Monday, June 16, 2008

American Pop

CHICAGO 10 - OFFICIAL TRAILER

iPod + iTunes = ROTOSCOPING

Rotoscoping that sells things!





Okay.......that's enough of that.

Jonas and Francios

Modest Mouse - Green Screen


Green Screen


Video

Alfred Hitchcock The Birds



Scene from Alfred Hitchcock "The Birds"

Another Rotoscope Tutorial


Rotoscope Tests

More Clips to consider.....hmmmmm





Long Live GORK!

flash rotoscoping example

Macromedia Flash Rotoscoping Example

How to Rotoscope- a video much like the stop motion station @ QAS

I recommend fast forwarding through alot of this video......it's not great....but this guy used a technique much like the rotoscope station @ QAS. Like I said...this video is not great, but it is a useful example of how it can be done.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Sin City

Sin City used rotoscoping techniques. Here is a little making of video that you might find interesting.


A great explanation of Rotoscoping



The Yellow Submarine

The Quality isn't the best, but it is good enough to see the mixture of rotoscoping and straight animation. There are a huge amount of different techniques stuffed into this film. Quickdraw has high quality disks of this as well, check them out for further research.






Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Richard Linklater and Bob Sabiston













Thursday, June 12, 2008

Videomaker - Rotoscoping (pt. 2b)

Videomaker - Rotoscoping (pt. 2a)

Videomaker - Rotoscoping (pt. 1)

There are some good tips here. The end result isn't the greatest, but the approach works.

Beastie Boys Video

A good use of rotoscoping as an element, not just an applied filter.

Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope

Watch for the mistakes, the lightsabre actually disappears a few times. I like to watch older movies, it helps to see how they problem solved there way out of tight jams. They didn't run to a computer!

Light Saber Battle in Star Wars Episode 1

Yes, a TEAM of people sat in a room and rotoscoped in the light saber effects. Not only did they have to consider the sword but also the light that it casts on nearby objects.




Well.....Ya I don't know if I would try and base a career on light sabers, but it's a good place to start playing with effects.

Gulliver's Travels (1939) Part 5

Minnie the Moocher - song only