Demo Reel

Shot Breakdown:
1-5)Brock, Malcom, and Lauren: Entrance, Ramp, Ramp, Fist, Select
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Layer Animation in Motion Builder
~Key Frame Face and Hands using Maya
~Ran realtime and rendered using Unreal Engine
~UT2k3 Cinematic: Epic Games

6-8)Beast: Forward walk with Roar
~Key Frame Animated using Motion Builder Biped Rig
~Face, Fingers, and Claws Keyed Bones in Maya
~Boned and Weighted in Maya
~Concept Work:Epic Games

9)Gorge: Kick through Nvidea Logo
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Layer Animation in Motion Builder
~Key Frame Face and Hands using Maya
~Boned and weighted in Maya
~For Nvidea Advertisement

10-12)Soldier: Back to wall, reload, cycle
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Layer Animation in Motion Builder
~Key Frame Face and Hands using Maya
~Boned and weighted in Maya
~Concept Work:Epic Games

13)Creature: Pacing
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Layer Animation in Motion Builder
~Key Frame Face, Hands, and Neck Spikes using Maya
~Boned and weighted in Maya
~Concept Work:Epic Games

14)Anubis: Run Forward cycle
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Layer Animation in Motion Builder
~Key Frame Face and Hands using Maya
~Boned and weighted in Maya
~Unreal Championship 2: Epic Games

15-17)Packageman: "The light that burns..."
~Key Frame Animated in Maya
~Rigged Model from www.rigging101.com
~Created for fun in 8 hour time limit

18-24)Flying Creature: Swoop, Land
~Key Frame Animated using Motion Builder Biped Rig
~Face, Fingers, and tail FK in maya
~Rendered in Maya
~Boned and Weighted in Maya
~Concept Work: Epic Games

25 & 26)Robot: Working, Closing
~Key Frame Animation FK in Maya
~Boned and Linked in Maya
~Concept Work: Epic Games

27)Skar: Land Swipe
~Key Frame Animation using Motion Builder
~Just for fun
~Unreal Championship 2: Epic Games

28)Little Skar: Spinkick
~Key Frame Animation using Motion Builder
~Just for fun
~Unreal Championship 2: Epic Games

29)Selket: Jump
~Motion Capture using Vicon8 Mcam, and Motion Builder
~Just for fun
~Unreal Championship 2: Epic Games

30-32)Flying Creature: Take off
~Key Frame Animated using Motion Builder Biped Rig
~Face, Fingers, and tail FK in maya
~Boned and Weighted in Maya
~Concept Work:Epic Games

33)End Card: Chad Schoonover Animator
~Photoshop

Reel put together in Adobe Premier
Meshes, Textures, and music created by others. Thanks Guys!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Demo
• Reel
• Animation

[MyBrainIsMush]

UC2 was way underrated.

one of my favorite xbox games

[chadanimator]

@MyBrainIsMush still one of my favorites as well

[binary1123]

kool dude, thats exactly the kind the thing i wanna do when i get older

[chadanimator]

@binary1123 ~awesome! why wait!? start drawing your animation sequences on paper whenever you get the chance, then put them on a free rig and start moving them around! :D

[NathanHaleOpal]

You made those animations! if you did what a splendid job!!! what program did you use? :)

[chadanimator]

@NathanHaleOpal

thanx!

[rendstar22]

Dude, i envy you soooo much. im a high school student(15) and i remeber ever since 3rd grade i wanted to create games like make the characters for them. im correctnly working in 3ds max. im in it about 3-8hours a day on it. trying to learn and im getting pretty good ( well i think i am). and one of the places i want to work for is epic games. Im looking at going into Vancouver film school or Full sail. What do you or your company think about those schools? Anyways Great job on the reel!

[av3nger3]

@chadanimator

Wow..This is all great...

[binary1123]

@chadanimator yeah your right, i should start doin ma thang

[chadanimator]

@TheFXGuy

at that time i was running 12 vicon Mcams and a 20foot volume in my office

[TheFXGuy]

@chadanimator Which vicon thing did you use for mocap? And did you buy it or did your company/ school have it?

[chadanimator]

@ronnie22shade

animation and rigging