Guitar Star!

Guitar Star – The Final Cut

Simon — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:42:20 +0000

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Here is is, the final cut of Guitar Star.

Credits Worksheet

Crystal — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:08:19 +0000

Who wrote the story? Crystal – original story idea. Whole group for additional details and changes.
Who wrote the script? Keith
Who drew the storyboard? Crystal
Who created the planning sheet? Whole group
Who made the shot list? Simon
Who were the performers? Adam LaPlante
Who were responsible for markers? Whole group
Who calibrated the system? Whole group
Who captured performances? Whole group
Who clean motion capture data? Whole group
Who created the concept for the characters? Crystal – main character Steve Richards and Keith Proctor – Old woman neighbor
Who modeled the characters? Crystal – main character Steve Richards and Keith – Old woman neighbor
Who rigged the characters? Crystal – main character Steve Richards and Keith – Old woman neighbor
Who textured the characters? Crystal – main character Steve Richards and Keith – Old woman neighbor
Who modeled the environment? Keith and Crystal – bed, lamp, nightstand, alarm, cloth by stage area.
Who textured the environment? Keith and Crystal – cloth by stage area, boombox, outside brick wall.

Who edited the motion capture animation? Crystal
Who animated? Crystal – Main character (Steve Richards) and Keith – old woman neighbor
Who created the animatics? Simon
Who created the cameras/camera animations? Simon
Who lighted the scenes? Crystal and Simon
Who created/edited audio (sound effects, music, etc.)? Weston Jordan – Music sountrack and Simon sound effects and editing
Who rendered all the final frames? Simon
Who edited the animation? Simon
Who worked on the process book? Simon created and maintained site. Whole group participated in uploading content.

Animatic 2

Simon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:58 +0000

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This second animatic combines the animated skeleton created in Motion Builder with the character skin created in Maya. The various takes are finally combined into a draft version of the final video.

Motion Capture T-Pose

Simon — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:06:09 +0000

All motion capture shots start and end with the t-pose. We use this pose and the reference photos to identify all markers. More photos after the jump.

Data Cleaning (It’s a Chore)

Simon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:16:42 +0000

Cleaning the raw motion capture data takes some time! On the left is a wire frame version of the main character with each of the markers identified and labeled. The right side shows each of the marker trajectories – it’s a solid set of bars since all the data has been cleaned (otherwise you see gaps in the data).

Motion Capture Session

Simon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:59:55 +0000

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We completed out first motion capture session. It was a success – Adam was great as our Guitar Star! Now the process of cleaning up all the capture data which weighs in at over 2GB of raw data.

Steven the T-Pose

Simon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:38:32 +0000

The main character continues to take shape. Hair has been added along with a bandanna. Besides fitting in with the characters “rocks star” attitude, the bandanna serves to simplify the animation and rendering of hair (most of the hair is covered and held in place).

Soundtrack Evolved

Simon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:21:02 +0000

The soundtrack is still in development with the main guitar recorded and several different style introductions. Listen to the recording here:

Guitar Star Main Track (03:12 mp3)
Introduction Sample 1 (03:56 mp3)
Introduction Sample 2 (3:30 mp3)
Introduction Sample 3 (3:36 mp3)

The World Takes Shape

Simon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:32:56 +0000

Richard’s world is his room – which also happens to be the setting for Guitar Star. Continue reading to see other views of Richard’s room.

Character Development: Concept to Model

Simon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:09:16 +0000

Steven Richards takes shape. The character is a guy in his middle 30s who still lives at home. He’s decked out in a rock start leather vest, and unfortunately doesn’t have the matching pants.

Crystal has produced the model in Maya (she point’s out that the hair is still coming).