Maybe it is designed to entice them to complete the set by buying other products, at any rate i wouldn't fault them for shipping it with the product but for the fact that, they can already see it online ? At any rate, it looks gorgeous, almost too gorgeous for a toy commercial ?
May i ask how big the team was ? On 4 November 2013 17:06, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > I never understood the concept of advertising a product you have already > sold. > It's kind of like the HBO commercials, that you get while watching HBO. > Hello? You are already subscribed to HBO, if you are watching the > commercial. > > This observation is NOT to detract from your wonderful Softimage / Arnold > animation. > I would say the "commercial" is more useful to give the child an imaginary > story > to go with the toy(s). > Great work! > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 9:36 AM, philipp seis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> it's actually a commercial. It appears on a DVD that ships with those >> Knights. >> The good thing is, that we have the freedom to let the story be in >> the foreground, so it feels more like making a shortfilm rather >> than creating a commercial. >> >> >> 2013/11/4 olivier jeannel <[email protected]> >> >>> Wow, very nice, and I love the renders ! >>> But is it a short movie or an advert ? >>> >>> ...one year playing playmobils ^^ :D >>> >>> >>> Le 04/11/2013 10:36, philipp seis a écrit : >>> >>> Hello list, >>>> >>>> i would like to share our last inhouse production from Playmobil >>>> called the "Guardians of the Dragonhearts." >>>> >From the first written idea on paper to the final product we worked >>>> pretty much exactly a year on it, finishing in august 2013. >>>> We usually release our movies in 6 languages. >>>> So far i can offer 3 according to the countries to which the theme is >>>> shipped >>>> by now. I hope you don't mind, or speak either: >>>> >>>> german >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfgXO-jQ0aY&noredirect=1 >>>> french >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M7z3powmHg&feature=c4-overview-vl&list= >>>> PL4237B9B68DE28548&noredirect=1 >>>> or dutch :) >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeNy4BdMD0I&list= >>>> PL4237B9B68DE28548&noredirect=1 >>>> >>>> It was of course done in Softimage, rendered in Arnold and with our >>>> first excessive >>>> use of fire and smoke, using the em Plugins. >>>> >>>> Cheers ! philipp >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. Davidson* > > *(954) 552-7956 <%28954%29%20552-7956>* [email protected] > > *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* > > > - Arthur C. Clarke > > <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >
