Jan
09
Jan
09
Poltergeist fx
Posted in: PoltergeistAmerican Cinematographer podcast with Poltergeist lenser Matthew Leonetti, ASC and vfx supe Richard Edlund, ASC.
Jan
09
Making of the Royal Assassin
Posted in: 1Short tutorial by an artist on how he painted the illustration from start to finish in 15 hours
Jan
09
Junior Maya Generalist
Posted in: The Job LotA Winchester, UK based post-production company who focuses on VFX for commercials and documentaries is currently seeking a Junior Maya Generalist to join their team for a three month project.
You must have excellent all round skills in Maya particularly in modeling and animation. An understanding of ZBrush would be a benefit.
http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=754
closes: 8 Mar 2009
Jan
09
[NEWS=”http://www.cgnews.com/wp-content/uploads/tpain_good_thumb.jpg”]18167[/NEWS]Every so often a music video comes along that breaks new ground with its creativity, and this trilogy of videos for T-Pain helmed by directing collective Syndrome out of Robot Films is a perfect example of just that. Utilizing vibrant color fluctuations, Syndrome was able to launch these videos into a realm all their own. In Can’t Believe It, the plethora of unique ingredients include miniature apparitions of T-Pain and Lil Wayne and a cyber-roller coaster ride among other things. An ongoing galactic backdrop, with simultaneous circus and carnival themes make the video nearly impossible to classify.
In Chopped and Screwed, T-Pain and fellow hip hop star, Ludacris are portrayed in an animated wonder world with T-Pain depicted as a lion and transforming scenarios. The bold colors and elaborate camera moves transcend us into an extravagant, surreal world.
Freeze features T-Pain’s collabo track with Chris Brown and exhibits fluid motion and contemporary dance moves dipping and weaving in an otherworldly environment. Pulsating digital animation, neon colors and dance offs performed amid dynamic 3D aesthetics are only a few unconventional, yet engaging aspects of this video.
While most hip hop videos are faced with ongoing criticism for redundancy, these efforts show an evolution that feature similar aspects of the usual formula, but explore a variety of new and creative alternatives.
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“These videos have been an amazing experience for us. T-Pain and Jive gave us their full trust and creative freedom to bring our flavor to their already unique aesthetic. We are grateful for the opportunity and realize how rare that is, especially in today’s market. With that said, it was important for us to establish a cohesive look and feel which played off the album’s cover as this series of videos were specifically designed to be an overall branding campaign for T-Pain.” Syndrome comments on T-Pain project. |
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“Upon shooting Can’t Believe It, it was clear that this was going to be a lot of fun and something special. The vibe and energy clicked very naturally between Pain and ourselves and that energy spilled all over these videos. It’s one thing to have an artist stand in front of a green screen and perform, but when they interact and play off of what the treatment calls for, that interaction takes it to another level by adding the emotion and soul. T-Pain really went hard with his performances and got what we were going for ultimately being the key ingredient to bringing the concepts to fruition.” Syndrome elaborates on T-Pain work. |
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“When we were first kicking around ideas for Can’t Believe It, it was important to all of us that we find a way to reference all the far flung locations in Pain’s lyrics in a fresh and imaginative way. Chartering a 747 for a week long shoot in Aspen, Wisconsin, Costa Rica and Toronto proved not to be cost effective, so we decided that a post-intensive approach was the way to go. From there, it was a no brainer that Syndrome were right for the job. We were all tremendous fans of their work and had been looking forward to an opportunity to work with them. Little did we know the end result would surpass all expectations and blow our collective minds. The way the guys perfectly captured T-Pain’s charisma, humor and imagination, highlighting those qualities and more with their ground breaking visuals, it was clear that they would do all three of the videos we had slated. What we didn’t know was that they would achieve the near impossible by topping their previous effort each time out. I have never gotten so many enthusiastic calls and emails about a series of videos. I can’t wait to see what the guys come up with next. I just hope it’ll be for one of my projects.” Max Nichols, VP of Video Production at Zomba Label Group. |
About Robot Films:
Robot Films is a Los Angeles-based creative lab producing music videos, feature and short film, web content, TV and commercials. Lead by veteran Founder/Director Chris Robinson and Executive Producer Amanda Fox, Robot offers a wide range of services, boundless energy, and vast experience . In addition, Robot houses directing collective and design/animation group, Syndrome who are prolific directors and often collaborate on Robot directed jobs. Syndrome is a multi-disciplined trio comprised of Directors/Designers Micah Hancock, James Larese, and Mars Sandoval. Syndrome’s primary focus is merging science with soul, and manipulating technology for the sake of creative growth and artistic expression.
CREDITS
Artist: T-Pain
Song Title(s): Can’t Believe It, Chopped and Screwed, Freeze
Airdate: January 2009
Label: Zomba Label Group
Prod Co: Robot Films/LA
Director(s): Syndrome
EP: Amanda Fox
Jan
09
free motion elements – useful
Posted in: Beginners Talk
Jan
09
3d Artist
Posted in: Freelancer ListingsMy name is Komal Mittal. I am currently working as a freelance 3D Character
Artist.
Artist.
I am skilled with Modeling, sculpting and texturing in Xsi, Maya, ZBrush and Photoshop , I have a strong understanding of anatomy, proportion and silhouette. I have the ability and experience of working from concept art and am a very efficient modeler when it
comes to polygon budgets. I have strong modeling and texturing skills
as shown in my portfolio, and a good understanding of shading and
lighting.
I am an industrious worker and good at networking. I excel in group
situations, and love to collaborate with other artists of similar
interests. I love the opportunity to make assets for video games,
film and TV! I am passionate about this field of 3D and
video games and look forward to meeting and working with other
like-minded and talented artists.
You can goto my website and online portfolio where you can view my current demo reel as well as a copy of my resume.
Direct Link to my reel:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9U9-iPpIs
I am available for freelance, contract or fulltime employment.
You can contact me at: 3d71komal@vfs.com or komal_mit26@yahoo.co.in
Thank you for your time and considering my resume and portfolio/demo
reel. I look forward to getting to know you in person, and to working
together with you in the future.
Best regards,
-Komal Mittal
Jan
09
Hi Guys!
Here is my first demoreel which I made during my term at Vancouver Film School, Canada.
I WOuld really appriciate your cooments & critiqu as it helps me to improve.
Also I am looking for a job now, and freelanc work too, so f someone out there thinks by my work that my qualifications will suit certain type of job, please mail me or you can also ring me. It’ll be a big help.
Please feel free to visit my website: http://www.komal3d.com
Thanks a in advance to all of you guys.
Cheers
Komal Mittal
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