FXWars! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS!: Max_Power, HYBRID, SPIELBERG

#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.

[i]

[/i]
[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:

#26

I thought I would break down a couple of shots, since this is a WIP thread and all :slight_smile:

Here is the raw video for Shot 7:

Here is after roto:

Here is after color correction:

With the photo background(Which is tracked to the video) added:

Final shot with the light sphere:

#27

Raw video for shot 19:

Then resized and rotated a bit, with alien:

Added background photo, alien shadow, and color corrected:

UFO lighting, stars, and grain added, final shot:

#28

Wooww!

so much work!!

you did a great job, Is a pleasure to have you in the competition, seems like we both like our dog friends!

:bounce: :buttrock:

#29

Thank you sir :slight_smile:

seems like we both like our dog friends!

They are great actors, and they work cheap! :smiley:

#30

Holy-poly Joseph! :cool: I didn’t even notice that you had used mattepaintings and so… It all looks so real and well-fitting that I had never thought that you had shot this not on location!

I have dozen of respect for your roto-work! :drool:

#31

Very good shots max_power! And thanks for explaining ur procedures for ur shot … just one question pls … what software did u use to erase the background and insert an imaginary one ( the one behind the dog …:))?

Thanks,
3DEffects

#32

Thanks Dutchman and 3DEffects! :slight_smile:

3DEffects: I used commotion pro for roto and compositing, it’s B-splines make roto a little less painful :smiley:

#33

And Max_Power takes the lead! You definitely put the most time and effort into your entry, and it shows! :drool: Congratulations!