This is first ever written, directed, composited TV opening I did. This programme investigate the future of television development in HK. So I used a different scenario that related to TV and let the TV man to travel across, like a labyrinth with confusion. And finally it comes to a notebook that symbolized new media, and he seems to find a new horizon of the future.
Website of the programme
http://programme.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/programme.php?name=tv/tvhorizon&p=4812
Another old test, again based on some concept sketches I had done. This was for a project in Ireland that fell through, but I went ahead and animated a bit of it anyway. Responsible for all animation and character design. The development sketches are here if you scroll down the page: http://www.pmross.com/page4.php
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Demo: Breakdown List
— Copito: “Snowflake – Copito de nieve”, 2011 – Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Cartoon-Style White Teen Gorilla, main character. filmaxinternational.com/film.php?id=9
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, facial rig development with the rig supervisor, final rig weigh-map, facial shapes support for the facial rig, facial expressions presets and facial panel for animators, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage 2011, Photoshop, Nuke).
— Ailur: “Snowflake – Copito de nieve”, 2011 – Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Cartoon-Style Red Panda. filmaxinternational.com/film.php?id=9
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, facial rig development with the rig supervisor, final rig weigh-map, facial shapes support for the facial rig, facial expressions presets and facial panel for animators, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage 2011, Photoshop, Nuke).
— Ron: “Snowflake – Copito de nieve”, 2011 – Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Cartoon-Style Silverback Gorilla. filmaxinternational.com/film.php?id=9
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, facial rig development with the rig supervisor, final rig weigh-map, facial shapes support for the facial rig, facial expressions presets and facial panel for animators, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage 2011, Photoshop, Nuke).
— Avellaneda: “DonkeyXote”, 2007- Best Animation film Goya Award Nominee 2009, Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Aged Villain. donkeyxote.filmax.com/
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage XSI, Photoshop, Nuke).
— Perez: “The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2 – El Ratón Perez 2”, 2008- Best Animation film Goya Award Nominee 2010, Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Cartoon-Style Mouse, main character. perez2.filmax.com/
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, blenshapes, facial expressions presets and facial panel for animators, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage XSI, Photoshop, Nuke).
— Fugaz: “The Hairy Tooth Fairy – El Ratón Perez”, 2006- Best Animation film Goya Award 2006, Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
Cartoon-Style Villain Mouse. perez.filmax.com/
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, blenshapes, facial expressions presets and facial panel for animators, pose, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage XSI, Photoshop, Nuke).
— El Cid: “El Cid The Legend”, 2003- Best Animation film Goya Award 2003, Filmax Animation-BREN Entertainment, bren.es
3D Toon-Style Characters. movies.filmax.com/elcid/elcid.htm
Created model: Model, using model sheets design references, UV layout, Toon Shading, lighting, Mental Ray render and compositing passes, (Softimage XSI, Photoshop, Nuke).
Drawing sketches in sketchbooks, stop-motion analog/digital animation, 2010-2011.
This piece was started during the residency in Brut, Wien, Austria, in December, 2010. http://www.brut-wien.at/start.php?navid=detail&id=503 Originally, it appeared in the form of 15-screens / 24-audio-channels installation, also got this animation form in several months of reworking. The development of digital processing technologies has opened up many new artistic possibilities for both, media artist Patrick K.-H. and musician Burkhard Stangl, while at the same time shattering the authorship of works. In their exchange project, artists ask about the meaning of the age-old cultural technique of writing and new possibilities of transforming knowledge. Sketches in sketchbooks of both artists became content for animation, and for soundtrack it is used the oldest recording which was made in Austria ever – Brahms plays Piano, 1889.
http://drawnsound.org/burkhard_stangl.html
Cleaning has never been more fun! Serial Cleaner is a story-driven, fast-paced stealth/action game, characterized by a 1970s theme and aesthetics. You are a professional cleaner with huge mustache and even bigger sunglasses . Your job is to clean up murder scenes by disposing bodies, covering up blood stains and hiding murder weapons and other incriminating evidence.
Website
http://ifun4all.com/index.php/serial-cleaner/
Soundtrack By Cat Sant’ Anna: Summer Nights (Instrumental)
https://www.soundcloud.com/cat-sant-anna/summer-nights-instrumental
‘Five Ways In’ tells the story of five people and their journeys through the Freiburg International Contact Improvisation Festival of 2012. Each person had a seed or intention for the week that captured different positions and experiences of the festival. The documentary team of Mike, Sonja and Alyssa followed and filmed the development of their seeds through the week, capturing moments when they were tested and satisfied. Filming and editing was informed by principles of contact improvisation and the theme and format of the film was built in collaboration with the contact community, most particularly at ECITE 2012 in Bern, Switzerland.
See article on Freiburg 2012 in CI Quarterly: http://www.contactquarterly.com/contact-improvisation/newsletter/view/freiburg-contact-festival-2012.php
Music (Clarinet): Bruno Labouret
Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.4 conversion to Canon EOS
Folks this is a 24 minute video, so if you want see full detail on how this conversion is done, then go grab a drink 🙂 I’m pretty sure this is the most detailed-documented procedure on how to convert a Minolta MD lens to Canon EOS. It is of my opinion that the best Minolta SR mount 50mm primes were the MD Rokkor-X 50/1.2 and 50/1.4. By this time in Minolta’s manual SLR lens development they had figured out the best coatings, saved some weight and size, and engineered their best aperture diaphragm (hence MD for Minimum Diaphragm). This lens is Minolta’s second gen. MD lens. The last and 3rd generation were perhaps just a good optically, but they builds were of more plastic.
Please visit the following forum thread where you will find further discussion (Q&A) and sample photos taken with this lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II: http://www.motleypixel.com/forum/index.php/topic,608.0.html
The Goal: PHP MVC Framework that runs smoothly on my local development machine (Mac OS X) and then deploys smoothly to a shared host (Dreamhost) for fast, cheap and fun web development projects.
The Deploy Script:
http://pastie.caboo.se/201214
Brand New Box
http://www.brandnewbox.com
This tutorial offers a cheap and and easy way of making a DIY cam slider that is tripod mounted.
Total build cost around 20 dollars US.
It is by no means perfect and it does not give Hollywood stile slides but the slides are pretty good as can be seen in the last part of the video.
It is still under development so stay tuned for updates on modifications.
Tripod mount for the Go Pro is inspired by RAMBO who is the moderator of the Go Pro user forum.
http://goprouser.freeforums.org/index.php
MATERIALS:
– Floor shin set
– 2 x 1/4 inch bolt
– 2 x 1/4 nuts
– a couple of pieces of plastic/credit card
– epoxy or instant glue
– Tripod
– Bungee string
TOOLS:
– Drill and drill bit
– Metal file
– Saw
– Measuring device
Have fun and feel free to ask questions regarding the setup.
Discalimer/Warning!
Please use safety equipment when working with tools and make sure that correct measures are taken to protect the surface you are working on.
I assume no responsibility for damages or injuries caused to or by people attempting to recreate this rig.
Please do not fit heavier cams on this mount. It is a light weight construction specifically designed for light cams!!!