30 Jan 2013

Week 53 – The return of the Render Beast
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Hey everyone!

First of all, some very good news for Le Gouffre™… we received yesterday by Fedex our computer that was broken! The motherboard had to be changed, but now the Render Beast is back in full force. This means we’ll soon be able to start rendering frames faster and even while we work!

We’re also very proud to show you the two latest shots composited by Thomas. We did a lot of development regarding the wet look of the ground. We hope you’ll like the result!

First, in video:

And, why not, a HD pic of each one so you can better appreciate the work that went into it.

That’s it! See you soon for the next updates on the film!

16 Jan 2013

Week 51 – Grant application
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Hey everyone!

The last two weeks were rather busy since we had to complete everything that was missing for our grant application which is due january 18th. It’s a lot of paperwork, but we’re very proud of the result and believe we gave ourselves every chance to succeed. Cross your fingers for us, we should have the results somewhere in may!

For those who are curious, here’s what the package we’ll be dropping at their office tomorrow looks like!

Now, for today’s post, we prepared two images of the latest developments Thom and myself did on the film. First off, a frame of a new shot we never showed you before!

And next, a little pine tree test I’ve been working on. We’re trying to develop a very sketchy style where we can clearly see the paint strokes, something we see far too little in 3D (in our opinion!). Anyways, we’d like to hear your thoughts!

That’ll be it for this week! As always, thanks for being there, and see you next time!

2 Jan 2013

Week 49 – New year
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Happy new year everyone!

What better way to start 2013 than to unwrap this long-awaited package: the new cooling system for our main computer!

Exciting, isn’t it? Think again. After spending close to two hours trying to understand how to install the part in question, we had to watch helplessly as our computer opened perfectly, then randomly shut down, and THEN stopped booting altogether (except for occasionally reminding us that “an unrecoverable error has occured”).

So back to square one. We are still discussing with our provider what to do next, but we’ll make sure to tell you what’s up once we get the news!

As for our work on the film, we’re back as hyped as ever, and we promise you’ll see new shots as soon as we’re finished with our SODEC papers. Indeed, we thought we might as well start the new year trying to get a grant!

To be followed in the following months!