Dan Wagner was Head of Character Animation. He first started in 2D animation at the age of 8, and switched to 3D on Shrek 2. He started on Kung Fu Panda before the characters had any rigs, so, falling back on his many years as a traditional animator, worked on test animations for main character Po in pencil and paper. The film was in animation for a year and a half. Throughout, Wagner’s mantra was “ambient motion”, the importance of keeping the characters alive through subtle queues, be it breathing, or a lifted hand that was fighting against gravity no matter how strong the pose.
Dan Wagner是《功夫熊貓》的角色動畫總監。他早從八歲就開始製作2D動畫,參與電影《史瑞克2》時轉型為 3D 動畫師。在《功夫熊貓》還沒有做任何骨架綁定(rig ) 的階段,他就受命開始為主角阿波(Po)做動畫測試,重拾紙筆,回歸他早期從事的傳統動畫。《功夫熊貓》在動畫的製作階段花了一年半的時間。這段期間,Wagner 的口頭禪就是「注意小動作」(ambient motion)。不管你的姿勢(Pose)多麼富有張力,為了使角色栩栩如生,那就必須透過細微之處來表現。像是呼吸的起伏,或是為了對抗地心引力微微舉起的手。
Carlos Baena :在開始製作玩具總動員三之前,有些時間做一些關於巴斯光年這個角色的測試。在這之前,我沒表演過這個角色,這也讓我可以從過去許多優秀動畫師為這個角色所做的作品中學到很多。這個版本的測試有著不少問題,不過也還好及早犯錯(也能及早修正)。此外,導演 Lee Unkrich 非常開放,也很鼓勵我去嘗試一些不同的東西,只要是能讓這個角色發揮更多更具娛樂效果的可能性。我戒慎恐懼地執行這份任務,特別還是要表演一個自己很愛的作品裡的角色(同時還是前兩集的粉絲)。所以我花了很多時間在家做研究,思考著如何能把這個作品做好!
A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.
A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission... An animated short movie by Thomas Obrecht, Guillaume Berthoumieu and Marc Menneglier from ArtFX ( info & pictures from Here. )
一個飛行員,穿越太空回報任務結果 ... 短片由 Thomas Obrecht, Guillaume Berthoumieu and Marc Menneglier 所製作。
幕後製作 The Archiver MAKING-OF
Artfx school is a higher education provider and training center for 3D computer graphics, 3D animation and digital special effects. Located in Montpellier (south of France) the school was created by professionals from the film, animation, video games and visual effects industries.
Luma Pictures is a full service visual effects facility located in Santa Monica, California. Founded in 2002, Luma Pictures has contributed to more than 50 films. Luma Pictures' output encompasses virtually every subcategory of visual effects from three dimensional creatures to complex digital environments and sets.
Luma Pictures 是一間位於加州 Santa Monica 的專業視覺特效公司。成立於 2002年,至今已參與製作超過 50 部電影。Luma Pictures 的專業幾乎囊括所有類型的視覺特效,從複雜的生物到 3D 擬真場景 ... 等等都包括 ...。
A short story about two unlikely friends saying goodbye. A young man named Charles just lost his home. He spends one last day with his best friend, a sea turtle, before moving on.
短片故事是一個人與一隻龜的道別,像是寓言故事般的超現實。 Charles 頓時間失去了他的家(沉沒了),就在這最後一天,即將離別之際,他向他的朋友,一隻海龜,說聲莎喲娜啦!
Eric Bates 是一個在日本京都藝術大學的加拿大人,這部作品 Sayonara (日語再見) 是他的團隊畢業作品!