Fun projects...

... don't come along often enough -- or hardly at all, in fact. The following represents one fun night of animating:



Now, this didn't play out the way I wanted it to. Obviously, we've completely ripped off the South Park style, and as such, I wanted Les (bus driver) to have a flip-top head, like the Canadians in the much more talented and popular TV show. This idea was vetoed. I also felt that the music should be a reveal only. As in, cut to the guys in drag singing "I Will Survive" and get the hell out. This also was vetoed, and as a result, the joke is dragged* on far too much.

At any rate, a shout out to Matt (I don't know how much he wants to put his name on the project) Beecher for what may charitably called the design (he's actually good at it, but crudeness was the order of the day here).

After a hellish week of grinding through un-fun work, it was awesome to spend a few hours feverishly animating this. It gave me an appreciation for how South Park can be turned around in 1 week(!), even if they use different software.

As for the reception, well, Marty walked up to me and said "I hope you've got a real good lawyer", which I think means it's a success on some level or another. Les, I understand, didn't watch it, and in all probability still has not. But they were both good sports and really cool to work with, and also -- might I add -- changed the script for the better during the audio recording. Cheers guys!

* Pun sort of half intended. In that I realised its pun-ish-ness before I actually typed it. But it's not contrived, I promise!

The i98 ad....

... is now airing, I'm told. So it seems I've jumped the gun a little in terms of posting my vfx breakdown, but there's no harm done as it represents a full 3 seconds of the final ad!

I'm doing some 3D work on another ad, and this one should look pretty darn sexy. More to be posted soon....

i98 TVC

I've been waiting since January to post this! It's some work that I'm particularly proud of, mostly I guess because I turned this around in about 2 days (with some minor tweaks after that). Maybe not my most impressive work, but for 3 days, start-to-finish, I think it's one of my greatest work turnarounds. Check it out:

I have no idea whether the ad has aired or not. The station has possession of the TVC, ready to show in all its glory. I keep asking around work, and no one seems to know whether it has aired or not. But screw it, it's going to screen real soon if it isn't already.

More portfolio stuff

This was an introductory promo I worked on Q4 2009. The speaker was filmed in front of a green-screen (that was, in fact, blue, but I somehow think most people consider the technique as 'green-screen') and keyed out, placed in front of a completely digital backdrop. That I made. Have a look:



I will put together a breakdown of this video when I find the time. I also want to give a shout to Maltaannon, creator of the fantastic CE Lightwrap preset for After Effects. Man, that baby totally sold this video!

More

A project I worked on last year. The video frames were used from a template by DropDrop.com due to time constraints:



The speaker is Adam Gilchrist, an Australian test cricketer.

Incoming!

This is a blog created for, I must confess, a slightly too specific purpose. Reason being, I'm wishing to register with The Motion Exchange, but to do so, you need a website. I don't have my own site, so I'm hoping a blog will suffice for now. To kick things off, here are a few things I've done over the past year:

This is a quick breakdown of a shot of the Earth used in a presentation. Rendered in 3D Studio Max and composited in After Effects.

realistic earth vfx breakdown from Tom Hauville on Vimeo.


The following was thrown together for my girlfriend's birthday last year. As such, the animation has suffered due to time constraints:


Finally, here is a bit of fun, playing with Mocha now that it is bundled with After Effects CS4:

Stormy Mocha Tracking Test from Tom Hauville on Vimeo.

(NOTE: Relativity Films Productions Design is the company I do regular work for)