tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post4939676475313483363..comments2023-09-09T08:44:28.458+00:00Comments on film ick: Eye To Eye With BeowulfBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-34341603118067025082007-07-09T21:34:00.000+00:002007-07-09T21:34:00.000+00:00I meant guts on guts. As a metaphor, like.I meant guts on guts. As a metaphor, like.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-23665080790279446382007-07-09T19:21:00.000+00:002007-07-09T19:21:00.000+00:00"the repeating, resounding slam of viscera on visc..."the repeating, resounding slam of viscera on viscera again and again and again"<BR/><BR/>Wait...they're beating it each other up with their intestines!?!<BR/><BR/>Or did you mean "the visceral sound of..." something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60013095942362884992007-07-07T00:35:00.000+00:002007-07-07T00:35:00.000+00:00Which one of you is Tyler Durden?Which one of you is Tyler Durden?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-62226362404695885012007-07-06T21:54:00.000+00:002007-07-06T21:54:00.000+00:00All the time, actually.My plan is similar - but I'...All the time, actually.<BR/><BR/>My plan is similar - but I'll wake up for Spinal Tap at the Live Earth gig.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-63271382903069736722007-07-06T20:52:00.000+00:002007-07-06T20:52:00.000+00:00Ah. Bugger.Do have ever have one of those weeks wh...Ah. Bugger.<BR/><BR/>Do have ever have one of those weeks where you just don't know whether you're coming or going? Well, it's been like that for me. I think I'll go home now and sleep for the entire weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-88889824271816774452007-07-06T19:56:00.000+00:002007-07-06T19:56:00.000+00:00I'm very excited about this film now. At first, d...I'm very excited about this film now. At first, despite the wonderful art, I wasn't sure how it would sound and feel. But now I'm starting to get anxious to see this. If the film is truly like the Lord of the Rings, but more real and more like the source material with its more barbaric aesthetic I will be very impressed. In 3D? Well that's just the icing on the cake, isn't it? Sounds Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-18897706185816402522007-07-06T18:47:00.000+00:002007-07-06T18:47:00.000+00:00Yes, Martyn. That's what I said.Exactly what I sa...Yes, Martyn. That's what I said.<BR/><BR/>Exactly what I said.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-40133694844137824272007-07-06T18:44:00.000+00:002007-07-06T18:44:00.000+00:00I still don't think so. Still requires more effor...I still don't think so. Still requires more effort than live action film even if it is two people sitting talking on a bed. <BR/>It's going to cost more than a live action film for the same sequence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-46319060507341965452007-07-06T17:40:00.000+00:002007-07-06T17:40:00.000+00:00Nobody said this film was cheap. I just said the ...Nobody said this film was cheap. I just said the relative difference in price between a scene where two people talk on a bed and another where two people fight in the air... that the prices are going to be closer than in a 'live action' film where the same happens.<BR/><BR/>So, in effect, I'm saying mo-cap ISN'T cheap. But UNIFORMLY not cheap.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-89952742914110704772007-07-06T17:32:00.000+00:002007-07-06T17:32:00.000+00:00As a digital visual effects systems administrator,...As a digital visual effects systems administrator, may I say that CG of any kind is not cheap. Software more than anything is outrageously expensive. More so than the hardware in most cases. <BR/><BR/>Mo-cap hardware is still also pretty expensive. It's time consuming, and you need a team of people to take that mo-cap data and generate something usual from it for the animators.<BR/><BR/>Then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-4517678020728552362007-07-06T14:54:00.000+00:002007-07-06T14:54:00.000+00:00Matteo,What I know that I didn't let on is that th...Matteo,<BR/><BR/>What I know that I didn't let on is that the two scenes would have the same amount of protagonists.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, they'd require the same amount of animation.<BR/><BR/>Think of it this way: in a film with live action and CG, a scene with two people talking in a room would place no strain on the CG whereas a scene with one person and a 'thing' would place strain on the CG.<Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-82250277362739743112007-07-06T14:49:00.000+00:002007-07-06T14:49:00.000+00:00I don't know if i am reading your post right, but ...I don't know if i am reading your post right, but it seems you assume a mo-cap and green screen battle is as cheap as a small intimate scene. I am an animator and I have worked with both key-frame and with mo-cap data. The fact that mo-cap is cheap is an urban legend, like when we were kids and people thought japanese cartoons were made by pushing a button on a computer. Raw mo-cap data is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com