“Extinguished” by Anderson and Mann
Title:
- Extinguished
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Length:
- 3:43
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Ringling College of Art and Design
Description:
In our world, a flame in your chest represents the love you have for another. Our animated short follows Matt, who has just had his heart broken and so was burned by his own flame. He is afraid to fall in love again and feel the pain of heart break once more; when his flame ignites for a new girl he meets, he tries desperately to douse his own fire. As luck would have it though, he runs into her everywhere and must eventually accept the flame inside of him and embrace a newfound love. We created the film in its entirety, starting with the initial concept and visual development, all the way to modeling, rigging, animating, and lighting it within Maya. It was a great challenge to translate our flat character and set designs into 3D models that we could animate and light. We also had to create the fire, and stylize it to match the rest of the film. Using an animatable flame from Maya with a constant shader attached, we were able to use nuke to fully realize the look of the flame we wanted.
