Comments on: Uncanny valley

By: John Braine

John Braine — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:37:00 +0000

Cheers Dave. Will check it out. Stuff on the web site looks good but looks like it'd be much better in person.

Claire, yeah I found something a bit off about her eyes too. I think they may be too identical.

Thanks for the BBC link Annie. Yeah I don't think these technologies will ever get a foothold in movies but you'll probably see a hell of a lot more dead stars in ads, the fuckers.

Cheers!
J.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Article about it on the BBC site today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7573966.stm

I don’t think animation will ever replace filmmaking. People love filmmaking – the fun is in being on set, with real people and real human error. There is room for both.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:36:00 +0000

Hmm, I hate mo-cap (markerless or not). Most animators I know hate it. Producers often see it as being cheaper and easier but working with it isn’t like art, it’s like programming and it’s soul-less. I’ve been seeing more of a trend away from hyper-realism in animation lately though and I think these kind of exercises are more novelty. I don’t see the point in doing a photo-realistic film. But….I do remember laughing at computer animators back in college saying “that’ll never catch on” so what do I know!

Having said that, this attempt is definitely the best I’ve seen (I would like to see it working on a moving character), there’s something still not right about her teeth and her blinks but at least she doesn’t look like a reanimated corpse like the characters in Polar Express.

By: divot

divot — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:04:00 +0000

If you haven’t, check out Jordi Fornies… (www.jordifornies.com).. exhibiting in Dublin again next month I think…