“I’m Walking” by The Soulcage Department

  • © The Soulcage Department

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    17

Title:


    I’m Walking

Length:


    2:25

Company / Institution / Agency:


  • The Soulcage Department

Description:


    What happens when six chickens compete in a hurdle race without having any knowledge of sports and its rules at all?! Well, how could they, they’re just chickens!!

    “I’m Walking” is a completely 3D animated commercial, screened in cinemas across Germany. A young, healthy rooster wins against five competitors from a laying battery, symbolized by a huge block of flats.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Single CPU average 2 GHz, average 1 GB RAM. Rendering farm:
    8 CPUs.

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling, animation, rendering, and dynamics software: Hash
    Animation Master 10.0. Compositing: Adobe After Effects 5.5.
    Additional software: Anzovin Studios “The Setup Machine” 1.2.
    Operating system: Windows 2000 Professional.

Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Gero von Braunmuehl
    Contributors: Elmar Keweloh, Joachim Bub, Michael Meyer, Wilhelm Landt, Martin Ernsting, Bodo von Braunmuehl

Additional Information:


    PRODUCTION
    Modeling: Spline and Patch. Rotoscoping: 2D sketches were used in the viewport backgrounds for modeling. Rendering technique used most: Raytracing with a domelight setup. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: approximately seven minutes (all passes on a single CPU). Total production time: approximately 2.5 months.

Animation / Video Overview:


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