Virtual Motion Sculptures of Street Fighter 2 Movements

Thanks for watching my animation! I did it in order to teach myself Cinema 4D and Vray in my spare time, the renders aren't perfect but the best I could get out of my machine. While I setup up most of the geometry using tracers, Xpresso and Thinking Particles, I had some help along the way from the following great resources... I edited the motion captures from this archive >>> https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture and used Microsoft Kinect for some parts aswell I tweaked the character models from >>> http://thefree3dmodels.com/ Sound effects we're mostly sourced from >>> www.freesound.org And the music is obviously from Capcom's Street Fighter 2, play it here >>> https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/street-fighter-ii-collection/id459660048?mt=8 If you like this, then checkout the original & far superior Quayola and Memo 'Forms' >>> https://vimeo.com/37967381 Peace! Gif> http://tinyurl.com/afmwoss

From the video page: 

"I did it in order to teach myself Cinema 4D and Vray in my spare time, the renders aren't perfect but the best I could get out of my machine. While I setup up most of the geometry using tracers, Xpresso and Thinking Particles, I had some help along the way from the following great resources..."

 

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The Sugar Cube Mission

The Sugar Cube Mission is a personal project I did during the Commercial Production Techniques course at the Gnomon School of VFX. The basic idea is a miniature platoon that does household... operations. Special thanks to Cenk Cevdet Kilar for advising me to learn Houdini, Adad Fernando Morales (you know), Rou for the feedback and Joel for the kitchen and the Tecates. Credits: all aspects created by Georgios Papaioannou except main helicopter geometry by Evermotion Models. Software: Maya 2013, VRay 2.3, Houdini 12.1 & Nuke v7.04 Sound Design: decoystudios.tv & Georgios Papaioannou Music Track: Richard Wagner - The Rise of the Valkyries (1870) Georgios Papaioannou director/vfx generalist gpapaioa@frameworks.gr +30.6946.791.581 skype: giwrgos.papaioannou http://www.frameworks.gr

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Georgios Papaioannou took a cup of coffee and made it an occasion for a miniature cinematic adventure.

 

City Series: Seattle

The third in a series of city symphonies. First in the series, New York: vimeo.com/51875528. Second, San Francisco: vimeo.com/57508140. Next, Los Angeles, coming July 1st. Synopsis: Inspired by the avant-garde city symphony films of the early 20th century, such as Paul Strand's "Manhatta" and Dziga Vertov's "The Man With the Movie Camera," CITY SERIES: SEATTLE paints a masterful portrait of the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. Utilizing experimental editing techniques, time-lapse, and beautiful cinematography, the film explores the poetic mode of documentary film to convey the experience of this iconic, Pacific Northwestern metropolis. "In the the 1920s the movies were still relatively young, and an evolving modernist aesthetic embraced all things new, sleek, fast, and urban. Not surprisingly, a common focus of the cinematic avant-garde during this era was on the power, and excitement of cities. In both Europe and the US, a small genre of films that became know as 'city symphonies' attempted to capture the spirit, uniqueness, and poetry of a city by assembling images of everyday life in that city. These early films and their offsprings often utilized what film historian Bill Nichols has termed the 'poetic mode' of documentary film production--an attempt to move away from the 'objective' reality of a given situation or people in order to grasp at an inner 'truth' that can only be conveyed by poetical manipulations of mood, tone, time, and space." -University of California Berkeley Media Resources Center Music: Alone in Kyoto by Air. Shot on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera in ProRes 422HQ 1080p with a Rokinon Cine Lens 14mm T3.1, 35mm T1.5, and a Contineo Cage and Switronix battery pack. Graded in DaVinci Resolve. Last shot graded in Lightroom and recorded in Raw 2.5K. Filmed in three days, all handheld, during NFFTY 2013 (www.nffty.org). milescrist.com 4 MINUTES | COLOR | 1.85:1 | DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO May 21, 2013 © 2013 Miles Crist. All Rights Reserved.

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Synopsis:
"Inspired by the avant-garde city symphony films of the early 20th century, such as Paul Strand's "Manhatta" and Dziga Vertov's "The Man With the Movie Camera," CITY SERIES: SEATTLE paints a masterful portrait of the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. Utilizing experimental editing techniques, time-lapse, and beautiful cinematography, the film explores the poetic mode of documentary film to convey the experience of this iconic, Pacific Northwestern metropolis.

Get the Music: Alone in Kyoto by Air.

 

The Adjustable Cosmos

In the fifteenth century, three worthies come together to tackle the Emperor's disastrous horoscope. They lift themselves to space in their medieval vessel, braving the terrors and wonders of the of the Ptolemaic universe, to reach for the stars... Based on a short story by Adam Browne

I am just in love with this animated short that imagines an early space program.

