THE SAND STORM (沙尘暴)


Communications lines dissolve and a water smuggler navigates a tumultuous, dystopian city on the brink of calamity in this lyrical “low-fi sci-fi” short, the implied set-up to an even bigger story. AI WEIWEI (艾未未) – HU JIANING (胡珈宁) – LI NING (李宁) – BAI YAO (白瑶) 41st Telluride Film Festival World Premiere. …visit http://wishnow.com for more…

Into It. Over It. – "The Shaking of Leaves"


NPR First Watch: http://www.npr.org/event/music/345230594/into-it-over-it-the-shaking-of-leaves —- Directed by John Komar & Reza Iman Art & Animation – Reza Iman Storyboards – Dana Terrace Compositing – John Komar —— KINARF LLC – http://www.kinarf.com REZA – http://okreza-portfolio.blogspot.com/ —— http://intoitoverit.com

Lost Forest


Monologue of a man who worry the future and until now about my life. Director / Animation / BGM : Takeshi Tsunehashi

Imagineer Systems Showcases mocha Pro 4 and Exciting Innovations at IBC2014

Wed 3rd Sep 2014 | News

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Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award-winning mocha® planar tracking technology, will be exhibiting at this year’s IBC Show, which will be held at the RAI in Amsterdam from September 12th through 16th. Visit Imagineer Systems at stand 7.K29 for hands-on demonstrations of the recently released mocha Pro 4, which features a brand new stereoscopic 3D workflow, Python scripting support, Adobe Premiere support, customizable keyboard shortcuts, new exports and format handling, and more improvements for visual effects and post-production facilities. Attendees to the show can also get a sneak preview of the soon-to-be-released mocha Pro v4.1, plus hear from visual effects artists using mocha in their daily workflows.

“mocha has gained a dedicated customer base of post-production artists working on episodic television, commercials and feature film visual effects. For our new version 4 release, we have focused on requests from our broadcast and film customers. We have added stereoscopic 3D support to produce a time saving workflow in which an artist can planar track between the left and right views. The result is an efficient workflow for stereo 3D tracking, roto, camera solving and better object removal (clean plating),” says Ross Shain, chief marketing officer, Imagineer Systems. “Additionally, new Adobe Premiere mask export, improved Nuke and After Effects support, and Python scripting are all features that address the demands of our significantly expanding user base. We look forward to showcasing these new tools at IBC2014.”

What’s New in mocha Pro v4.1?

The upcoming release of mocha Pro incorporates a number of powerful new features and improvements. Version 4.1, previewing at IBC2014, will include:

New format support: mocha Pro and mocha Plus will support RED Dragon 6K footage and OpenEXR2.

 

New “open spline” export: Export animated open mask splines to Adobe After Effects CC and The Foundry’s NUKE.

 

Improved features and support for Autodesk Flame and Smoke users: Users can now export multiple animated mask layers to Autodesk Flame or Smoke in one Gmask file. Added support for Flame and Smoke 2014 will enhance user experience.

 

Improved 3D Camera Solving: Get more accurate solves in order to export 3D camera data to users’ favorite modeling and animation packages.

 

Python Scripting: Load and run Python commands within the mocha user interface.

 

Support for new Mac Pros: Version 4.1 is now qualified for use on the newest Apple Mac Pro CPUs.

 

Feathered Remove support: Use feathered edges on splines for object removal.

 

Edge width subtraction: Add or subtract an edge width in Edge Properties.

 

Enhanced Linear Controls for Parameter fields: Drag anywhere inside a field when using Linear Controls; also includes new use of Shift or Control modifiers to increase or decrease mouse sensitivity.

Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look: Presentations From Special Industry Guests

Visit stand 7.K29 for special presentations from the industry’s most innovative minds. Presenters will include:

Martin Brennand, product manager at Imagineer Systems, will provide demonstrations on mocha Pro 4.1, the latest and most up-to-date version of the award-winning planar tracking technology.

 

Lars Wemmje, visual effects artist at Slaughterhouse (SLGH), will explain how he uses mocha Pro with After Effects and Nuke for commercial VFX work. Lars will discuss how he uses mocha Pro on a daily basis for commercial retouching, object removal, image stabilization and more. He will also go over how mochaImport+ bridges the workflow between mocha Pro and NUKE, as well as mocha Pro and After Effects, allowing him to use the powerful planar tracking directly within his tools of choice.

