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#721

I had a good one on Monday about a animation.

“Everything looks good but, can you make it look more substantial?”

#722

We’ve developed a small level editor and game engine for a school project. A friend asked how we did it.

Me: We’ve used the Ogre3D Library to render the stuff, TinyXML to load XML Files, nxOgre(PhysX Wrapper) for the physics and CEGUI for the GUI System.
Friend: Then, what have you done if those Libraries did everything?
Me: …

This question hit me like a truck. The other coder and me worked day and night sometimes because we’ve totaly underestimated the amount of work and then someone comes and asks ,did you even do anything?
It’s like asking blender foundation if they even did anything since OpenGL does all the rendering. :scream:

#723

Thank you, I really needed a good laugh

Aeres: I think that may just qualify as a sweatshop.

Not Intirely CG related.
The most worthy comments while working for my mom screenprinting this summer:

Customer calls for a quote on some shirts. Later after getting her quote she calls to place an order. The only thing is she wants to change the type and amount of shirts, and then is angy why the previous quote was diffrent.

My favorite - We give customer a test print on their design and the asks us “Can you make the black darker?” We all stare at him in disbelief.

#724

client: “It needs to be sharper… but softer.”

#725

The way you said it would have made me ask the same question. Should have mentioned what you were doing without saying what the various pieces of software were doing for you.

#726

“Your computers are WRONG!”

and…

“You’re in IT, right? Can you fix my computer?”

That’s really funny. :slight_smile:

Also, the Canadian Batman flag is awesome.

#727

These are awsome!

Ive had quite a few of these experiences. Ill try and remember more later.

1. one of my early jobs my ART DIRECTOR pops his head out of his office and asks “Is there a plug-in filter in photoshop that makes logos?” I staired at him a good 30 seconds, wondering if my brand new job was worth putting in jepordy to say what I realy wanted to, but decided a simple ‘no’ would suffice.

2. Art director feedback on a scarry illustration of creatures in a forest scene:

“I want them to be like dark shadows… like your not quite sure what they are, you cant quite make them out, like your mind is playing tricks on you”

(I work all day making branches and shadow monsters)

“you cant realy see them now. you need to define them more, but not enough that you can tell what they are.”

(grumble… work on some rim lighting, some tiny bits of light, etc…)

“Way too far, they are totaly in focus now, they need to be hidden in the shadows, more abstract shapes.”

(sigh… screw it. Im gona show it to him again in an hour just as it is.)

“Perfect! adding that abstract shadow realy did the trick!”

#728

In my english course, we were talking about our hobbies etc.

the teacher: yes, Alper, what about your hobbies?
me: well (a deep breath, because I knew she won’t understand) I do modelling.
the teacher: Wow,very good!
me: -surprised because I thought she understood- yes, it’s a very nice job.
the teacher: So, where do you keep your models, in your room?

#729

This is true Super 35mm and Super 16mm films are actually cropped to 2.39 or whatever aspect was intended. And almost all 1.85 films are just cropped. However, they were shot knowing that it would be cropped. Occasionally a few movies will release an uncropped version for airplanes, stupid people and television, however the vast majority of 4:3 films are cropped versions of the widescreen crop of the negative.

Of course if it was shot on anamorphic no cropping was required until they make the pan and scan version.

Point being. He thought watching the widescreen version was less frame than the fullscreen release. Which is extreeeemely rarely true.

Just thought of another story:

I directed a 2 minute short for a household-name company in the US to demonstrate some of their top secret (not yet invented) technology. (Kind of a brilliant marketing plug really considering how easy it is to let unknowing government personel think that well executed VFX was indicative of the deployability and viability of the product.) So after 6 months on this 2 minute short film about the product doing something extremely basic. All of the background plates were shot in one day in publicly accessible locations. We send off the animation.

They’re thrilled. Everybody they showed it to got really excited, which of course we were thrilled to hear. At the next meeting they say they want to run some ideas past us based on feedback they received. Of course we’re more than happy to do more work. So the marketing guys get on the phone and start in (I’ll try to sanitize the confidential information so as to not reveal more than I’m allowed so I apologize if it’s a bit incoherent):

“We want one with terrorists attacking a ship like in Yemen.”
We kind of sit around nod. The producer half of my mind is seeing a 4 day shoot, boat rentals, cooperation with the navy so that we don’t get shot and think we’re actually trying to blow up one of their ships etc etc etc… It woudl be do-able… cost them about 10x what the last one cost but it was do-able and they sounded really excited so maybe it’s feasible.