From the video description:

"In the fifteenth century, three worthies come together to tackle the Emperor's disastrous horoscope. They lift themselves to space in their medieval vessel, braving the terrors and wonders of the of the Ptolemaic universe, to reach for the stars..."

Based on a short story by Adam Browne

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Timelapse: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park from sea to summit

I have photographed each of the 59 US National Parks, often with an ancient-looking large-format camera. The volcanoes of Hawaii are such a dynamic landscape that to tell their story, I felt inspired to interpret them through motion using time-lapse and DSLR video. Although I've been shooting clips for years, this is my first completed video. Here are highlights of this unique sea-to-summit project, filmed in 2011/2013, mostly in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: 1. One of the most mesmerizing spectacles of nature I've witnessed is lava flowing to the ocean as clouds of steam rise from the meeting of fire and water. I stood mere feet away from the 2000F lava. After everybody had left, I stayed to record the pulse of the flow over an entire night. 2. Since 2008, the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at Kilauea Summit contains an active lava lake which at night illuminates a large gas plume. I captured the Milky Way appearing in a weather break above by setting up my camera in driving rain. 3. Besides filming Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, from Mauna Kea and Haleakala, I backpacked for a dozen miles on steep and sharp lava rocks to the 13,700 feet summit. In the morning, a water bottle was frozen after I camped to capture what is likely the first night-time and sunrise time-lapses from the top of the summit cliffs overlooking the immense Mokuaweoweo caldera. They bookend the video. Guides/trip reports/behind the scenes about those adventures: ocean http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/2013/04/25/photographing-the-lava-ocean-entry-in-hawaii summit http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/2013/05/17/hiking-mauna-loa-summit-via-observatory-trail Hawaii Volcanoes picture gallery: http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np.hawaii-volcanoes.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/terragalleria Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/terragalleria Google+: http://plus.google.com/u/0/115204805503581947511/ I am a widely published, full-time photographer, accepting assignments worldwide. Most of the film footage is available in 4K. Equipment: Canon 5D mk2 & 5D mk3 cameras, Canon 24/1.4, 24-105, 100-400, Nikkor 12-24. Post-production: Lightroom 4, Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro), LRTimelapse 2, GBDeflicker. I am grateful to zero-project http://www.zero-project.gr for the CC-licensed (edited) track "Ride of the Dark Knight", and Steven Bumgardner https://vimeo.com/user2380620 for guidance and advice. Thank you for watching. I always appreciate comments and feedback (critiques welcome).

QT Luong a prolific National Parks photographer covers the lava hissing into the ocean at sea level to the peak of Mauna Loa at 13,700ft.  

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Sound Visualized in Sand

Add me on Facebook - (click LIKE on Facebook to add me) http://www.facebook.com/brusspup The song in the video is my latest song. You can find it on iTunes or Amazon. Song name: Dark Wave https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dark-wave/id655667181?i=655667187 http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Wave/dp/B00D3J9TMA/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1370527738&sr=8-18 All of the equipment for this experiment was provided by PASCO scientific http://www.pasco.com Leave a comment letting me know what your favorite pattern is.

brusspup on YouTube creates these fascinating patterns called Chladni figures by pouring sand on a metal plate connected to a speaker and tone generator.  Different frequencies create different patterns of sand on the plate, higher frequencies creating more complex figures. 

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This is Shanghai: A Rob Whitworth and JT Singh Timelapse