 

Ben Brownlee Heusner, accomplished post-production trainer of Curious Turtle Training, will present tips and techniques for editors and artists to get more out of mocha’s toolset for tracking difficult screen inserts, fixing footage and complementing the finishing process.

Related links

http://www.imagineersystems.com/

Samsung Curve Power

Samsung has released “The Power of The Curve”, a fantastic visually stunning commercial promoting the Curved UHD television. Film director Floria Sigismondi calls upon her fine arts background to create a world where hyper-real detail mixes seamlessly with a fantasy palette of cinematic VFX. Surrounded by the curved screen displays, several models interact with kaleidoscopic moving images, guiding and lifting waves of stunningly iridescent color out from the television.

Samsung Power of the Curve

Samsung Power of the Curve

Samsung Power of the Curve

Credits

The Samsung Curve Power campaign was developed at Cheil Worldwide by executive creative director Kate Hyewon Oh.

Filming was shot by director Floria Sigismondi and director of photography Alex Lamarque via Believe Media with executive producers Liz Silver and Mark O’Sullivan and via Quad Productions with executive producer Martin Coulais, and via Keystone Films with executive producers Yoon-Seok Nam and Brigitte Slama.

ManvsMachine: Film4 Rebrand

Film 4 channel rebrand by ManvsMachine is outstanding. CREDITS Concept, Design & Direction: ManvsMachine Agency & Production Company: 4creative Creative Director: Dan Chase (Channel 4) Producer: Liz Arnott (Channel 4) DoP: Alex Barber Art Direction / Set Design: Simon Davies (UK) Max Orgell (US) Post Production VFX: Analog Colourist: Aubrey Woodiwss (Electric Theatre Collective) Offline… Read more »

Gentleman Scholar for PNC BANK

Gentleman Scholar goes for a fun, colorful, 2D-looking style on these (entirely 3D-made) spots for PNC Bank. PNC Bank wanted to channel a community-based approach with its campaign, and to do so, we experimented with playful, minimalistic animation to bring characters to life against a backdrop of illustrated typography. Check out “Community” and “Teamwork” More… Read more »

Angry ram takes down a quadcopter drone… and it's owner


First up – To the trolling haters on this vid who think this is animal abuse, you are mistaken – The ram was not injured at all, he enjoys our encounters. I rescued him after his previous owner was going to kill him for being too aggressive. So haters can suck it, I saved his ass….

I was looking for the angry ram with my fpv quadcopter, I got a bit close & he managed to hit it knocking it into a bush, luckily no harm done. When I went to retrieve it he followed me, I had my hands full so he got me pretty good.

Game of Thrones – 60's/Saul Bass style title sequence


Since I love Saul Bass, the 60’s and HBO’s Game of Thrones, I made an alternative title sequence.
Here is the result. Enjoy! (Inspired by “Hunter Sanders” 90’s concept also.) -Please subscribe- AND:

Music: Scott Bradlee feat. Dave Koz: Game of Thrones Theme
On Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDvt5q6bt1s
His iTunes: http://msclvr.co/nkCPi1

My Website: http://www.milanvuckovic.com
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/MR_Vuckovic

MEMEX | Duologue


http://marshmallowlaserfeast.com http://analogstudio.co.uk http://fbfx.co.uk http://duologuemusic.co.uk BTS PHOTOS: http://bit.ly/MEMEX-BTS-Photos A 3D study of mortality exploring new photographic processes, in this case photogrammetry. In collaboration with Analog, FBFX and the band Duologue, this project is the beginning of a deeper study into filmmaking for the virtual reality environment. We worked with FBFX and their amazing 94-camera high resolution scanning rig, to create a full body scan of model Beryl Nesbitt. The scans then went to MLF’s long-term VFX collaborators Analog where they snatched a magical moment of the sunset through a window (the Analog Studio toilet), as a spherical panoramic HDR photo. These 2 photographic processes combined in 3D software where the toilet sunset illuminated Berlys Photo scanned form. We wanted to go beyond the limits of the audience’s eyeballs – using 3D to reveal different perspectives on the human form.