MICHEL DURIN
2012
NEODIGITAL
Internship, Summer 2012 in Bernay (Haute Normandie).
Modeling
"Artcube" and others : a serie of goodies for Neodigital of which I was asked to make a 3D preview.
Retopology and Facial Animation
Work on a clip by Neodigital : "Foreigners", performed by Da Pink Noise. I had to animate 3D heads on top of the original video.
Note : This work was made with 3DsMax
SETUP, LAYOUT AND ANIMATION
During my last days at Neodigital, I was given a little 3D Diablo character. I made its rigging and skinning, and imagined a little animation.
ONE MINUTE MOVIE
Made in 2012 at Supinfocom. I had to make a one minute movie all by myself, from the scenario to the end of the production.
On a moon without craters, an astronaut is thinking about his girlfriend left on the Earth. But lost in his thoughts, his engagement ring flies away...
This movie is far from what I wanted at the begining of its production. I can't say I'm proud of it, but yet it was a really interesting exercise, my first steps alone in a real 3D production, and I think that the most important is to learn from my mistakes. Here I spent to much time on the scenario and storyboard, and not enough thinking about the graphics. I came naturally to a realistic look, but I actually had not the rendering skills to afford it. While I tried to manage with all the rendering problems I had, I didn't work as I would have done on the animation. The result is a movie with not really good graphics and animation, but a really instructive experience. I was glad the next year to work on GREENFIELDS in a team, and to focus on animation, to do a job I really enjoyed.
EXERCISES
My first steps in 3D animation. A facial animation exercise (modeling, setup and animation) and a walk.