just trying to figure out how the marionette took of her robe, but, hey, great piece!!
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Meng-Yang Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > From Chris Bayol who lead the job: > > Rigging was straight up Maya animation tools. We actually tried to > incorporate dynamics in the rigs to give them that wobbly quality, but > ended up just animating it all. Cloth was nCloth in Maya. Wires were done > in Houdini using the wire solver. Everything rendered in Arnold. What you > don't see is that there's an actress wearing a bathrobe pretending to be a > puppet. Pretty funny actually to see this rather attractive actress act > super goofy. 2D actually painted out the actress and then married the > live action robe to the CG puppet. Ultimately, they still had to make the > robe in CG in some shots to give more freedom for animation to do whatever > they wanted. Just a strong concept, funny writing, and a lot of TLC from > the Mill LA. > > -CB > ........... > > Any other specific I can pass along to the team. > > -Lu > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Mr Alexei Godek <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/how-the-mill-made-its-marionettes/ >> >> >> On 16 June 2014 18:25, David Rivera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I just came across this: >>> >>> >>> DIRECTV - Marionettes "Am I Pretty" TV Spot >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx2OSU6YdPo> >>> [image: image] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx2OSU6YdPo> >>> DIRECTV - Marionettes "Am I Pretty" TV Spot >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx2OSU6YdPo> >>> View on www.youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx2OSU6YdPo> >>> Preview by Yahoo >>> Looks so "lifelike" :) heheh. >>> >>> Anyone on the list could tell us something about the rigging? >>> Cheers. >>> >>> *David Rivera* >>> *3D Compositor/Animator* >>> LinkedIN <http://ec.linkedin.com/in/3dcinetv> >>> Behance <https://www.behance.net/3dcinetv> >>> VFX Reel <https://vimeo.com/70551635> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> [email protected] >> http://www.xtfx.co.uk/ >> >> > -- www.edschiffer.com
