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Made ‘n ‘Merica

Ben — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:08:21 +0000

In-house sequence for use on the reel, and wherever else it seems appropriate.

Nortega II

Ben — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:17:32 +0000

Closing mockup showing how we transition to black.

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Explosion check

Nortega closer

Ben — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:07:03 +0000

What could I possibly say? Nortega silliness. It makes for some fun loops if you fiddle with the frames.

SC003-c002

Ben — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:51 +0000

Added firing frames. Casings still to come.

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Casings added. Bodies next.

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Linestests for near BG characters falling to machinegun fire. With judicious timing these three can be doubled up for the half of the rotation that passes by before the transition.

Additional BG elements next.

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Secondary BG characters with limited animation. One final plate and perhaps a nice explosion will round out the BG elements.

Jumprope boards partial

Ben — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:16:21 +0000

A few images for the jumprope cut.

Jumping rope sets up rhythmic sounds. The skip of the rope sets a counter point to the slap of the shoes. Use it, both with the music and to establish a beat to the action.

As she begins to rise above the ground, each bounce causes flywire lines in blue to ripple out from the impact, counterpointing the orange and red flames.

The live-action angles are purposefully static so as to emphasize the dichotomy between the reality and the animated fantasy… static angles for live action, dynamic angles for animation. Ideally we’d roto over footage of the same actress who’s shot for the live segments, and since we’re rotoing in the flames and the lava and monsters and so forth, the angles can be as creative as the people shooting the footage care to make them.

This is a segment where we might also recommend that the animated character resemble the live one, rather than transforming into a costumed version. It would speed the roto process immensely, and emphasize the stylistic nature of the fantasy rather than the character herself.

We can also look for opportunities in the live footage to emphasize the flywire lines on the shoes whenever possible, espescially at points near the transition between live and animated footage. It’s not hard to roto a glow down the lines, or energy crackling along them, for any of the five spots.

Dino Animations

fate — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:58:57 +0000

More animations after the jump:

AMPM spot : full animation

fate — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:50:15 +0000

Here is an early test we did for our West Coast friends at BuckLA… this was a fun look. Although thinking back it was very complex and difficult to execute properly…. heck we still had a blast working on it. Especially with all the hand drawn elements in the 3d space.

Kenny the Shark : KHM

fate — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:19:53 +0000

Here are some way back frames from the first episode of the Kenny the Shark spinoff show Kenny’s Home Movies. Maybe this was 2003? Good grief we’re getting old…

Nplay handshake

fate — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:45:32 +0000

little character thing:

AMPM spots : Animatic Ideas

fate — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:02:22 +0000

Here is a collection of some shots that were part of a :30 spot. This is a good example of the type of line test animatics we do here at Humouring the Fates. We did these for the good folks at Buck LA. These never got made but it sure would have been cool to see these through the paces… maybe next time… or when some AMPM account holder stumbles accross this page and demands that these kernels of kool are popped & produced.