Halloween animation!

Dadoo · Post by **Dadoo** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:54 pm

I know this is quite a simple animation, but I like how it turned out.

http://www.vimeo.com/27726486

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:03 pm

LOL, I loved it, very dynamic and they almost look alive, well done!

Was it real footage or did you add the motion in Anime Studio?

Dadoo · Post by **Dadoo** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:15 am

I came up with all the motions on my own based on the feel of the song and what I know about do-wop music!

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:06 am

I meant the background, is it real footage or a still image that you rocked in Anime Studio?

Dadoo · Post by **Dadoo** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:56 am

OH! LOL! No. That's just my office. Those pumpkins are actual artificial foam pumpkins. The faces were projected onto them. So, what you are seeing is real footage of my office. I shot video of the projection so everyone could see how the effect looked. Hope that answers your question.

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:17 am

Since there were no actual movements other than the AS stuff, I think a photo of the 3 pumpkins would have been better. At least for rendering times. If you wanted to record the pumpkins like you did you could of moved them a few degrees left and right for a few frames and moved them back for some profile fx. But as it is, its very entertaining and I liked it.

Dadoo · Post by **Dadoo** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:39 pm

Actually, the projection is SUPPOSED to be used with real or artificial pumpkins as seen in the video. This is the same way Disney does the singing Jack-o-Lanterns in the Haunted Mansion during Halloween. Pretty sure they are using AS for the animation as well.

SvenFoster · Post by **SvenFoster** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:49 pm

Dadoo wrote:Actually, the projection is SUPPOSED to be used with real or artificial pumpkins as seen in the video. This is the same way Disney does the singing Jack-o-Lanterns in the Haunted Mansion during Halloween.
Pretty sure they are using AS for the animation as well.

I think sbtamu was suggesting instead of using a video of static pumpkins you could have used a single image and wiggled it in ASP.

The video footage didn't have any movement other than camera and the same could have been achieved with a single image with much quicker render times that is all.

Oh I liked it too

Dadoo · Post by **Dadoo** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:00 pm

I see what you're saying, and it's a good idea. BUT, the effect wouldn't have looked as good without using an actual projector on the pumpkins. There is a certain glare and coloring that can only be achieved by projecting the animation. I also shot this live because I wanted the client to see EXACTLY how the effect worked. Hope that makes sense.

cucumihai · Post by **cucumihai** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:10 pm

Doesn't matter as long as it looks good.
Very nice, i like it.

SvenFoster · Post by **SvenFoster** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:29 pm

cucumihai wrote:Doesn't matter as long as it looks good.
Very nice, i like it.

Agree just translating