In 1980 Shanghai had no skyscrapers. It now has at least 4,000 — more than twice as many as New York. ‘This is Shanghai’ explores the diversities and eccentricities of the metropolis that is Shanghai going beyond the famous skyline. Photographer Rob Whitworth and urban identity expert JT Singh joined forces combining deep city exploration and pioneering filmmaking. ‘This is Shanghai’ is a roller coaster ride seamlessly weaving between the iconic, sparkling and mismatched buildings of the financial district travelling by boat and taxi touring Shanghai’s impressive infrastructure whilst glimpsing some of the lesser-known aspects of Shanghai life such as the lower stratum areas or the stunning graffiti of Moganshan road. And of course there is the opportunity to try some of the vast variety of street food and Shanghai’s most popular homegrown delicacy, the pan-fried pork dumplings, the shengjian bao. Wherever you travel in Shanghai the cities skyline is always present. The looming silhouette of the almost constructed Shanghai Tower now dominates and perfectly encapsulates the new heights this city is yet to reach. Once completed, in 2014, it will be the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. To understand the city, the team carried out rigorous urban exploration. In the words of JT “we walked, walked and walked, the Jane Jacobs way”. Weibo, China’s main social media platform was used to ask local Shanghainese people to share ideas of different vantage points and what they thought were the over-riding characteristics of the city. Stealth and curiosity were required to find and gain access to rooftops and locations. It became addictive for the team discovering breath-taking vantage points of the city. There was always an adrenaline rush upon reaching the top of a different building to see the vast urban jungle of Shanghai. Rob Whitworth (www.robwhitworth.co.uk/) is a creative time lapse photographer from the UK based in Asia. His previous videos, ‘Traffic in Frenetic HCMC’ and ‘Kuala Lumpur DAY-NIGHT’ have received international attention including being short listed for 7 film festivals, and have had received well over 2 million online views. JT Singh (www.jtsingh.com/) has explored hundreds of emerging cities around the world and is a next generation thinker about the value and impact of 21st century cities. Having grown up in Toronto JT is now based in China. He explains: “The over-riding reason we made this video was to creatively show the world visually how China is rising, in particular Chinese cities. Just as New York City exemplified the strengths and ambitions of emerging America in the 20th century, Shanghai, perhaps more than any old or emerging rival, will personify the power and dreams of rising Asia in the 21st century.” A ThrillingCities Production - www.thrillingcities.com Engineering cutting-edge Identities for Cities on the Rise JT Singh Website: www.jtsingh.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jtssingh Twitter; https://twitter.com/jtssingh Rob Whitworth Website: http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobWhitworthPhotography Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwhi02 Copyright all images Rob Whitworth 2013 - www.robwhitworth.co.uk | Soundtrack used under license Artist ‘Subscape’ Track ‘Shanghai’ © submergedmusic

Shanghai has been growing as a city for at least a thousand years. The neon signs and skyscrapers are fairly new.  

 

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Song of the Day - Easy Way Out by Gotye

Made by 'Oh Yeah Wow' Like us on facebook: facebook.com/pages/Oh-Yeah-Wow/171680809552599 Directed By Darcy Prendergast Director(s) of Photography Andrew Goldsmith & Jeremy Blode VFX Director Andrew Goldsmith Animators Darcy Prendergast Seamus Spilsbury Assistant Animators Josh Thomas Jeremy Blode Michael Greaney Sam Lewis Andrew Goldsmith Costume Paige Prendergast Lighting Shelley Farthing-Dawe Andrew Goldsmith Jeremy Blode Motion Control Glenn Anderson Art Direction Darcy Prendergast Editor & Colourist Andrew Goldsmith Rotoscoping Andrew Goldsmith Josh Thomas Sound Ben Matthews Model Makers Michael Greaney Josh Thomas Benjamin Aguesse Set Builders Seamus Spillsbury David Pennay Cody Sevedge Benjamin Aguesse Wes Starr Jeremy Blode Production Manager Nicky Pastore Cardboard Flame Painters Fiona Dalwood Shaun Stares Nora Juncker Giulia Sandri James Bailey Music credits: Produced by Wally De Backer Mixing and additional production by Francois Tetaz, assisted by Andy Stewart and Wally at The Mill, Gippsland, VIC Bass guitar: Lucas Taranto Drums, percussion, guitar and orchestra samples, Lead and backing vocals: Wally Contains samples from Echoette as performed by Buddy Merrill. Licensed courtesy of Accent Records

After Gotye's first amazing hit and video "Somebody I used to know", it would take something as fun and clever as this stop-motion video to follow it up.

 

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Fitzcardboardaldo: Cardboard Homage to Fitzcarraldo

An all cardboard Fitzcaraldo. Fabricated shot and edited by Robin Frohardt www.robinfrohardt.com Please watch the making of "The Corrugation of Dreams" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FDfvlO54vg special help from Nick Chatfield-Taylor. p.s. can someone please send this to Werner Herzog? i really want him to see it.

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Fitzcardboardaldo (above... beware the sound is pretty loud) is the work of puppet designer and paper crafter Robin Frohardt. The short video, an all cardboard homage to Fitzcarraldo (below) was shot and edited by Robin with special help from Nick Chatfield-Taylor. 

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From Wikipedia:​

Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known as Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber territory.


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trailer of the movie "fitzcarraldo" (1982) with klaus kinski and claudia cardinale, directed by werner herzog

Kenyan High Schoolers Doing The High Jump The Hard Way

To donate / get involved visit: https://facebook.com/KenyanHighJump !!! This is at a high school track meet in the Rift Valley of Kenya in the town of Mosoriot. February, 2013. To run a marathon here: http://riftvalleymarathon.com/ If anyone watching this video wants to help get these athletes proper facilities. Please inbox me.

In the town of Mosoriot in Kenya, two high school athletes compete in the high jump. Without a mat to land on, the usual Fosbury Flop isn’t an option.

They land on their feet. Unreal. 

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