VFX Short Film – Google Pin Rampages

luksdm · August 2, 2011

AnsonAdams uploaded his latest short movie a couple of days ago. It’s not only an entertaining video, but also a good example of Blender being used in VFX.

When asked what he had used Blender for in this video, he said :

In my short film I used Blender 2.58a for the pin and 3D animation, utilizing the raytracing function to provide realistic reflections. I also created simple meshes to provide accurate shadows which are often called “shadow catchers”. Furthermore this project roughly took 20 hours from start to finish and used programs such as Final Cut, After Effects, Mocha, and Syntheyes. Syntheyes was essential and provided 3D tracking information to import to Blender.

Author luksdm

13 responses

dato

2 August 2011 at 12:37

I like

youngapprentice

2 August 2011 at 12:48

LOL! So funny! nice job. I thought I saw a couple Action Essentials 2 elements from our friends over at video copilot ;)
Oh and *First*!

Dennis F.

2 August 2011 at 12:57

Yes- great! Lets make the 2nd video (angry birds) :D

aws357

2 August 2011 at 13:18

The thing I find highly unrealistic in this video is that this kid has an iPhone (ok, maybe I’m too old, but in my days, kids did not have smartphones with unlimited data… but I am an oldtimer…)

Moolah

2 August 2011 at 14:12

Funny! )) Good script, indeed! :)

eukleyvcardoso

2 August 2011 at 15:04

lol, “what’s the point of this game”

AlekB

2 August 2011 at 15:18

Angry Birds = Already been done. Check it out at
http://www.youtube.com/corridordigital

LswaN

2 August 2011 at 16:52

Very nicely done. I’m looking forwad to angry birds!

NeverSayNot

2 August 2011 at 20:14

Awesome Video…….I see a full feature film to be made. Well….Indeed the guy/boy in the video does own an iPhone with essentially unlimited data capability….texting that is…but the data restrictions are 2GB/month. LOL

BlenderUser

3 August 2011 at 00:45

Don’t want to be all negativ on this, but he used Blender only for the pin?! So…a sphere on a tube basically…
The reflection isn’t bad, but not that good either. It’s not a real reflection of course, it doesn’t move, doesn’t show the actual environment, etc. The animation comes from Blender, too? Wouldn’t it be easier to just use mocha? It’s in there anyway.
So what exactly are the requirements to get featured on the official blender front page?

But all in all it’s a good clip. Nice idea and good realization.

PS: Is there a specific reason to use syntheyes over mocha to export to Blender? (not sure if mocha can export to blender). Because I would have used mocha for everything then.