Europride - pufff
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UPDATE - 4th JUNE 2009 : DIGITAL ARTS - Interview
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=12734
UPDATE - 29th MAY 2009 : CREATIVITY LINK
http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=8cfc667f
UPDATE - 28th MAY 2009 : BOARDSMAG ‘TOP SPOT’
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/tvfilm/7629
UPDATE - 28th MAY 2009 : CG CHANNEL LINK
http://www.cgchannel.com/
UPDATE - 26th MAY 2009 : MOTIONOGRAPHER WRITE UP
http://motionographer.com/2009/05/26/europride-pufff/
UPDATE - 21st MAY 2009 : MENTION ON FEED
http://www.feedhere.com/?p=4393
Europride Pufff directed by Richard Hickey is our proudest moment to date. It represents the nature of work we’d ideally be doing 24/7. Quirky, edgy and a bit of glitz and glamour. It was done under extremely limited circumstances, yet film crews, international drag queens, audio genuises (i?) and one top producer came together to make it what it is.
Although it seems that Richard and I have been working on this little thing for months, it’s only been a matter of weeks. As well as doing the CGI as per usual, we were thrilled as a studio to take some extra reigns in terms of editing, digital cinematography and final compositing.
You can see a Youtube HD version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4tVpZlmBUM
We have reems of funny footage which we’ll turn into a podcast, but for now here’s a clip of me prepping for the role…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJdkY0FoUs
Watch this space for updates…
Credits
Directed by Richard Hickey
Produced by Clare Spencer - Grasshopper Films
Post produced by Andrew Daffy - The House of Curves
Edited, Prevized, Modelled, Animated, Lit & Composited by Andrew Daffy
Technical Director - Matt Estela - The House of Curves
Birdcage model - Xavier Roig
DOP - Adam Frisch
1st AD - Andy Cameron
Art Director - James Hatt
Lyrics by Richard Hickey & Andrew Daffy
Storyboard Artist - Laurie Proud
Sound Engineer - Sam Ashwell - 750mph
Sound Producer - Syleste Molyneaux - 750mph
TK using Resolve - Adrian Seery - Rushes
Agency Creative - Adrian Egger - TBWA, Zurich
Account Director - Philipp Sattelmeyer - TBWA, Zurich
TV Producer - Daniela Berther - TBWA, Zurich
Client - Michael Rueegg - Europride
Cast
Voice Artist - Richard Laing
Husband - Richard Woolnough
Wife - Hilary Field
Other Crew
Production assistant - George Nelson
Runner - Phil O’Conner
Runner - Brian Fairbairn
Focus Puller - Charlie Herranz
Grip - Pete Nash
DIT - Tom Mitchell
Gaffer - Fred Todd
Electrician - Dave Nye
Art Director Assistant - Ben Lack
Art Director Assistant - Sam Waters
Art Director Assistant - Emma Svensson
Make up Artist - Emma Sherry
On set costume designer - Lori Land
Inspired by Dusty ‘O’, Tasty Tim and the Trannyshack team
tHoC hardware and software
Workstations/Renderfarm - Dell workstations
Workstations/Renderfarm - Apple Mac Workstations
Renderfarm - Apple Mac Mini’s
Wacom Cintiq Tablet
tHoC production
3D software - Autodesk Maya 2009
Renderers - Mental Ray (built into maya)
Texturing/concept - Adobe Photoshop CS3
Rigging software - The Setup Machine 2
Facial Animation - Blendshape Combination System (BCS)
UV pelt software - Sunit Parekh’s Pelting Tool
Davina Hair - Carpaint shader (high end 3d)
tHoC Finishing
Compositing/Editing software - Adobe After Effects CS3
Depth of Field - Frischluft
Glows and flares - Starglow
tHoC Management
Renderfarm manager - Frantic Films - Deadline
Shot/notes progress - Googledocs
