Rhapsody with James is online
My short film ‘Rhapsody with James’ is finally online. You can see it either on Youtube or in Quicktime on the project website. Ok, some direct links where you can see it: Quicktime (standard resolution – 720×405) Quicktime (large resolution – 1280×720) Youtube (HD) Project website Hope you enjoy it! Share → Tweet
RWJ: Screenings in Italy, Portugal and Sweden
Some follow up to the Rhapsody with James screenings after the Budapest premiere. The film will be shown in three more European places in the next two months. Be sure to check it out if you happen to be somewhere around: Milano film festival: Milano, Italy (12.-21.September. The film will be screened as part of “Maratona Animazione”) Fantastisk Filmfestival: Lund, Sweden (18.-27. September) Animatu: Beja, Portugal (15.-19. October) Share → Tweet
Rhapsody with James premiere: Budapest!
I was just notified that Rhapsody with James has been selected into Budapest short film festival! The festival will be held from 3.-7. September which also sets the premiere date. Yay! You can find the complete ‘Budapest short film festival’ competition selection here: http://www.busho.hu/?menuID=program&pageID=08program&lang=en Share → Tweet
Rhapsody with James – a new site
I’ve created a small site for ‘Rhapsody with James’ with some images and full credits. Nothing biggie yet but I’ll update the site with more info in the future. Link: http://rhapsody.rokandic.com Share → Tweet
Rhapsody with James: FINAL!
Well, as the title says…. It’s final!!! I’m looking at the festival lists and where to submit it but more on that on the coming posts. Right now I’m just happy it’s finished! Share → Tweet
More images from Rhapsody with James
Two more images from Rhapsody with James. Things are getting pretty near the end as far as visuals go. There are only a few shots that need rerendering of 3d elements but otherwise I’m mostly fine tuning things in compositing. Share → Tweet
Intro shot
This is an image from the first shot of the movie. This is the only shot in the movie with quite a lot of overpainting done in Photoshop. Since only the first two buildings on the right are actually shown from different angle later in the movie I decided that only those two buildings will get full texture work done in 3d. For the most parts of other buildings I just did a light pass with simple shaders (no textures) and then painted those details in Photoshop. Share → Tweet
That one shot work…
Sometimes there are shots that require models not used in any other shot. And they just happen to be very short, sometimes less than 2 seconds. You have to do all the models, textures and lighting that are not reusable for any other part of the film. In the end the time you spend per frame on the shot is well…. quite high. Below is one of those shots from ‘Rhapsody with James’, visible for 46 frames… Share → Tweet
Rendering
I’m in the process of lighting, rendering and compositing all the shots in ‘Rhapsody with James’. It’s been quite some time since I’ve done any serious lighting so it took me a while to get used to the whole thing. I’ve been thinking how much will I render in 3d and how much will I solve in compositing. At first I thought I’ll do most of it in compositing and break it into as many layers as possible. Sounds good but at the end of the first shot I rendered... Read The Rest →
Animation is final!
Well more or less, I’ll still have to fix things that are only seen in rendering like objects intersecting, contacts, etc… Below is the final version of the sequence I’ve shown in blocking stages before: James coming home. Now off to rendering & lighting! Share → Tweet