Short Hobbit Animation

[Paulj]

Hi,

This is a link to a short animation I’ve just finished based on the Hobbit

Living in Wellington NZ it had been a frustrating time with The Hobbit film proper continually going off the rails. When del Toro left the project I thought the only way I'd get to see it was if I made it myself

Ironically just as I finished this short sequence the film got the green light for production

The Youtube link is here – it was rendered in HD though their compression has introduced a few artefacts (as usual)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_P21QcJMM

It's very short - but then so are hobbits Don’t blink or you’ll miss it

It was produced in Vue 7.4 and I used Poser for the running figures and I modelled the watchtower and the dragon (A friend of mine saw it and thought it was a snake!) in Hexagon, and composed the music in Cakewalk Sonar

[Mari-Anne]

Wonderful! I am really impressed!

[Paulj]

Thanks Mari-Anne

I spent a lot longer on the video than I'd originally intended although I reckon I must have spent about 75% of my time trying to work around bugs or odd "features" in Vue

[vovka]

very nice, i had very simular idea, but never finished. I should find and posted.
Very good work.

[Paulj]

Thanks Vovka, I look forward to seeing your unfinished work

[vicky007]

The video is really good iam really impressed . Best of luck and keep posting some good animation videos.

[Paulj]

Thanks Vicky - glad you enjoyed it