#AskTheTrainer
Join us for a special edition of Ask The Trainer, as Kris Theorin, Animation Director of Something's Awry, shares key insights into how he animated and composited their latest 3D short, “A Haunting in Candyland.” Kris will share how he used multiple Maxon tools in his animation and compositing workflows, including Cinema 4D, Redshift, ZBrush, Cineware, and Red Giant’s Colorista, Magic Bullet Looks, and Optical Glow.
Check out the film here: https://www.maxon.net/en/article/some...
00:00:00 Waiting loop
00:00:59 Short: "A Haunting in Candyland", BTS
00:03:07 Welcome
00:04:11 Hello Kris Theorin
00:05:06 Housekeeping
00:06:52 Candyland Content, Tutorials
00:08:01 Intro of Kris Theorin
00:10:18 Short: "A Haunting in Candyland", BTS
00:12:14 Starting a project, Candyland00:15:21 __ The haunting hand
00:16:38 __ Voice Over
00:18:21 Animating and Motion Capture
00:19:55 __ The biggest challenge, Hand
00:21:21 __ Clean Up Work, capture
00:22:34 __ IK animation fixing sliding feet [1]
00:23:21 Q How to handle complete Project files
00:25:20 Q What one needs to create a short
00:27:32 Filmmaking process
00:27:33 __ The set and prop design
00:29:30 __ Cinematography background, Editing
00:33:00 __ Influencing future projects
00:33:50 __ Learn, start simple, add complexity
00:35:36 __ Inspiration source
00:37:12 __ Filmmic aesthetic decisions, on "seconds."
00:41:31 __ Emulate Art-forms, Easter Eggs
00:46:42 Q Adjust sliding feet [2]
00:48:42 __ Assets, the Knight Character
00:52:05 Render, Compositing, Color Grading
00:52:42 __ Red Giant Colorista
00:53:32 __ Adding Atmo, Fog
00:54:37 __ Cineware, Camera
00:55:16 __ One Person Pipeline, focus points
00:58:00 Q Is there a tutorial about the Compositing
00:58:28 Q Was ACES used, longest render
00:59:36 Q __ Render time, Team Render
01:01:16 Q 16 or 32 bit per channel float
01:01:31 __ Render improvements to scene
01:02:00 __ Color, Red Giant and After Effects
01:02:36 __ Spoiler
01:03:04 Acting and Expression
01:04:10 __ Kris and acting background
01:04:32 __ What translates, expression
01:06:51 __ Ignoring looking ridicules
01:07:24 LinkedIn, Phone, animation
01:10:40 Next projects
01:11:50 Mocap suit recommendation
01:14:05 Kris' website, Instagram
01:14:35 Wrapping up
01:15:12 Housekeeping
01:18:02 Thank you and bye
01:18:55 Short: "A Haunting in Candyland", BTS
