--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stanley@> > > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > > <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This 1980s three-minute commercial for Isuzu, > > > according > > > > to PC World's Steve Bass, was made without special > > > > effects or CGI. > > > > > > > > YouTube: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/zlx7z > > > > > > Nice driving! Too bad the cars were so fugly. > > > > > > There's also the Rube Goldberg Honda commercial: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/leh5z > > > > > > I remember reading an article about that commercial > > > when it first came > > > out, and it was also not CGI. They just did take > > > after take after > > > take, for hours on end, and finally it worked > > > perfectly, and the crew > > > was stunned when it finally worked. > > > > Having worked in TV production for many years in my > > first career, I doubt such a complex sequence would be > > left to chance and shot over and over again until it > > came out right. It would cost way too much because of > > the time involved. A producer would say ,"NO WAY" to > > the expense. I believe the production story is just a > > fun, false story. > > > > Ubelieveable that anyone would think this wasn't CGI. Do people think that > Gollem in Lord > of the Rings was some kind of body suit? > > Jeeze. > > Here's how it was done: someone took Maya or some other professional level > animation > package and drew 3D images of all the parts. Then they created some kind of > 3D physics > engine, probably tweaked to make it look better than Maya's own built-in > Physics > simulator, and ran the simulation til it looked right, rendered it, used > various after- > rendering applications to make sure it looked as good as it possibly could, > added sound > effects, and that's it. > > Here's a very baby version of the same thing done using the level editor for > AFterlife, > including the game's own sound effects: > > http://tinyurl.com/pv928 > > Here's another one without sound effects: > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4049365580674350429 > > > Remember: the above were done using FREE level editors for a silly $50 game. > The > commercial was done using a $7,000 software package that used to cost $60,000. >
Blush. Though I still think the producers were ripped off. It would have cost less to do teh CGI version and would have looked just as good: http://www.theembassyvfx.com/main.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
