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gTalk:FXWars! Flying Car! - Challenge:21
CgTalk: FXWars! Flying Car!
From wikipedia:
Flying car (aircraft), or roadable aircraft, is an automobile that can legally travel on roads and can take off, fly, and land as an aircraft.
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[li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying Car[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_car_(fiction[/b][/li][/ul]THE CHALLENGE:
Render a realistic, or fantasy type animation of Flying Car doing what it does best.
Think the good parts of the film Fith Element…and you get the idea.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF Flying Cars from past films:
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[li]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24bRtzwK4rY&feature=related[/li][li]Fith Element[/li][li]Blade Runner[/li][li]Back To the future[/li][li]Serenity[/li][li]Space Precint[/li][li]Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[/li][li]Harry Potter[/li][li]The Last Starfighter[/li][/ul]You may look some famous flying cars from past films:
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[li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinner_(Blade_Runner[/b][/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_time_machine (Back to the Future)[/li][li][b][u]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang_(film)[/u][/b]Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[/li][/ul]The entry with the best VISUAL EFFECTS will be selected by an open vote. (You may do the entry anyway way you want , an FX piece with live action, a synthetic cg entry or a hybrid. The winner will get bragging rights and a small banner designed by me.
Keep in mind that the entry can be set in ANY time period, and the style of the project can be either in a realistic or campy.
DATELINE:
Monday November 3rd
The announcement for this mini challenge will be posted in
Monday October 6th
(After that You have ONE MONTH to do the challenge.)
TYPES OF ENTRY:
You may do one of these types of entries:
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[li]TRIBUTE[/li][size=2]Think of the Flying Car FX sequences from films like The Day After Tomorrow, Twister, Hancock or The Wizard of OZ.
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[li][color=darkorange]FREEFORM ENTRY [/li][/color]The core requirement for this type of entry is to have fun.
[li]VFX SHOT [/li][size=2]This is your chance to test your compositing skills .You need to use a REAL background plate (clip or sequence). [/size]
[/ul]But keep in mind the key thing that I expect to see in all entries is GOOD VISUAL EFFECTS…
CHALLENGE SPECIFIC RULES:
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[li]No work taken DIRECTLY from an existing tutorial. You may use an existing tutorial only for reference.[/li][li]You may use a pre existing model, as long as you give credit to the creator. If you cant model, use simple shapes, since we are interested in the simulation. (But teams are encouraged, and if you are a modeler, you can make your model available)[/li][/ul][color=white]Voting:
(We will select by an open vote )
[/color]You may vote for:
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[li]Best WIP THREAD[/li][li]BEST Animation(If Any)[/li][li]BEST COMP WORK (If Any)[/li][/ul]
And the big one of course
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[li]BEST VISUAL EFFECTS[/li][/ul]The winner will get bragging rights and a small banner
designed by me.
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GENERAL RULES:
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[li]The animation and visualizations must have been done AFTER the topic has been announced.[/li][li]You may use stock previously shot footage for background plates and VFX elements.[/li][li]IF you use footage for a VFX sequence it must be raw NOT contain any Visual Effects.[/li][li]WIP are encouraged if they are posted in ANOTHER thread. Please provide a link to them on this thread.[/li][li]WIP thread should be posted on the FXWARS Forum forum and should follow[/li]the following naming convention: FXWars! Flying Car MY NAME ENTRY TYPE (TRIBUTE, FREEFORM, VFXSHOT), (Note: Group entries are allowed)
[li]It is Recommended that Final movies should be rendered at 320 x 240 or 640 x 480 in QuickTime* format (Sorenson Compression), but other resolutions and formats are allowed. * (The animation format is open for discussion.)[/li][li]The animation should follow the following naming convention:[/li]MYNAME_FXWARS(RESOLUTION).mov. And please add your name at the beginning and end of the animation, and if you can, also add a small non disruptive watermark during the animation.
[li]If for some reason, you can’t host movies, sequential images (Thumbnails size 160 x 120 ) are accepted.[/li][li]You are STRONGLY encouraged to add your entry to You Tube. If interested, please contact the Roberto Ortiz.[/li][li]Please add a brief text description about your piece.[/li][li]The artist also has to post total length of time it took and program used.[/li][li]Collaborative pieces are accepted and encouraged, but Teams entries must have a identifying banner and a name. Shot lists should be included with the entry.[/li][li]Individuals participating in a team CAN have their own individual entries.[/li][li]Post on this thread your link to your WIP thread and your FINAL piece.[/li][li]You can add multiple entries, as long as they have different WIP threads.[/li][li]Freelancers CAN participate in more than ONE entry[/li][li]All Teams members & Freelancers will get screen credit for in the title cards for participation[/li][li]Only participants who follow the rules and submit a final entry will be elegible for the voting process.[/li][li]The moderators reserve the right to taken down any thread.[/li][/ul]DIGITAL ASSETS:
Here are the footage models and stills I am making available for this challenge.
You may use your own models for the challenge,
but I am making some of my stills and elements e for those who wish to use them
Of course Participants may add their own elements.
THE CHECKOUT PROCESS
The process to check them out is simple.
YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THESE RULES IF YOU WANT THE PLATES:
Post your WIP entry, the type of entry you wish to do and art asset you wish to use, post your model requests on this thread and
on the first page of your WIP thread.
Note these models and clips are not being put on the public domain.
They were specifically created for this mini challenge.
COMPOSITE ELEMENTS (Voluntary)
I can provide high resolution clips and still for all participants.
Please request them via PM (You NEED to post a WIP thread before of course)
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[li][font=Arial Black]THE BACKGROUND PLATE[/font] LIBRARY[/li]
[li]THE CLIP LIBRARY[/li]Send me a PM for more info
[/ul]REFERENCE:
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[li]Fith Element[/li][li]Blade Runner[/li][li]Back To the future[/li][li]Serenity[/li][li]Space Precint[/li][li]Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[/li][li]Harry Potter[/li][li]The Last Starfighter[/li][/ul]-R
