Frantic Films Software, the software development arm of VFX studio Frantic Films, produced commercial campaign for Snickers Russia. The two-spot effort via ad agency BBDO Moscow and Spy Films, Toronto, combines feature film-quality VFX with live-action to tell a story of biomechanical creatures that use Snickers as their energy supply. The first spot “RUGBY,” is currently airing throughout Russia, while a second spot, “TAG,” breaks in fall 2008.
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Karakatoa on Rugby
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VideoTrace is a system for interactively generating realistic 3D models of objects from video-models that might be inserted into a video game, a simulation environment, or another video sequence. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modeled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer vision techniques, a small number of simple 2D interactions can be used to generate a realistic 3D model. (via ACoVT). Outstanding idea. Enjoy watching.
Related links:
Australian Centre of Visual Technologies - Videotrace
We’ve heard a lot about Processing lately. This year OFFF in Barcelona and NY we could see how beautiful things can be created with processing. What this magic world really means?
Processing is (via Wiki) a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts and visual design communities, which aims to teach the basics of computer programming in a visual context. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. It is a language that builds on the graphical side of the Java programming language, simplifying features and creating a few new ones.
Nervo TV (founded by Nando Costa) in cooperation with Barbarian Group did new identification for Fox Movies sci-fi and horror channel launched in Japan and Argentina. Based on combination of processing method and motion. It’s really something fresh and different. Combining math algorithms and graphic once again allow artists develop great results.
Via motiongrapher
Related links:
Processing.org
Processing Examples
Download Enviroment
Nervo TV
Barbarian Group
Hatch Studios is a small company based in Toronto, Canada. Creative core consist of three persons: Randi Yaffa (Executive Producer), Richard Rosenman (3D animation), Larisa Ullisko (Design Director). And they really show great skills.
Related link:
hatchstudios.net