They require an XSI Generalist for a quick start. You should have particularly good modeling. texturing, lighting and rendering skills.
http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=770
closes: 24 Mar 2009
‘Fast & Furious’ is a high-octane action-thriller that sees Diesel, Walker et al “blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert”.
The storyline begins with fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto returning to LA where he reignites his old feud with agent Brian O’Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to out-maneuvere him.
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“From convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.” Universal Pictures. |
An Empire online review urges viewers to file the film under ‘guilty pleasure’ stating that “petrol-heads are in for another dose of shamelessly dumb fun”. Both the teaser and the new trailer for the film can be viewed at the Fast & Furious website.
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“The giggles of stupid glee should be reserved for the end, however, where Toretto speeds his car underneath a bouncing, flaming tanker. If this were an Xbox game then that would surely be an Achievement Unlocked moment.” Empire online 15 January 2009. |
Fast & Furious is due for release early April 2009.
Cast:
Vin Diesel – Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker – Brian O’Conner
Michelle Rodriguez – Letty Marciano
Jordana Brewster – Mia Toretto
Laz Alonso – Fenix Rise
Gal Gadot – Gisele Harabo
John Ortiz – Antonio Braga
Sung Kang – Han Lue
Kofi Natei – Main Thug
Wilmer Calderon – Tash
Ron Yuan – David Park
Liza Lapira – Agent Sophie Trinh
Shea Whigham – Agent Ben Stasiak
Tego Calderon – Sunny Pinto
Neil Brown Jr – Malik
Fast & Furious will feature the following cars:
Subaru Impreza WRX STI ‘08 Hatchback
Nissan Silvia S14 & S15
Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
Honda NSX
Ford RS200
Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86)
Buick Grand National
Chevrolet Silverado Trophy Truck
Hummer H3
Chevrolet Vega
Credits
Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan & Gary Scott Thompson
Producers: Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel & Michael Fottrell
Music by: Brian Tyler
Cinematography: Amir Mokri
Editer: Christian Wagner
Comments from Headlight:
The agency had developed the concept of the underwater woman with a ribbon and had featured it in other body wash campaigns. In previous spots, however, the ribbons had a more passive role; for Zeros In, the goal was to bring in a new level of `artificial intelligence’ (a term coined by director Sue Worthy) to the ribbons.
They were on a mission – seek out and target dry skin areas – so our challenge was to really bring the ribbons to life while maintaining the soft, beautiful quality of chiffon underwater. The process required complex fabric simulation and adapting traditional location techniques to an underwater environment.
Depth and caustic lighting passes were necessary to really sell the idea that everything existed in this underwater world. We worked very closely with both Saatchi art director Lisa Bet and director Sue Worthy in creating just the right look and feel of our ribbons.
For the product demo sequence, we were very involved from the beginning. We had to communicate that the product is made up of two separate creams, so we designed a demo that seamlessly transitions from the underwater world into the inside of the actual product. The objective was to illustrate that the pink fabric featured in the main body of the spot was a metaphor for the pink moisturizing liquid contained within the Olay body wash.
Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, XSI, and Flame were used for the design, animation and compositing of the ribbons and demo. On-set VFX supervision was also provided for the tank shoot at London’s Pinewood Studios.
About Headlight:
New York-based Headlight Design + VFX is a creative, award-winning design, VFX, animation, and full service production company specializing in commercials, music videos, emerging media, feature and long-format clientele. Headlight’s recent projects include: creating show opens for CBS’s Kid Nation, ABC’s Men in Trees, 3D worlds for Ogilvy’s American Express Lost campaign, and executing the VFX for Vidal Partnership’s Sprint Holiday campaign.
The Creds:
Client: P&G/Olay Ribbons Body Wash
Spot Title: Zeros In
Air Date: October 2008
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
EVP/Executive CD: Beverly Okada
SVP/CD: Hy Abady
Art Director: Lisa Bet
EP: Liz Sloane
Prod Company: Home Corp.
Director: Sue Worthy
DP: Adrian Wilde
Producer: Alex Hedges
Editorial: 89 Edit
Editor: Dave Bradley
EP: Bob Cagliero
Producer: Juliet Conti
Telecine: Nice Shoes NY
Colorist: Lez Rudge
Post/Effects: Headlight
VFX Director: Steve Zourntos
Animation Director: John Clausing
AD/Designer: Tico Kanzaki
3D Animator(s): Eric Lampi, Domel Libid, Eddy Estevez
Compositor(s): Ariel Altman, Jeremiah Moorehead
Head of Production: Lana Aklilu
Audio Post: Sound Lounge
Mixer: Keith Reynaud
Unofficial MV’s name "Novel" song, Moderndog Band (Thai Band) TING NONG NOY Album. This MV uses technics to control and simulate
water by RealFlow program with EventScript(Python Script), use Maya2008 to animate and control Particle system by Expression(MEL
Script) . Generate all mesh of water by RealFlow and rendering by Mental Ray in Maya.
Links:
1. Novel WaterMan (RealFlow Unofficial MV – ModernDog)
http://www.vimeo.com/2428351
2. The Making of "Novel WaterMan"
http://www.vimeo.com/2437658
Best regards
Ping
mpingping@hotmail.com
cgwaterman@live.com
Pistol Youth – In My Eyes from Pistol Youth on Vimeo.
Face replacement guerilla style. Weird thing is, Bea Arthur actually looks less man-ish in this clip than she did in the show.
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i searched in maya help where i got shadingNode that doesnt let me query but i can use it to create
using
string $myShader;
$myShader = `shadingNode -asShader anisotropic`;
though when i right click and choose "Assign material to selection" it is assigned
like this
sets -e -forceElement anisotropic1SG;
if my material is anisotropic1SG then does that mean anisotropic1SG is also a shading group ,
btw what is the difference between shader and material ?
I’m trying to do some research on cameras (both digital and film) and I was wondering if you could point me to the most popular models that would be used in the Film industry..?
For great inspiration take a look at the work of Montreal based graphic designer Julien Vallee … I love this spot, Globo Logos, created for Earth Day … “an ode to the work of Jacques Languirand.
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