dog.

Thanks jigu :slight_smile:

can i know where did u do rotoscopy for dog?(don’t know much about rotoscoping …)

A couple shots of the dog running in the beginning, and the final shot, plus a couple inbetween that I can’t think of right now :slight_smile:

I roto’d the dog so I could replace the background with a photo and stars, which were tracked to the footage.

the only thing i would like to point out is the starry sky u replaced in the footage.that kinda makes scene looks like in the universe.

Ok, well I was going for a certain ‘look’, perhaps I didn’t achieve it :smiley: I probably went a little overboard on the stars:)

#23

Hello mate!
Just watched your short, cool stuff!

I do have some crits though :smiley:

About 1:06 when the alien turns its attention towards the dog, the alien is lit from the foreground, but the dog is lit from the rear-left. I know, nit-picking :slight_smile:

1:12, the shadow of the dog (yes dog again) doesn’t reflect the light coming from the left.

It’s very cool though, the interaction between the cg alien and the dog’s head :slight_smile:

So guys, if potted plants go missing around your garden. You know where to look!

Alvin

#24

Thanks for you comments!

About 1:06 when the alien turns its attention towards the dog, the alien is lit from the foreground, but the dog is lit from the rear-left. I know, nit-picking

Yeah, the lighting doesn’t match up perfect. Your not supposed to notice that! :smiley:

1:12, the shadow of the dog (yes dog again) doesn’t reflect the light coming from the left.

Ummmm, light falloff? :smiley:

#25

…the alien is lit from the foreground, but the dog is lit from the rear-left.

I just remembered, I flipped the video of the dog in that shot because he wasn’t “looking” at the alien. Now I realize that did mess up the lighting. Well, it’s kinda too late for a re-shoot :smiley: