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Go With The Flow
Hey
Im doing a project at university and i want to create a video piece that is done in the same or similar style to that of the video for Queens of the Stoneage ‘Go With The Flow’, specifically, the real filmed characters that appear in that graphic style.
I have a vague idea of how they went about making it, but was wondering if anyone had a more definate idea of hows it was produced and any ideas or tips i could get for a way to re create that effect?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Could you find the clip you’re talking about and post a link?
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unfortuately its a good old you tube job, but i think it shows it clear enough, if i find a better link, il place it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTui5WdWa8
cheers
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I’m guessing it was mostly or entirely done with 3D animation and motion capture. I don’t think that any of the people were real.
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Looks like a form of cartoonification. Take a look at Aharon’s tutorial and obviously tweak it a lot.
Cartoonification
Just a suggestion, if you are not a professional (which I certainly am not)- try something simpler. This effect is not going to be a little plugin that you can apply to some normal video. Especially if you want the kind of dynamic shots they had in that video you are going to need a lot of professional equipment and an amazing special effects person (you). Not to dash your hopes and dreams, but chances are you won’t get a great result without all that stuff I just mentioned. I know I wouldn’t be able to do it as of right now. -
Hmm yeah, the more i looked into doing it, the more i kinda had same realisation, and yeah im on my own for this one with a student budget, so sensible thinking may be the way forward! Cartoonification tutorial is ace though, will really help me move my idea on.
Cheers for the advice guys,
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Depending on how close to the effect you’re looking to get, if you’ve got access to a blue/greenscreen, I think you’ll be able to replicate this to a satisfactory degree. If you can have your actors wear high contrast clothing you can key them out, then make them into silhouettes, but with a little definition – like how you can see buttons and zippers and such on the band’s jackets. I don’t really know about the faces – who knows – depending on what you’re going for, you could give them some high-contrast makeup as well, then you could have mouths at least. Can’t really think of a way to do the eyes without actually animating them on…
Perhaps some combination of the above with Aharon’s cartoonification?
Kyle Hamrick
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The basic method of creating the look of the band was painting them (and the car) black and white – literally! Then shooting green-screen followed by a massive amount of manual masking, hard-contrast treatment and colour correction. Landscape and wider shots were done with 3D CGI.
https://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1072
cheers
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Hey man, thanks for the article! even though im re thinking the project method, knowing how it was done is going to be a great help none the less. wondering how many friends i can rope in and paint black…
cheers again!
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