I think the video has got to be visually stunning. Short (i.e. doable) but very epic, and Paul's idea fits the bill. Also, I completely hate the thought of doing a documentary with interviews. "How do you feel about the discontinuation of Softimage?" - "Well, it certainly has affected us a lot, and..." *YAAAAWWWN* Seriously, who'd watch that?
I'm willing to put aside time for Paul's idea. If nothing else, at least we go out with a bang. I have been using SI for around 9 years. These days I mostly do modeling, texturing, lighting and build lots of ICE tools. But in the past I've also been paid to rig, animate, matchmove and comp. So I qualify for the generalist category. Hopefully Paul can pull off the coordination of this. Christian On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:37 PM, <p...@bustykelp.com> wrote: > >> Wow so that's 41 people so far!! I never imagined this would happen. >> >> Its also rather intimidating. I certainly can't lead this on my own, so >> who would like to help coordinate it? >> I'd also like to nail the basis for the idea down soon or we'll be all >> over the place. >> >> This is my idea, cleaned up a bit, with suggestions from Doeke Wartena >> who aptly likened it to Forest Gump's running sequence. >> >> I thought Greg would be a good start, as he still has a lot of followers >> on you-tube and is kind of known. I had a big response from the VFX >> industry when I made it. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9Fod9KigU >> >> We start with Greg Mutt (see above) doing a video blog about Soft being >> killed.. He suddenly jumps up and says You know what? Screw this!! and >> stomps off screen. >> We cut to him walking down a street with purpose. >> Then we cut to various other CGI characters or entities, leaving >> buildings, walking, running. making their way somewhere. >> The shots get bigger as more and more CGI things join the walking groups. >> Its starts getting Epic. Godzilla Stomps through times Square as a bunch >> of Lego-like characters run beneath him etc >> We see Greg again, riding on a Trex, past Mount Rushmore, as helicopters >> fly past . George Washington's stone face says 'Go for it Greg!' >> Tokyo and a bunch of Manga characters strut down the neon streets looking >> mean and others looking Cute join them. >> Paris and a bunch of Monsters stick out their thumbs to hitch a ride. a >> massive spaceship descends. >> etc ( increasingly epic ideas along these lines are up for grabs.) >> Eventually an awesome throng of CGI characters, and entities gather at >> the HQ of Autodesk.. (this could be CGI and Stylised. Black and Imposing) >> They are carrying banners, such as 'make Softimage not war'. They stop.. >> Greg hesitates, from behind him, a character walks to the door. >> It is a little cute Manga girl . she presses the buzzer a reply comes. >> 'Hello, this is Autodesk. Press 1 if you want information on Maya. Press >> 2 if you want information on Max, press...' (this bit needs more thought) >> She leans in and whispers 'Please don't kill us' >> SAVE SOFTIMAGE slams onto screen >> >> I don't want to force anyone to do this idea, but if the general >> consensus is that its a decent start then its worth building on I think. I >> think the good thing about it is that its a simple premise, yet allows for >> great creative freedom. >> >> >
