About the Film
The Plot
Mark, a well-meaning college student, volunteers for Earth’s first inter-species exchange program and must come to terms with his new alien roommate Gonk: an insufferably superior slob whose only interest in humanity is the intoxicating effect of its carbonated beverages. The story is told through sit down interview sessions with Mark and documentary footage of their life together.
Live Action Unit
Mark: Joe Anderson
Gonk Stand-In: Nathan Brue
Director: Tim Little
Camera: Tim Little
Lighting: David Waagenar
Production Sound: Ethan Faure / Rob Davis / Charlie McPike
Production Assistant: Peter Worwag
Motion Capture Unit
Gonk Mocap Performance: Nathan Brue / Ethan Faure
Technical Director: Tim Little
Mocap PA: Peter Worwag / Ethan Faure
Animation Cleanup & Editing: Tim Little
Mark, a well-meaning college student, volunteers for Earth’s first inter-species exchange program and must come to terms with his new alien roommate Gonk: an insufferably superior slob whose only interest in humanity is the intoxicating effect of its carbonated beverages. The story is told through sit down interview sessions with Mark and documentary footage of their life together.
Live Action Unit
Mark: Joe Anderson
Gonk Stand-In: Nathan Brue
Director: Tim Little
Camera: Tim Little
Lighting: David Waagenar
Production Sound: Ethan Faure / Rob Davis / Charlie McPike
Production Assistant: Peter Worwag
Motion Capture Unit
Gonk Mocap Performance: Nathan Brue / Ethan Faure
Technical Director: Tim Little
Mocap PA: Peter Worwag / Ethan Faure
Animation Cleanup & Editing: Tim Little
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Shot 9A Update: IK Rig
After rigging Gonk with a new full body IK rig I had to re-create my earlier work on this shot. Although my mocap actor did a fantastic job of staying in sync with the pre-recorded footage, lots of hand-tweaking was required to cement Gonk into the scene (firm hand placement, correct eyeline, etc)
The joint chains that control the whiskers are animated dynamically through a softbody particle rig that is part of the Maya 2010 Bonus Tools.
The joint chains that control the whiskers are animated dynamically through a softbody particle rig that is part of the Maya 2010 Bonus Tools.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Shot 4D Update: Hand Keyed IK Rig
Now that Gonk has been updated with a full-body FK/IK control rig I am able to start hand-keying some of the more complex animation sequences. Nathan Brue, my mocap performer, did an admirable job of matching his movements to the footage but this shot requires a perfect synchronization between the live action bottle and Gonk's hands, which means lots of animation on my part.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Kitchen Scene
Here is a quick playblast of the work in progress Maya scenes for shots 4E and 4F to see how everything looks put together. No rendering/compositing yet.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Interview Render Test
A render test to see how Gonk looks with full animation, motion blur, and displacement maps. Rendered with Mental Ray.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Procedural Compositing Test with Nuke
A short breakdown of my compositing technique using NukeX 6. A 3D camera is created for the shot and then the footage is re-projected back onto a floating card that conceals the desired object (in this case, a white brochure). I learned this trick from a video up on the Foundry's youtube page!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Shot 9A Matchmove and Animation
A raw playblast of the maya scene with low-res Gonk model to check matchmove and timing.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Shot 9A Motion Capture
Raw playblast of the Motion Builder scene for shot 9A. It's fun to see my character model in action finally! Clearly some hand animation will be required to make this shot feel authentic (ie no clipping through geometry and proper eye lines)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Midnight Snack & Mocap Editing
My first attempt at laying hand animation over the mocap data and "cementing" my character into the scene. Big thanks to my mocap performer Nathan Brue!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Boujou Matchmove Test
First matchmove using Boujou. The calibration and tweaking process is very user-friendly but I am even more impressed by how solid the automatic solves are!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Facial Performance Capture
Proof of concept demonstration of my facial motion capture rig. The actor's face is recorded by HD video camera and then key points on the face are optically tracked with Maya Live. These trackpoints are then used to animate locators which in turn animate the facial bones of my 3D character.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Motion Capture Test
First motion capture test using the low-poly Gonk model. I am excited by how well the legs work, even with the backwards knee.
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