we are calling for your questions for Josh Sahley at Monkeyhead on their recent work for Red Bull’s action sports show ‘Pushing Boundaries’.
It would be great if you could head over to the following thread and pose your questions for Josh:
http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/call-in…ey-t26599.html
many thanks
Anna
We have an appealing opportunity to interview Monkeyhead founder and creative director Josh Sahley, about his recent work for Red Bull’s action sport show ‘Pushing Boundaries’.
The soon to be released tv show package is intensely energetic and packed with surreal 3D close-up environments. Check out the video and additional project details on a recent VFXTalk news article and the following links:
http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/monkey-…6.html?t=26596
http://www.monkeyhead.tv/news.php
http://www.vimeo.com/13377806
If you are interested in how Josh and his talented team of designers and animators created the ‘Pushing Boundaries’ show opener then here is your chance to find out. Post your question or questions at the end of this article and they will be collated and presented to Josh to gain his insight and thoughts.
This thread will be open for your questions until the end of Friday 6th of August and we will post the full interview article as soon as we can after hearing back from Josh!
About Monkeyhead
Monkeyhead was launched in Santa Monica, California, in 2006 by well known Los Angeles motion design artist and creative director Josh Sahley. Monkeyhead continues to evolve its style in delivering groundbreaking commercial spots, broadcast show packages, branded entertainment, movie/TV titles and visual effects sequences.
www.monkeyhead.tv
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I need a switch node to switch depending on a camera input to a scanline renderer.
My scripting is terrible (pretty much non-existent), so can anybody help me write an expression that would do a "if scanline render caminput = cam 1 then switch = 0 else 1" kind of thing…
Much appreciated.
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is there a fast way to control that?
i usually have to double click on the node and the close with the little arrow…and this is annoying…
when i have many node and have to animate, modify keys…etc etc….
prehaps there is a tip i do not know….
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thanks
mat
So, how exactly was this achieved? “We hit the boards hard and explored multiple options. We did a few more straight forward boards at first, but came up with this surreal idea for the open that seemed interesting and different to us,” states Sahley.
“We tried to give each section a world to live in. We made a Red Rock off road world that is covered in dirt bikes and ATV’s. We then made a city world that had skateboarding and street racing elements. Lastly, was a snow world that housed snowboards and skis. After those, the main logo section housed all of the worlds together with extreme acrobat racing planes going throughout it.” Seems easy enough, right?
With just over a month to execute the open, they of course ran into their challenges. “Finding clever ways to get from each designated world took some thinking. The boards didn’t have all the transitions, just the overall feel for the areas, so we were exploring different approaches throughout the process,” according to Sahley.
However, that didn’t slow the crew down. “We utilized our new Boxx Renderboxx render farm for this project. With that, and Smedge, linking all of our Mac’s and PC’s to make one full farm, we were able to push the project further then we would have with time restraints and last second changes.”
In the end, the outcome was a success. “We couldn’t have done the project without our amazing designers and animators. I feel lucky to work with such a fun and talented team everyday.” And it shows – Leaving Monkeyhead with some very happy clients. “They gave us room to really explore and find a good balance for the project,” expressed Sahley. Which seemed to be the perfect solution for both ends. Simply put, “They loved it.”
Monkeyhead was launched in Santa Monica, California, in 2006 by well known Los Angeles motion design artist and creative director Josh Sahley. Monkeyhead continues to evolve its style in delivering groundbreaking commercial spots, broadcast show packages, branded entertainment, movie/TV titles and visual effects sequences.
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