“And…”

Uh oh…

“One where a bunch of terrorists…”
needlesst o say they went on to describe 5 other scenarios where terrorists try to blow up varryingly difficult targets. And to my suprise… a navy shipyard was probably the easiest location to get. By this point we’re all kind of chuckling knowing there is no way we can actually do all of these anywhere in the budget that they’re going to expect and then the clencher.
“…and we want to have them done by february 7.” (This is December 15.)

We told them we would need to evaluate the proposals more closely and would mail them a reply.

After they received our bid they agreed it would probably be wise to try to look into alternative ideas to service their needs.

#730

I am quoting my own post from another thread as suggested by VanillaChicken

#731

After receving a tga file of the product. I called the client to tell him that the product angle in the file was the wrong one.

Client - “Come on you are a VFX studio and you tell me you cant take to 3D and rotate it?”

Me - “well…I…it…doesnt work like that…”

then i go on to explain why its not possible… (shouldnt have)

Client - “do we have to do everything for you guys? you guys are the post house not us!”

Me - “…”

#732

At my current job, I do design for print advertising. We get some client photos on a CD with some really crap quality inkjet prints attatched to show what pics from the CD to consider, except the staple is through the prints…and the envelope…and the CD that’s inside, which has a big crack from outer edge right to the center, and there’s a big piece floating around in the envelope.

Me: “we can’t use this, the cd was damaged”
Them: “can’t you just scan the photos we attatched?”
Me: “no, I’m afraid those are far too low quality to use for your ad”
Them: “well, that’s all we have!”

After much finagling and getting them to send me a new cd, I check the images…they’re all 180x200 and 72 dpi…to be used in a full page magazine ad.

Me: “this stuff is still far too low rez to even consider using.”
Them: “JUST DO IT”
Me: “you’ll have to sign a quality waver then, because these are really terrible”
Them: “FINE”

So they sign it, and I end up scanning and using the inkjet prints anyway :rolleyes:

Them: “OHHH You guys did such a WONDERFUL job!”

:rolleyes:

#733

ooops better not share that one…

#734

Quality waiver. Good idea!!!:thumbsup:

#735

It’s 1:15 in the morning. Thanks to everyone, this thread has made my day.

As an aspiring animation director, I hope that when I break into the industry I will communicate effectively with the people I work with, and not be an ignorant ah*. Today the bouncing ball…tomorrow, fluent animator-ese. :smiley:

I’ve had similar discussions when I was studying musical composition, and the following more or less took place.

Them: “What do you want to do?”
Me: “Compose music for films”
Them: “Oh, you mean like a band member?”
Me: :surprised

#736

Rule #1…always cover your a** :smiley:

Them: “What do you want to do?”
Me: “Compose music for films”
Them: “Oh, you mean like a band member?”
Me: :surprised

I have to admit I’m a bit ignorant in the audio department, but not THAT bad :slight_smile:

And I used to always get comments like that when I’d tell people I wanted to be a 3D character animator…

the #1 reply of all time…

“YOU NEED TO WORK FOR DISNEY!!!”

Yes, because they’re the only studio in the world (wait, they always did traditional animation until awhile back) that does 3D animation. (/sarcasm) :smiley:

#737

I was told the other day I could “Massage” the camera angle to make the image work better.

mmm… I love constructive feedback.

#738

Perhaps the client was after a “happy ending” to the shot?:beer:

#739

I love these…it’s like they have no idea what they want and simply use the first verb that comes to mind :smiley:

#740

oh well i have something in my arsenal too!

it was around 3 years back when i got into a course on 3d animation in an institute. i had a batch-mate (whom i dare not call a friend!) who was really annoying sometimes.he was some drop out of phd on molicular biology or something.so he always thought of modeling and animating dna,brains and all the other human organs that he was more familiar with.

so one fine day after our class as per his request i go with him to find the “3ds max6 bible” on local bookstores.so we go to a very small bookstore after not getting the book on the bigger ones and bump onto an innocent looking guy who used to work there.

i whisper to my companion: “c’mon you are not going to get the book here!”

he totally ignores me and asks the guy:“hey brother do u have the 3ds max bible?”

guy: “what?”

batch-mate: “3ds max bible?”

the guy thinks for a moment and brings out very smartly…guess what?

yeah…the real bible.

guy: “is it what ur looking for?..we only have the bible from this publication.”

batch-mate stares blankly at me.

me: …

…can’t blame the guy in the store though. i still feel it was my bm’s fault.may be because i never liked him that much!..:rolleyes: