Hey I just want to say that you guys did an excellent job on creating Meline, from the ambition to do it to getting it done- and what a beautiful piece it ended up being.
It was a great idea keeping the story simple, and it shows that you did put a lot of effort into it. I wanted to ask: What render software did you use, or was it just mental ray? And how long did it take for the longest frame to render?
its awesome if you guys had a bigger crew u can make this into a great movie,i actually saw this today on videocopilot on andrews blog and i was amazed with the film after the 6 min i was like :O wheres the rest! i was hooked
OMG!! Virginie and Sebastien you guys are amazing! This short is going to win so many things at all the festivals!! It has too!! You guys give me so much inspiration to continue with my work with Maya. I wish you all the best!!
I've read on your cgsociety blog that the frames renderd in 3 minutes! that's fast on a laptop for that quality.. When I render a tree like that it takes 20 minutes! That tree in the trailer does that cast and receive shadows or are you doing a special trick, it looks amazing and great job on the Totoro feel! U guys are truly an inspiration!
Yes, 3 minutes. I used a lot of compositing to help speed up the rendering and most of all, every objects were modeled by having in mind were and how far it would be from the camera) The tree looks like it requires a lot of poly, but it doesn't. It a mixture between polymodeling, good texturing (by Virginie) and proper lighting to highlight the key elements of the tree :)
It was essential to think every model like that, otherwise the laptop would crash! :)
is meet meline finished?if so, when can we see it? i saw the making, and im so inspired by it! im a student of animation, and i hope to get as good as u and virginie some day :-)
Atrends moi avec ma prochaine histoire elle sera comme AVATAR, je te reviens plus tard. Vous êtes superbes tout les deux, Barvo ! Bravo ! Gros bisous !...
@Edd3D Mate these guys did EVERYTHING themselves and taught themselves how to animate at the same time. From rendering, lighting, physics systems, texturing, rigging, animation, compositing and probably more, 2 years is not a long time.
i'm an animator and your passion has inspired me greatly, i really wish to give up on everything and concentrate to make a short film like you guys, but its most probably i'll starve to death before i can success... may i know how much time u both spend on the animation everyday other then your working hours?
The "making of" with behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, talks about the story, the characters and the environments, shot breakdowns and much more! :o)
When I saw the link to this on the CGSociety I literally gasped because I saw the WIP about one or two years ago and it looked awesome. It's great that it turned out awesome too, bravo!
No, this is not indirect lighting (way to long to compute on a laptop). As you've notice, we've just simulated our lighting by setting multiple lights together. It's easier and faster to tweak the lighting! :o)
Great work!! I followed the thread at cgtalk every now and then. Didn't comment there because it was a too big of a thread and to high quality to give meaningful comments :P.
And congratulations with your wedding, keep it up!
"Meet meline" is redered with "Maya Software", exept the "Meline" character, which is done in MR (we used MR only for the sking shader) and the Occlusion pass.
For you second question, "Maya Hair" was used to create the hair! :o)
Thanks for your interest! i hope you liked the trailer! :o)
Hey Sebastien!(its me, Leonardo Gulli, i just switched the account so that you don t think i am asking to much on the other.) I was wondering the way you animate a rope or a chain. Is it an IK handle with a curve?
Your Trailer is absolutely amazing to me, and inspiring. I've have been taking a 3D animation class on Maya for a whole year now in high school but not even close to having the knowledge and skill that you and Virginie have right now. I have only the basics of using blend shapes and curves to make expressions, and also, did you use enviromental fog, or a spotlight effect to give the surroundings an earthly tone? Totally awesome though. All Maya rendered right?
Yes, everything was rendered with Maya Software (exepte the skin of Meline, done with Mental Ray). As for your other question, I tried to mix volume fog, volume lights, particules and environmental fog in combustion to get what we wanted! Glad you like the result man! :o)
Good luck with your studies! It should be fun ! :o)
I am a computer arts student and I have to say I love this trailer I think it looks amazing, and it has actually inspired me to focus my final year project on developing my technical art skills, I was actually interested in how you developed the skeleton in the face for controlling the facial animation.
wow, such great GCI animation 5 stars, look really great, cant wait for the finish, Meline i presume is the girl's name, reminds me of Final FantasyVII: Advent Children, hell the CGI quality on your work reminds me of that movie, and that was top notch CG, great job
Yes Leonardo! :o) We started modeling our character's head by using a Box. Tweaked the vertices to match our drawing, and then we added more division to our cube, and so one :o)
We only use polygon modeling for all the modeling. We took many reference pictures, and started molding every props and sets from a single box that you extrude, cut etc :o)
Everything about the animation so far is absolutely amazing -- the models, the textures, the lighting, the camera movements, everything. I can't wait to see more!
Great, ive been waiting on this for a long time. Me and a group of friends recently started writing for a short animated film were going to produce. Ive shown them all this trailer as well as some screens from your site for inspiration. Cant wait til its done! Great Job so far.
The camera movement is just simple keyframe animation! :o)
I have a camera myself and I shot a lots of things from moving children, people running, cars, bugs or even to people standing still. I tried to analyze all the footage I shot and pointed out what makes a camera move like a real camera. I then applied these rules that I've learned, while animating cameras in a 3D environment! :o)
Sorry to ask so much but I had this question since I first saw this trailer, did you started doing the fence by creating a curve which then you extrude a cylinder to make a surface? Is that what you did?
This is beautiful. I've been following your progress on this for a while - great lighting rig! Amazing what you guys are doing with just two laptops. Amazing detail in the animation too. I am in awe. Can't wait til it's done.
Hey Sebastien, Your WELCOME! I am impressed with the visuals and animating in this. How do you find the time to make this high of QUALITY video? I hope to make this good of 3D someday. Excellent! Love it ;-)
Haha - Being DEPRIVED of much sleep(and being in pain, for ME) is mandatory with 3D movie making. It's JUST ME, Jay making all my movies and voices for my movies lately, BUT tell me WHEN we can see the FULL Meet Meline movie! I want to see your masterpiece man! Looks awesome, and Meline is so darn CUTE - ;-}
As for your question, unfortunately, I can't answer exactly when is the release date. We are in talk with some people about the future of "Meet Meline". It's just the beginning of the exchange.
... but the film is almost complete (the mix of the sounds is what's left) :)
Cool! I look forward to the release of this movie, however you guys do in the near future. Awesome! Hope making this is worthwhile for you & Virginie. Hope you have much success with it. Cheers! ;-)
Hola Sebastien, soy Iván Rojo (lilox), no puedo esperar mas para ver el Cortometraje y también me gustaría saber mas de Virginie, quisiera darle mis felicitaciones puesto que han hecho un excelente trabajo, lo esperare con muchas ansias, buena suerte!!
Excelente , la verdad me da mucha alegría ver como has solucionado muchas cosas, la verdad me enorgullece demasiado que el proyecto tenga esta calidad
I think you should reconsider the camera angle as she is climbing down the latter. When she jumps off the latter at 24 seconds, is it really necessary to have the dress go up to her stomach?
As someone who knows a little bit about 3d animation, I know every action/detail/camera angle is precisely calculated, so I find it a bit odd that you would include such detail as that on a 5 year old.
i just saw the trailer in highend3d, this is Stunning!!! Fantastic work!!
Thank you for taking the time and efforts to make this movie, I'm eager to see it!
its very rare to see such expressive and moving eyes look in 3d character, that shot and the opening shot are TOP, the girl when she is playing is perfect
Amazing JOB .. I would pray for PIXAR like growth for you people..really doing nice stuff.... I would love Animating with you people for future projects .I enjoyed it !
All your works are very well done. I´ve seen all of them and the directing and photography are always spectacular. You can really tell a story with basically a camera and a lambert shaded cube.
It´s been a pleasure to watch the development (via cgtalk) even before I started with art and 3D. I couldn´t understand a word of all those maya tricks... lol
I just saw a bunch of pictures of squirrels on the wall in this trailer..(T_T)
5timesdying 1 year ago
Hey I just want to say that you guys did an excellent job on creating Meline, from the ambition to do it to getting it done- and what a beautiful piece it ended up being.
It was a great idea keeping the story simple, and it shows that you did put a lot of effort into it. I wanted to ask: What render software did you use, or was it just mental ray? And how long did it take for the longest frame to render?
All the best,
S P
enh264 1 year ago
its awesome if you guys had a bigger crew u can make this into a great movie,i actually saw this today on videocopilot on andrews blog and i was amazed with the film after the 6 min i was like :O wheres the rest! i was hooked
nonamerus 1 year ago
Saw the short yesterday, its gorgeous, you guys are incredible :D
InserteNombreRandom 1 year ago
Its just to beautiful done and I respect you and your girlfriend, for putting so much love and time in the movie.
The result is just a amazing shortmovie about a cute girl and I hope to see more from you :)
Myythe 1 year ago
I saw Meet Meline on Fubiz, I think it was. It was absolutely beautiful!
missy7780 1 year ago
oh god, that was so awsome, i'can't wait to see the entire animation...
you inspired me to never give up with animation
tecladistadt 1 year ago
Hi!
So .. I was looking for 3d renders on Flickr and I found an official illustration of Meline. You guys are awsome!!
When does the short-film come out?
And, besides Maya, what other software did you use?
Yukari020906 1 year ago
Woaw! thanks Yukari for you kind message! :)
The film will be online this month! :)
FOr you question, we used Combustion for the compositing part :)
ssebastienn 1 year ago
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OMG!! Virginie and Sebastien you guys are amazing! This short is going to win so many things at all the festivals!! It has too!! You guys give me so much inspiration to continue with my work with Maya. I wish you all the best!!
norm2095 1 year ago
I've read on your cgsociety blog that the frames renderd in 3 minutes! that's fast on a laptop for that quality.. When I render a tree like that it takes 20 minutes! That tree in the trailer does that cast and receive shadows or are you doing a special trick, it looks amazing and great job on the Totoro feel! U guys are truly an inspiration!
utubeDiode 1 year ago
Thanks UtubeDiode! :)
Yes, 3 minutes. I used a lot of compositing to help speed up the rendering and most of all, every objects were modeled by having in mind were and how far it would be from the camera) The tree looks like it requires a lot of poly, but it doesn't. It a mixture between polymodeling, good texturing (by Virginie) and proper lighting to highlight the key elements of the tree :)
It was essential to think every model like that, otherwise the laptop would crash! :)
ssebastienn 1 year ago
is meet meline finished?if so, when can we see it? i saw the making, and im so inspired by it! im a student of animation, and i hope to get as good as u and virginie some day :-)
silvermoonshadow666 1 year ago
Yes! Meet Meline is finished! it will be online soon! :)
Good luck with your studies! :)
ssebastienn 1 year ago
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!
I just saw the exclusive clip and it turned out be be 1000x better than i expected!
MAN! you guys are awesome, and the music made it all!
You guys are so inspirational to me!
great job you two!
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Thanks Leonardo! :)
awesome news! :) I hope the film will have the same impact on you! ! :)
ssebastienn 1 year ago
Man, I saw the short in 3D world, and I have to say again,
I LOVE IT!
dsfage 2 years ago
Thanks man! :)
I really need to get a copy of it! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I just can't wait for it. haha
dsfage 2 years ago
Great job guys, just saw your short in 3D world and can't wait to see it :)
Towley12 2 years ago
THanks Towley12! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Dis-moi quelque chose.
Quelle est la résolution définitive de Meet Meline?
Répondre en anglais s'il vous plaît.
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Meet Meline is render in HD 1280x720 ! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Atrends moi avec ma prochaine histoire elle sera comme AVATAR, je te reviens plus tard. Vous êtes superbes tout les deux, Barvo ! Bravo ! Gros bisous !...
MsGLULU 2 years ago
hehe :)
Merci beaucoup et bonne chance pour "ton avatar" :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Condivido pienamente con M370dy. Non aspetto altro. Bellissimo.
liberagliocchi 2 years ago
Grazie Liberagliocchi! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
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2 slow guys.. 2 years 4 20sec anim... nice but.. u have to increase your productivity.
Edd3D 2 years ago
It's hard, you know... There's some many pixels and vertices :-p
ssebastienn 2 years ago
@Edd3D Mate these guys did EVERYTHING themselves and taught themselves how to animate at the same time. From rendering, lighting, physics systems, texturing, rigging, animation, compositing and probably more, 2 years is not a long time.
Towley12 2 years ago
Hahah! Thanks Towley for helping me defending myself :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Cant wait to see this short movie!!!! XD
M370dy 2 years ago
THanks M370dy ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
C'est vraiment très impressionnant et l'effet tease fonctionne parfaitement : on a envie d'en voir plus. Bravo !
SupaDempa 2 years ago
Super!
Merci SupaDempa! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
j'adore !!
j'espère que votre travail sera une réussite ! ^^
YUNA972 2 years ago
re-merci! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
bon courage continuer ainsi !!!
j'adore l'histoire bien trouvé ^^
YUNA972 2 years ago
Merci Yuna972! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Amazing work !!
A futur French Spielberg was born !!! :o)
Great works for all steps : PréProd / Prod & Post !
The magic is coming !
skyrick 2 years ago
Heheh :)
Merci skyrick (patrick)! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cruasan100 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment cruasan100 ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
i'm an animator and your passion has inspired me greatly, i really wish to give up on everything and concentrate to make a short film like you guys, but its most probably i'll starve to death before i can success... may i know how much time u both spend on the animation everyday other then your working hours?
GeneWiz 2 years ago
HI Genewiz! :)
I work between 2 or 4 hours every nights.... but that's average I really can't say exactly, it depends a lot :)
Thanks for you comment! glad you liked it! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
So Sebastien and Virgine how is the movie going??? Is it done? I hope you guys finish it soon because i am so exited about this short.
I am every day checking if you have uploaded it.
Good Luck!
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Thanks leonardo! :)
Check back in the the end of his week! :)
We've got a great surprise! :)
...
The "making of" with behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, talks about the story, the characters and the environments, shot breakdowns and much more! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
OH this is really cool. Hope you can get the whole movie out.....found this on flickr...cool as it can be ! Greetings and good luck ! Miro i-l-o
felidale 2 years ago
Woaw! Thanks felidale! :-)
Nice to see you there and on flickr! :)
Cheers! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Thanks huknows! :)
Cant wait to release the comp^lete film, our little baby ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
thanks for adding me as a contact on flickr =]
this looks amazing, i can't wait to see the whole thing!
huknows393 2 years ago
hey mrjimmyos! :o)
Your comment makes Virgine and I so proud! :)
I hope you'll enjoy the complete film! :o)
Thanks for your comment & support! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
When I saw the link to this on the CGSociety I literally gasped because I saw the WIP about one or two years ago and it looked awesome. It's great that it turned out awesome too, bravo!
mrjimmyos 2 years ago
is the grass paint effects?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi leonardo! :o)
Yes, the grass is paint effects :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
A*W*E*S*O*M*E = 5 huge big stars!
Also with greatings from DAD who run Creative Photo and Creative Master at FlicR
spjutkastare 2 years ago
Hey ! Thanks spjutkastare! :o)
Happy you liked the trailer! :o)
See you on flickr! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hi Leornado! :o)
No, this is not indirect lighting (way to long to compute on a laptop). As you've notice, we've just simulated our lighting by setting multiple lights together. It's easier and faster to tweak the lighting! :o)
Cheers! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hey!!! Uhh, is that indirect lighting or just a bunch of lights put together? How you guys doing with the short by the way????
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
A wonderful and most beautiful trailer. I'm looking forward to seeing all your hard work pay off.
Best,
Ash.
ashman69erdude 2 years ago
Thanks ashaman69 ! :o)
It will be complete very soon ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Great work!! I followed the thread at cgtalk every now and then. Didn't comment there because it was a too big of a thread and to high quality to give meaningful comments :P.
And congratulations with your wedding, keep it up!
tillaart36 2 years ago
thanks tillaart36! :o)
Glad you're following the progress of "Meet Meline" and that you like it! :o)
We just can't wait to show you! :o)
Thanks! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
are you using on face controls for the face expressions?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi Leonardo!
No we're not :o)
You've used basic blendshape to create all the facial expressions. Around 30 poses were created and then blended together :o)
Thanks for your support! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
its the short going to come out before the end of this year?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi Leonardo!
WE are middle of post production. The film should be read in about a month or two. Today, we are mixing all the sounds ! :)
Thanks for your interest Leonardo ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I agree, some technical direction would be great. For example, did you use renderman or MR? Shave for hair?
rubent100 2 years ago
Hi Rubent!
"Meet meline" is redered with "Maya Software", exept the "Meline" character, which is done in MR (we used MR only for the sking shader) and the Occlusion pass.
For you second question, "Maya Hair" was used to create the hair! :o)
Thanks for your interest! i hope you liked the trailer! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Wow it looks like inderect lighting was used.
rubent100 2 years ago
I'll take that as a compliment, thanks! :o)
It was way less cpu consumming to fake it with omnis or spotlights! :o)
Since we are working on laptops, I think we've made the right choise! :)
Thanks rubent! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
will it be a real movie??? cause i want to see all of it.
kumiiue 2 years ago
Hi Kumiiue! :o)
Yes, it's going to be a 7min long short film! We are still working on it, it will be complete very soon! :o)
thansk for the great comment! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Really professional, it could easily pass as a movie or in my case as a video game. That´s some well done job there.
frostare 2 years ago
Thanks frostare! :)
That's a really nice compliments! :)
I really hope you'll like the complete shortfilm! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
very very nice animation....i love the whole video....keep it up
vincelogesh 2 years ago
Woaw! :o)
Thanks vincelogesh! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Really really great work. Waiting to see the final movie and making.
Great going, Congrats..
clicksubhendu 2 years ago
Thanks clicksubhendu! :)
Virginie and I hope you'll like it! :-p
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hey Sebastien!(its me, Leonardo Gulli, i just switched the account so that you don t think i am asking to much on the other.) I was wondering the way you animate a rope or a chain. Is it an IK handle with a curve?
gullibrazilian 2 years ago
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LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Here comes another question!
Do you create a normal camera or camera with aim or camera with aim up?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi Leonardo! I'm always using a camera with aim. I'm more comfortable with it ! :o)
Cheers! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Congrat. I like your job. :-)
photolinehu 2 years ago
Thanks Photolinehu ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
still humbly waiting on this :) Everything going well? :)
-Gijs
Revvels 2 years ago
Hi Revvels, Yes, everything is doing ok! :o)
We are working on the sound mixing. It just takes some time! :o) But don't you worry! :o)
Thanks for you support Revvels! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Your Trailer is absolutely amazing to me, and inspiring. I've have been taking a 3D animation class on Maya for a whole year now in high school but not even close to having the knowledge and skill that you and Virginie have right now. I have only the basics of using blend shapes and curves to make expressions, and also, did you use enviromental fog, or a spotlight effect to give the surroundings an earthly tone? Totally awesome though. All Maya rendered right?
kemuri123 2 years ago
Thanks Kemuri123 !:o)
Yes, everything was rendered with Maya Software (exepte the skin of Meline, done with Mental Ray). As for your other question, I tried to mix volume fog, volume lights, particules and environmental fog in combustion to get what we wanted! Glad you like the result man! :o)
Good luck with your studies! It should be fun ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I am a computer arts student and I have to say I love this trailer I think it looks amazing, and it has actually inspired me to focus my final year project on developing my technical art skills, I was actually interested in how you developed the skeleton in the face for controlling the facial animation.
mikecass86 2 years ago
Hi Mikecass86! :o)
The facial expression are done using just simple blend shapes in Maya. We've created around 30 blendshapes, and mixed them together!:o)
Thanks for your wonderful comment, and best luck with you studies!:o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I like this movie already, can't wait till it is finished! ^^
The graphics are done very well, by only the two of you? O_o
Artheya 2 years ago
Thanks Artheya! :o)
You're right, we were only 2 on the graphics (Virginie and I)
Thanks for your comment! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
wow, such great GCI animation 5 stars, look really great, cant wait for the finish, Meline i presume is the girl's name, reminds me of Final FantasyVII: Advent Children, hell the CGI quality on your work reminds me of that movie, and that was top notch CG, great job
TommyTheToyReviewer 2 years ago
Woaw! Thanks for this very enthusiastic comment Tommy ! :o)
We are glad you enjoyed this trailer! :o)
Can't wait to show you the finished film ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Sorry, I think i wrote it wrong. I mean Character faces, what is you technique for modeling you characters head?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Yes Leonardo! :o) We started modeling our character's head by using a Box. Tweaked the vertices to match our drawing, and then we added more division to our cube, and so one :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
what is your technique for face modeling?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi Leonardo!
We only use polygon modeling for all the modeling. We took many reference pictures, and started molding every props and sets from a single box that you extrude, cut etc :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
OMG this looks soooo promising!! wonderful!!!
edditeddy 2 years ago
Woaw ! Thanks Eddy ! :o)
Glad you loooved the trailer ! :o)
Thanks for your comment ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
the lighting and the scenary reminds me of fable 2.. good work man
deadcell1 2 years ago
Thanks deadcell! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
this is just beautiful sebastien! really like the feeling of the trailer!. question..
how did you make the fog? and the tiny particles that flows in the air? thanks (;
dennisberndtsson 2 years ago
Thanks Dennis! :o)
Everything that you are refering to is done with Maya! :o)
The fog is done with a "volume fog" sphere, and the particules are done with particules system to which i added a turbulence field :o)
Thanks again ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Thanks Vecta ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Everything about the animation so far is absolutely amazing -- the models, the textures, the lighting, the camera movements, everything. I can't wait to see more!
sparrowskit 2 years ago
Woaw! :o)
Thanks Sparrowskit! :o)
... and I can't wait to show you the complete film! I hope you'll like it too! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
has a release date been set yet
fusionrmotorsports 2 years ago
Hi fusionrmotorsports!
Nope, not yet. The film is almost complete, but the release date hasn't been set yet! :o)
... but soon! i swear ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Great, ive been waiting on this for a long time. Me and a group of friends recently started writing for a short animated film were going to produce. Ive shown them all this trailer as well as some screens from your site for inspiration. Cant wait til its done! Great Job so far.
fusionrmotorsports 2 years ago
Woaw! We'r happy about that! Thanks man! :o)
Good luck with you future project then! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Comment ne pas mettre 5/5 et l'envie de savoir la suite avec ça.
que c'est bien dessiné et réalisé, une fluidité Exemplaire !
Alkerran 2 years ago
Hey Alkerran ! :o)
Merci pour tout! On est bien content que le trailer te plaise! N'hésite pas à communiqué dessus! :o)
J'suis allez voir tes montage! C'est très réussie!
(J'espère aussi que tu t'es bien amusé au mariage!) :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
great work , cant wait to see more.
btw how did u make a camera shaking ? ur camera look very realistic.
Xanzhra 2 years ago
Hi Xanzhra!
The camera movement is just simple keyframe animation! :o)
I have a camera myself and I shot a lots of things from moving children, people running, cars, bugs or even to people standing still. I tried to analyze all the footage I shot and pointed out what makes a camera move like a real camera. I then applied these rules that I've learned, while animating cameras in a 3D environment! :o)
Thanks! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Sorry to ask so much but I had this question since I first saw this trailer, did you started doing the fence by creating a curve which then you extrude a cylinder to make a surface? Is that what you did?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
It's just a simple circle extruded along a curve! :o)
Glad you find so much interest in " Meet Meline" ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
How long do you estimate the short is going to be?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi Leonardo!
The short will be 7 minutes long! :o)
Thanks for watching! I hope you liked the trailer! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hey, me again.
for how long have you working on maya?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Hi!
I been using Maya since 5 years now. I started in 2004 while doing my short film "Running Away" ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Really beautiful!
5*
ParallelProblems 2 years ago
Thank you very much ParallelProblems!!! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hey! Great to see the trailer out after watching the cgtalk thread for a couple of years!
The look, style, lighting and compositing is truly impressive, I like the 'overexposed' aspect of it. Great work! :D
minifong 2 years ago
Thanks minifong! :o)
That's so nice to hear people that followed the production on the cgtalk blog! they use to see still pictures! The feedbacks were great!
And now, we have the same feedback with teh moving pictures! and that such a relief! :o) I hope you'll like the complete film as well! :o)
Thanks for watching and you time, minofong! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
that 's impressive Sebastien, how long do you working on this?
dsfage 2 years ago
Thanks dsfage! :o)
We've been working on "Meet Meline" since 2 years now! :-)
It's almost complete! :-)
Glad you enjoyed the trailer! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
did you use renderman for this project?
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
We rendered everything with Maya Software, exept "Meline" which is done under MentalRay (The hair are Maya software though) :)
Every pass is assembled in compositing! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
This is really fantastic. I've watched this trailer a million times and I still cant stop. Good job there.
LeonardoGulli 2 years ago
Thanks Leonardo! :)
Glad you whatched it so many times! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
How many people are working on this?
Pikachux1000 2 years ago
Hi pikachux1000!
Virginie and I are working on it. We're only two.
But the music and the sounds are made by 2 other guys! :)
I hope you liked the trailer! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
This is beautiful. I've been following your progress on this for a while - great lighting rig! Amazing what you guys are doing with just two laptops. Amazing detail in the animation too. I am in awe. Can't wait til it's done.
:o)
smartbluecat 2 years ago
Thanks Smartbluecat! :)
Can't wait to show you the complete film ! :o)
thanks for your comment and support! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Awesome preview! I look forward to seeing the final movie. Great Job! ;-D
JZInnerTube 2 years ago
Thanks JZInner! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Hey Sebastien, Your WELCOME! I am impressed with the visuals and animating in this. How do you find the time to make this high of QUALITY video? I hope to make this good of 3D someday. Excellent! Love it ;-)
JZInnerTube 2 years ago
Thanks JZinner! :o)
I guess passion and 4 hours sleeps per night really combine ! :o)
Good luck with your own project men! :o)
Hope you'll like the whole short film ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Haha - Being DEPRIVED of much sleep(and being in pain, for ME) is mandatory with 3D movie making. It's JUST ME, Jay making all my movies and voices for my movies lately, BUT tell me WHEN we can see the FULL Meet Meline movie! I want to see your masterpiece man! Looks awesome, and Meline is so darn CUTE - ;-}
JZInnerTube 2 years ago
AHhah thanks JZInnerTube! :o)
As for your question, unfortunately, I can't answer exactly when is the release date. We are in talk with some people about the future of "Meet Meline". It's just the beginning of the exchange.
... but the film is almost complete (the mix of the sounds is what's left) :)
Thanks for your comment ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Cool! I look forward to the release of this movie, however you guys do in the near future. Awesome! Hope making this is worthwhile for you & Virginie. Hope you have much success with it. Cheers! ;-)
JZInnerTube 2 years ago
Hola Sebastien, soy Iván Rojo (lilox), no puedo esperar mas para ver el Cortometraje y también me gustaría saber mas de Virginie, quisiera darle mis felicitaciones puesto que han hecho un excelente trabajo, lo esperare con muchas ansias, buena suerte!!
coolturens 2 years ago
hi Ivan! :o)
Glad to see you there!!! I really hope you'll like the final movie! :o)
thanks for your comments and support! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Excelente , la verdad me da mucha alegría ver como has solucionado muchas cosas, la verdad me enorgullece demasiado que el proyecto tenga esta calidad
coolturens 2 years ago
Thanks Coolturens! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
beau boulot, félicitation.
A quand une projection sur Lyon?
Florent - Vanilla Seed
laaameche 2 years ago
Hey Florent ! :o)
Ravi de te voir ici! :o)
Ca ne devrait pas tarder, dans un ou deux mois! :o)
Merci pour ton commentaire!
a très bientôt! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
This is excellent, even the jump from the ladder. Nothing wrong there
MannieBrown 2 years ago
Thanks MannieBrown ! :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I'm following it from CGS!
You are awesome guys! Awesome!
Can't wait atall to see the final version!
*Subscribed her!*
mim3dot 2 years ago
Thanks mim3dot! :o)
Glad you are a CGS follower! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I think you should reconsider the camera angle as she is climbing down the latter. When she jumps off the latter at 24 seconds, is it really necessary to have the dress go up to her stomach?
As someone who knows a little bit about 3d animation, I know every action/detail/camera angle is precisely calculated, so I find it a bit odd that you would include such detail as that on a 5 year old.
W1930U7 2 years ago
well most ppl wouldnt even think like that when its such a small kid
PorkyBot07 2 years ago
Thanks :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
I see what you're saying :-)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Very impressive Sebastien! I have to say man your work is getting better and better man! Great job! I can't wait to see the finished product!
jweinrub 2 years ago
Thanks jweinrub ! :o)
Glad you liked it !!!:o)
thanks for your great comment ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
No problem man. By the way, will Running Away be completed also, or is it done for good?
jweinrub 2 years ago
Hi jweinrub! :o)
No Running Away is a complete short film. It' was done as a school project :)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
i just saw the trailer in highend3d, this is Stunning!!! Fantastic work!!
Thank you for taking the time and efforts to make this movie, I'm eager to see it!
its very rare to see such expressive and moving eyes look in 3d character, that shot and the opening shot are TOP, the girl when she is playing is perfect
akushali 2 years ago
Thanks Akushali ! :o)
Hope you'll like the complete film ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
This looks awesome. Where will I be able to see the short movie when it`s released? Are you going to upload it to YouTube?
fuzzycabin 2 years ago
The film will be released this summer! :o)
Thanks for your comments fuzzycabin ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
amazing, the opening shot looks incredible. i take it all maya and combustion?
rubent100 2 years ago
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Amazing JOB .. I would pray for PIXAR like growth for you people..really doing nice stuff.... I would love Animating with you people for future projects .I enjoyed it !
killerzbal 2 years ago
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killerzbal 2 years ago
Encore le Flamby et sa blonde qui se la petent en 3D :-).
Bravo Seb et Vivi (je sais qu'elle adore), vous faites un boulot remarquable. quand vous voulez vous m'apellez pour le champagne !! Bizz
stephenpillon 2 years ago
Merci mon stephen ! :o)
A bientôt! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Sebastien,
All your works are very well done. I´ve seen all of them and the directing and photography are always spectacular. You can really tell a story with basically a camera and a lambert shaded cube.
It´s been a pleasure to watch the development (via cgtalk) even before I started with art and 3D. I couldn´t understand a word of all those maya tricks... lol
Very nice work!
Looking foward to seeing it finished soon!
See you!
fade2blackened 2 years ago 2
Woaw! Thanks for your comment fade2blackened! That means a lot! :o)
We're really happy you enjoyed the trailer! I hope you'll like the film as well ! :o)
Again, thanks for taking teh time to watch the trailer and that nice comment! :o)
You made my day ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
this is spectacular, it really suck you in, well done!
curlyhead94 2 years ago 3
Thanks curlyhead94 ! :o)
Glad you liked it ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Amazing work. 5* frm me.
How long is the movie and how much men work on this?
mvshabeer 2 years ago 3
Thanks mmvshabeer! :o)
The short film will be 7minutes long! and we are 2 graphist working on it, 1 composer and 1 sound designer! :o)
I hope you'll like it! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Thanks AMVtheburning! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
Amazing
AMVtheburning 2 years ago 3
Thanks Pissed555 ! :o)
Glad you like it ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago
wow very nice! i love the lightning and rendering!
pissed555 2 years ago 3
Thanks dmp85 ! :o)
ssebastienn 2 years ago