“friends?” by Vancouver Film School
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 12
Title:
- friends?
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Vancouver Film School
Description:
A very short film that highlights the fact that, while they are short in duration, short films can still contain a whole lot of story. To better convey the concept of simplicity, I used primitive shapes as the base for the design of nearly everything. Simplicity was also a key in the rendering process, which used Pixar’s RenderMan for Maya, relying heavily on RenderRadiosity passes.
A short and simple story with simple graphics and simple music makes for a very simple minute of total mayhem.
Software:
Autodesk Maya 2008, XSI Softimage, Pixar RenderMan for Maya, Nuke, After Effects, Premiere
Additional Contributors:
Director: Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason
All Visual Elements: Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason
Music: Einar Sverrir Tryggvason
Additional Peanutman Modeling: Dongkun Yoon
Animation Supervisor: Sarah Hill
Modeling Supervisors: Travis Guthrie, Michael Monks
Visual Effects Supervisor: Douglas Smith
Head of Animation: Larry Bafia
Program Manager: Vanessa Jacobsen
Sound Supervisors: Brett Anthony, Matthew Thomas
Editing Supervisor: Rob Wood
Assistant Editor: Emily Nguyen
Instructors: Magic Eslami, Casey Kwan, Patrick Heinicke, Nigel Metcalf, Glenn Van Ooyen, Geeta Basantani, Keith Blackmore, Michael van den Bos, Derek Goodfellow, Charlie Grant, Brent Greening, Gideon Hay, Alicia Lum, Stephen Midwinter, Jay Senetchko, Ron Serna, Keiron Simons, Mike West, David Whitmey
Lab Assistants: Gary Hsu, Jesse Irvin
Lab Mentors: TJ Galda, Geoff Richardson
Teaching Assistants: Tristan Goodes, Jason McKeeman, Jeff Plamondon, Walter Rodriguez
Thanks: Halldóra, Afi Baldvin, Amma og afi, Mamma, Pabbi, Einar og Baldvin,
Baldvin Kári, Sveinbjörnsson, Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen, Class 3d70
Production: Made in the 3D Animation & Visual Effects program at Vancouver Film School
