Animation for Four Treasures

This is what I have done for Lin Ma, a interior and environment design student for her final project. in this video, I created a new model based on her real model, finished the UVs, Using her painting as the texture. With this project, I get to learn much more about textures than I did before. I also did the lighting, camera animation,rendering and editing. I feel quit excited as well when this video is displaying on level 5 for the degree show.

Acting Reference

Model for Brian

Brian did all texture works, this helped me to understand how to deal with facial expression of a sphere head.

Ben's model

Model for Hai

Start over!

New Project!                                             "AUDITION"

Fade in from black

"Next!"

Ben. Dan walk into scene from left, stop in middle.

"Mr. Ben?"

Ben is nodding.

"Mr. Ben? It would be more polite if you can answer me, don't you think?"

Ben looks innocent and point at upper of his chin.

"No mouth?... OK, well, (laugh) who is the idiot designed you?"

Ben take out a picture of RUDY from behind and shows towards the camera, with a hopeless expression of the eyes.

"Hum... carrying the picture with you all the time, you must love him a lot?"

Ben throw the picture away, without any hesitation.

"OK, let's get started. No mouth, which means you can't talk or sing, but can you dance?"

Ben is nodding very fast, then raised his right hand, a hat flies into the scene from left. Ben catches it, put on then snaps finger.

(Music: Billy Jean starts)

Ben is dancing in MJ's moves

"That's enough, thank you, Mr. Ben. what else can you do?"

Ben throw away the hat, stands in position, closes his eyes, raises his left arm and snaps fingers. Then a nu0-chuck flies into the scene from right, instead of getting into Ben's hand, then nun-chuck flies over his hand and hit him straight on the head. Ben can hardly hold himself on his feet. But he picks the nun-chuck up and starting playing with it, ending with hitting himself. So he becomes angry and throws the nun-chuck out of the scene.

"Ok, take it easy. I have seen enough about your skills, now let's see some performance, shall we? I need you to do a series of movements which is interacting with my description."

Ben nods

"OK, here we go. You are taking a shower."

Ben starts brush himself

"Now, here is a earthquake happening!"

Ben starts shaking and leaning his body, but suddenly he stops. He point to the camera, tell the camera man to shake with him by body language.

"OK, start over. You are taking a shower, then an earthquake happens, and you need to escape with your towel."

Ben starts shaking, and then grab something, tied around his waist, then start to run.

"suddenly your towel dropped."

Ben bends over, covers his crutch with his hands.

"But you need keep running."

Ben is running in a strange pose.

"watch the branch, dodge! watch the drain, jump!"

Ben dodges and jumps follow the instruction.

"Dodge, jump, dodge, jump..."

Ben keep dodging and jumping

"Watch the flying nun-chuck!"

Before Ben sees the nun-chuck, he have been hit by the nun-chuck which is thrown towards him, and pass out on the floor.

"This will do."

Fade into black

All the dialogs are voice-over from the director.

camera stay still except one scene.

包强VS寿司人(Super Baozi VS Sushi man)