Old School 3-D
Eric’s note: this is a special report prepared by our post production coordinator Simen Nordskog.
To add even further to the richness and attention to detail of this film, director Thomas C. Malling invited me to take part in a project that would take the work of the VFX-department one step further …or one step back, I’m not sure which. The task was to make 80′s 3-D graphics look like they were home made. A tall and bizarre order indeed.
The solution was, not surprisingly, to actually make it all home made! Working in the same room as the VFX-guys at Sement & Betong, we declared ourselves the UV-department, got down on the floor and started building models from cardboard and some pieces of an old standee we found.
In just three (long) days we measured, cut, glued and painted several models. We also fashioned a grid for them all to stand on. The paint we used was UV-reactive so you won’t be surprised if I tell you the references to the 1982 classic Tron were many, and in many respects we took both technology and look back to that year.
Feeling quite happy with our effort over the last three days, and in eager anticipation we shot a few tests the night before shooting day.
Until we all get to see what it looks like in the finished movie, we can see that test footage in the video below.
Simen.
Closing note: we had lots of help from the Wreck A Movie community to gather inspiration for these and other old school graphics in the film. Check out what our wreckers suggested!
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den _plattformen_ på det photoet er særdeles intressant!
Jeg hører av alle at filmen ligger ann til å bli en skikkelig kalun… Dont’t belive the hype!
Fett som bare det, kommer til å se hur kuult ut som helst.
Greetings from Madrid
Are you guys actually getting paid to do this? :-p I get flashbacks back to the boysroom and my micromachines collection. Good Times.
JC
Reminds me of the graphics and 3D from John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. Which, judging from what I’ve seen so far on the work done on this film, is probably exactly what you were aiming for! Looks great!
Are you guys insane? Are you aware of how insanely EASY this would have been to make in Blender?
Kul approach. Men jeg tror likevel det ville vært mer effektivt og mer besparende og gjort dette digitalt. (Det kommer selvfølgelig an på hvem som sitter å gjør det.) For ikke å snakke om at looket ville vært enklere å få til…
Men på tross av dette velger dere å sitte å “klippe og lime”… og det er i filmens rette ånd såvidt jeg kan forstå, og det tror jeg vil smitte av og gi en ekstra dimensjon som man aldri kunne fått via en data.
Gleder meg til resultatet!
Du har klippet, limt og ikke minst malt helt fra du var liten! Barndommens hobbier kommer til anvendelse i nye former i voksenlivet! (eller er dere egentlig blitt ordentlig voksne?)
Absolutely love the retro tech. Glad someone else mentioned the use of the same basic technique in Escape From New York. Stellar work guys!