"The Paindhouse" |
| EvilEye Rockzzz... |
The Revenge of the Pai |
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| Two animation shorts, back to
back |
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| See the film: .mov file (Quicktime, ~36 MB) |
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- Plot outline (Storyboard):
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While MasterPai (the one with the red hat) is quietly levitating in the air, Master EvilEye (the baldy)
sneaks up on him, scares the hack out of him and makes him jump into the air.
The story resumes in the second short, where Master EvilEye is giving a concert but Master Pai does not
forget.
He waits patiently until the time has come to get his revenge...
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- Modeling:
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The MasterPai model was provided. Master EvilEye is the same model with the hat removed. The guitar
was modeled from scratch using images as references.
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- Rigging:
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Prior to animating the sequences, the models were augmented with extra controls that affect
specfic
parts of the body. Namely, NURB curves were added that control the wrists (twist), the
arms (move), the elbows,
the knees, the feet (move, twist, roll) and the hips. Finally, a global control
was added that allows manipulation
of the entire character (move, scale, etc.) in an easy way.
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- Animating:
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Both animations were created using extensive keyframing and editing of the curves using the graph
editor.
Each scene was animated separately and everything was merged during post-production.
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- Rendering:
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Rendering was performed with the Maya default software renderer (for some reason MentalRay did
not work
with my copy). Scenes were exported to .tga images and encoded into movies with
mplayer/mencoder.
The resulting movies were then imported for editing.
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- Post-production:
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Final editing and sound mixing were done in Apple's iMovie HD. Most of the sounds are also part
of the iLife suite.
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