Nuit Blanche by Arev Manoukian

Posted July 25th, 2010 in CG, animation, shortfilm by Shareef

This noir-style short film, directed Arev Manoukian of Spy Films, contains some extraordinary post production work as documented in this making-of video. It takes the feeling of love at first sight, and presents it in a visual form.

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy

Avatar Days

Posted July 25th, 2010 in CG, animation, games, shortfilm by Shareef
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This is a short film directed by Gavin Kelly. It was filmed, vfx’ed and composited all in just 4 days as part of the 4 day Film catagory in the Darklight Film Festival.

It follows 4 MMORPG players taking about their online persona’s. As they tell their stories, we see them go about their everyday lives against the mundane backdrop of city life…but as their Avatars.

Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0

Posted July 25th, 2010 in CG, animation by Shareef

There is a lot of hype surrounding this promo video for a new multi-physics simulator by Lagoa Technologies Inc, headed by Thiago Costa, lead technical director at Ubisoft Digital Arts. The promo boasts some of the most impressive particle renders ever seen.

Halo Combat

Posted May 16th, 2010 in CG, animation, games, shortfilm by Shareef
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Before Neill Blomkamp directed District 9, he was slated to direct a film based on the videogame Halo. Unfortunately, the project fell apart — but this clip serves up a little taste of what could have been.

Resonant Chamber

Posted May 3rd, 2010 in CG, animation, music by Shareef

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Resonant Chamber is taken from the Animusic 2 DVD, a selection of computer animated music sequences where virtual instruments perform music on their own, precisely playing each note. This particular instrument is more of a hybrid of string instruments, plucked by strange, crab-like claws. The modelling is higly imaginative, and the animation timing is particularly precise. When played at full screen, with headphones, the piece is quite mesmorising.