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The Silent City

Thanks for the info Ruairi. Would you mind telling what kind of 3D tools you use? I dabbled a bit with LightWave once, but never got really far with it.

I liked the fake lens effects when you crane over the wall with the wide angle look etc. Definitely adds to the 'real' feeling!
 
Ruairi, Just watched your film again - great, great work. It just gets better each time I see it. A massive well done - on a technical note your daytime environments and particle work are beyond stunning. Get going on the next one (I'm gettin' a red so if you need a second camera let me know - it's all yours).

respec.

James.
 
Rob Lohman said:
Thanks for the info Ruairi. Would you mind telling what kind of 3D tools you use? I dabbled a bit with LightWave once, but never got really far with it.

I liked the fake lens effects when you crane over the wall with the wide angle look etc. Definitely adds to the 'real' feeling!
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3d was done in 3dsmax + vray to render (a couple of shots were ARNOLD renders too, if anyone remembers that - it was the never released renderer that started the whole global illumination thing (and ended up being the core behind sony's renderer used in Monster House...)

Ruairi, Just watched your film again - great, great work. It just gets better each time I see it. A massive well done - on a technical note your daytime environments and particle work are beyond stunning. Get going on the next one (I'm gettin' a red so if you need a second camera let me know - it's all yours).

respec.

James.
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That you Mr. Mathers? Cheers :)

good to hear from ya! myself, yourself, Nick and Sledge should hook up for a drink some time and took mooooooveeez

thanks again,
R.
 
nice movie

nice movie

Ruairi,

I think you have the most self-depricating photo captions on production stills that I have ever seen!

Nice one on the movie. You are a man of many skills.
 
Ruairi Robinson said:
That part was CG too! The live action plate was wobbly as hell, since we couldn't afford to rent a crane, so I had to roto out the moving characters, and project them into a 3D camera mapped version of the location, and re-did the camera move in 3D... There's a VFX breakdown on my site

http://www.ruairirobinson.com/silentcity/silentcity_vfx_breakdowns.mov
(Quicktime h264 - 84 megs)
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Wow that video was incredibly interesting. you're a genius.

I urge everyone to watch the visual fx breakdown.
 
I just watched the breakdown. I didn't realise that the guy that gets sniped at the start was totally CG!

Those comps are absolutely amazing...

What did you composite in? Was it Shake or Flame or something else?

-Stephen
 
jtm said:
Yep, Mr. Mather here, Ruairi. The Saint and I up for pintage anytime for the ranting and triangle playing. I'll bring my spoons and we can duel.
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Thanks man - will have to wait till I have a couple of pennies back in my bank account hehe, but sounds great!

See you when...

R.
 
Ruairi, do you ever do any freelance stuff on the side? I have one shot in mind, for instance, where I want to shoot two army type guys in a desert that is supposedly in the middle east. I can shoot it in the high desert here in CA, but I want to add an Islamic minaret far off in the background, for atmosphere. Maybe a 5-second shot. At 1080p or 2k or 4K, how difficult or expensive would that be? The shot would likely be on a dolly moving somewhat smoothly.
 
Ruairi, this is great work.

I just have one question (for you or anyone who might know). Does the fact that you are sharing your film with us here on Reduser.net disqualify it from mayor film festivals?

I am just wondering since I have seen many that want "undistributed" works and they list the web as a distribution medium. Then again, maybe Reduser.net or dvx.com don't count because they could be considered "niche" member-based industry-forum space not-generaly-open-to-the-general-public-unless-you-own-or-lust-after-a-red-or-hvx-camera.

Well, you probably don't care either way, but I was wondering if it is an issue.
 
Tom said:
Ruairi, do you ever do any freelance stuff on the side? I have one shot in mind, for instance, where I want to shoot two army type guys in a desert that is supposedly in the middle east. I can shoot it in the high desert here in CA, but I want to add an Islamic minaret far off in the background, for atmosphere. Maybe a 5-second shot. At 1080p or 2k or 4K, how difficult or expensive would that be? The shot would likely be on a dolly moving somewhat smoothly.
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Matte painting this one.

Put something trackable in the shot, red or blk painted golf balls for sand. min 4 visible at any 1 time, quite well spread out.

Get a photo and track it in. refine till happy :)

send me a pm if ya need any more help/info

S
 
Tom said:
Ruairi, do you ever do any freelance stuff on the side? I have one shot in mind, for instance, where I want to shoot two army type guys in a desert that is supposedly in the middle east. I can shoot it in the high desert here in CA, but I want to add an Islamic minaret far off in the background, for atmosphere. Maybe a 5-second shot. At 1080p or 2k or 4K, how difficult or expensive would that be? The shot would likely be on a dolly moving somewhat smoothly.
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Hey Tom - sounds totally doable... might need to roto some of the foreground characters if they cross the BG area, and if they cross it a LOT then it could take a little while... Like Flameup says, it may need to be just a matte painting (or photocomp) depending on the camera move...

I don't *really* do FX work for other people any more... unless I'm broke...

Umm... I'm broke.

I just have one question (for you or anyone who might know). Does the fact that you are sharing your film with us here on Reduser.net disqualify it from mayor film festivals?
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Yes, I've just made my film ineligible for Cannes, and several other high profile festivals. They refused to screen my last short even after it was nominated for an Oscar, so Fuck 'em.

R.
 
Sean said:
Dare I say it? Most of the bigger festivals have become "out of touch."
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Alot of them seem to be a bit too lar-di-dar if you know what I mean, an excuse for a posh pissup.
 
This is what Richard Corliss had to say in Time Magazine about the 2007 Sundance Film Festival:

You don't find as much originality in Sundance films these days, and for a simple reason. In the beginning, the festival was a home for the homeless, for a rambunctious outlaw take on filmmaking. There was no need to be cautious, since indie films were rarely hits. But as Sundance became the showcase for a form of movie gaining marketplace pull, young directors naturally made films to fit the new mold.... Trying to get your intellectual fill with Sundance films is like choosing homemade popcorn over the concession-stand variety: higher quality, little nourishment.
 
Sean said:
This is what Richard Corliss had to say in Time Magazine about the 2007 Sundance Film Festival:

You don't find as much originality in Sundance films these days, and for a simple reason. In the beginning, the festival was a home for the homeless, for a rambunctious outlaw take on filmmaking. There was no need to be cautious, since indie films were rarely hits. But as Sundance became the showcase for a form of movie gaining marketplace pull, young directors naturally made films to fit the new mold.... Trying to get your intellectual fill with Sundance films is like choosing homemade popcorn over the concession-stand variety: higher quality, little nourishment.
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Heh - Now I'm just confused! My last short film was shown in Sundance :)
 
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