Mar
06
Monday Monday!
Posted in: Animation
Good morning everyone! Just editing my newest tutorial right now, look for it later today! Yes we are still on track for the Monday release, even I can’t believe it!
Mar
06
Your 3D camera choice is crucial to your composition. Here are four steps in creating a camera that connects with your audience.
Wouldn’t it be great to own every camera and lens ever made? With Cinema 4D, you have exactly that. Your 3D camera choice is just as important as what you are aiming it at. But most of us never change the settings on the default Cinema 4D Camera.
While all the options may be overwhelming, you can learn to master the Cinema 4D camera, and get the exact movements you were envisioning.
1. Choose the right camera setup
A great director knows just what type of camera to use for different types of scenes. Think about your camera move in the same way.
Is this a locked off shot? A crane shot? A handheld scene? Does your camera need to move fast or slow? What is the weight of the camera you need for this shot? Keep this in mind as you start to set up your shot and animate.
2. Choose Your Lens Carefully
Photographers and filmmakers own dozens of different lenses for a reason. Each different focal length brings a different look and emotion to a scene or image. And in 3D, it’s no different. If you are visualizing 3D architecture or setting up a fly through, choose a wider angle lens just like a real estate agent would.
Rendering a product shot? Pick a 50mm or even a 100mm to show off the product and all its angles in their best way.
Cinema 4D’s default camera is a 35mm lens. That’s a bit too wide for most of my renders. I tend to change it to a 50mm to start and in some cases move to a 100mm for product shots and
We’ve put together this tutorial for you to learn more about choosing the right lens for your scene.
3. Match Your Movements To The Camera Type
Remember when you picked what type of camera rig you would use for this scene? This will really help you inform the movement and animation of your camera. Match your movements to the type of camera you are emulating.
Big cameras move slow and give a sense of weight to the scene. Smaller cameras can move faster and get closer to the action. Keep the weight of your rig in mind. A hand held iPhone shot moves way different than a a RED Epic on a Dolly.
4. Add Human Imperfections
Camera moves in real life are rarely perfect. Wind blows, hands shake, and rigs wiggle. Adding natural shake and imperfections to your Cinema 4D camera will help “sell” your animation.
Even a big of shake and drift can give your scene that realistic human touch that will help give your animation that natural feel and help pull more attention from your eventual audience.
You can certainly add these imperfections yourself, but this is a very tedious and time consuming process. If you have the time to add some shakes or overshoots, go for it. If you are on a tight deadline, you should check out our GorillaCam plugin. You can instantly add realistic camera movement in seconds. What would normally take days to program, you can now achieve in minutes with GorillaCam.
Mar
06
GorillaCam! In this live stream, Chad & Chris live demo all the new features in Greyscalegorilla’s newest plugin, GorillaCam! We cover most of the fun new features and answer questions from the stream. GorillaCam takes your existing camera in C4D and instantly adds that human touch. With a few clicks, your camera feels more natural and realistic and your animation is instantly more engaging.
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Mar
06
The Most Famous Actor You’ve Never Seen
Posted in: Animation
You might not know his face, but you’ve seen his work. With over 150 movie and TV credits to his name, Doug Jones has been every creature, monster and villain known to Hollywood. From the Amphibian Man in “The Shape of Water,” the Silver Surfer in “Fantastic Four” to the Thin Clown in “Batman Returns,” Jones has been spicing up your movie-watching experience for the past three decades.
Mar
06
Too Mad – Mind Invaders 2018
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MAD THANKS TO..
– Tricktrabanten – Animation & Video
(Kilian Vilim, Etienne Mory, Frederic Siegel)
– Rino Records – Recording & Mix
– Rheintaler Kulturstiftung
Music
https://m.facebook.com/toomadmusic/
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Video
https://vimeo.com/kilianvilim
https://www.teamtumult.ch
Mar
06
The Papermaker
Posted in: Animation
„The Papermaker“ is a short documentary about one of the last handcrafting papermakers in Europe and his great love for paper. Gangolf Ulbricht makes unique tree- free papers by hand. For international artists, conservators, photographers, printers and many more. He learned his uniqe craft in Germany, Japan, France and England. In this short film we see him producing his fine paper in his basement studio in the Arthouse Bethanien in Berlin-Kreuzberg. He talks about his love and dedication for this craft – and it ́s future. Gangolf has worked for a number of known artists like: Jenny Holzer, Louise Bourgeois, Guenther Uecker, Jonathan Meese, Damien Hirst, Christiane Baumgartner, Matthias Weischer and many more. Produced by www.kingsandkongs.de
Mar
06
Roland TR-8S jam session
Posted in: Animation
Nick de Friez (Roland) joined CDM’s Peter Kirn for this one. We hooked up two new Roland TR-8S drum machines and used them to drive yet more gear – a MakeNoise 0-Coast plus an original Roland SH-101. The TR-8S also acts as an audio interface. Here’s some of the madness that resulted. Lesson: it was a good time. We’ll have to do more.
Mar
06
Guillermo del Toro: World Building Tips
Posted in: Animation
Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wolfcrow Guillermo del Toro is probably the great world building director today. What is world building? It is the art of creating the setting or backdrop of the film – history, location, language, culture, technology, politics, anything you can think of, really. In this video we’ll explore the reasons why Guillermo del Toro’s work is special, and how you can use it for your own projects. Footage is taken from Youtube, so is of poor quality. It’s impossible for me to rip high quality content (it’s illegal) of every movie for this. This video uses low resolution clips from movies only for informational and educational purposes under fair-use. Links from the video: Why GUILLERMO DEL TORO is not interested in the scares of horror films by q on cbc: https://youtu.be/IjvuUUlfrCE Andy Visits Guillermo Del Toro’s Bleak House – CONAN on TBS by Team Coco: https://youtu.be/IjvuUUlfrCE The Real Reason Kids Have Imaginary Friends by SciShow Psych: https://youtu.be/NLjhbvlTZGc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolfcrowsocial/ Don’t forget to subscribe to this channel! Links can be to our affiliates and we might get paid a commission for purchases you make. Please support wolfcrow and purchase using these links. It won’t cost you extra.
Mar
06
You might be concerned with your kids talking to their invisible friends, but those imaginary friends might have some positive impacts on your kids.
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