Big Buck Bunny

This evening I was having a conversation with Mike, the DP for the film I'm working, about CG, the film industry and festivals. He told me that he followed the Blender Foundation and that they had made and released a film for free...

It was made using Blender; a free and open source 3D software, then licensed it to be completely open. This means you can do all sorts of things to the movie, download it, copy it, sell it, edit it and anything else you want without any limitations or legal issues. It's quite an amazing concept so I had to check out the film.

When I found it I noticed that they are the same people who made Elephants Dream; another stunning short film created entirely in Blender.

Film Set

This week I am helping my house mate Elliot who is making a short film. So far I have been helping out dressing the set with random bits of cables, wire, paper and ex-russian spy plane pipes...

Here is a time lapse we've recorded to show the work that has gone into it. So far the set is looking really cool...



All thats left to do is fill it with books and then start filming


I will also be helping out in the post production stage with sound and CG.

Music: Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

Distraxion: Short Film

Another really cool animation that consists of no dialogue, just great animation to convey a simple message: Distraction in the work place. I found this over at the Twitter of Lucas Martell.



To me it looks like a Maya animation, quite basic but nothing wrong with it as far as I can see. I really like the Jazz saxophonist and then the Rock guitarist. The colour's convey the right mood for the music and the timing of the animation is great.

What do you think of this animation?


Music: Keith Emerson - Piano Concerto No. 1

Final Flight of the Osiris

A friend lent me a few animation DVDs last week and one of them was the now classic Animatrix. I've seen them before but it was a very long time ago, so I thought it would be a good idea to remind myself of a few. The first one on the DVD was Final Flight of the Osiris. Let's not forget just how good this is...





I'm trying to find out what software was used to create it, but haven't had much luck. If you can shed some light for me please leave a comment. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy...

The Last Temptation of Crust

I just found another GREAT animation. About three words said in this whole piece. It's all about the animation and I love the way the way the characters move; in a swinging, almost elegant sort of motion. Very inspiring. Very disgusting also! :D



At first I thought I was looking at stop motion with clay figures or something. But the texture of the box containing the pie was too CG for real life. So I thought they might've combined the two. I'm still not sure even after looking at the software they used, and it's quite a range... Maya, Renderman, Shake, Painter, Photoshop, Premiere and Tsunami.

Check out more from Dax Norman. I really like his work. Especially this music video for Rafter - Juicy

Short, Sweet and Clever Animation

I really love animations like this where there is not dialog, just a title: Friends? And everything the story needs to tell is told through motion and a few facial changes.



Music: The Beatles - Not Guilty

100 Years of Movie Special Effects...

montage in five minutes...



From geekologie.com

"This is a little video montage of notable special effects from movies in the past 100 years all packed into a five minute clip. And as you'll see, we haven't come very far. I want to be able to feeeeeel the movies. I read Brave New World in high school! Also, almost half of a Shakespeare play. Now it's all comic books and cereal boxes.

100 Years of Special Effects [collegehumor]

Thanks to Paul, who once got specially infected by the government and now has the power of three men."

Music: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia - Short Tales Of The Black Forest

New Song Recording

Last night I started recording a new song. At first it reminded me of the theme music to some of Quentin Tarantino movies but now i'm not too sure. Check it out and let me know what you think of it

New song-first draft by eugenesaxe

UPDATE: 07/09/09
It's still not quite there yet... I think it's turning into a 'jam song'. Familiarize yourself with the key changes then try playing a solo over the top and tell me what you think. I would really like to use it in the Music Society this year.

New song-first draft(more) by eugenesaxe