Hāʻawi ʻo Brent Forrest i kāna "Samurai Frog Golf" ma SIGGRAPH

Ma waena o nā papahana animated e hoʻomaka ana i kēia pule he SIGGRAPH Samurai frog golf (o SFG), he kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole hoihoi i haku ʻia e ke alakaʻi ʻO Brent Forrest a me ka hui ʻo Marza Animation Planet ma Tokyo. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi manawa e kamaʻilio me Brent e pili ana i kāna papahana hou a me kāna mau hoʻolālā no kāna moʻolelo hoʻokūkū kolepa i hoʻokomo ʻia e ka samurai:

Ka Ikepili Animation: Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iki iā mākou e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka pōkole?

ʻO Brent Forrest: ʻOiai i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, hoʻomanaʻo au i koʻu makua kāne i ke kolepa. ʻO nā ʻakaʻaka kolepa, nā moʻolelo kolepa, nā haʻawina kolepa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko oʻu mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi: aneane kēlā me kēia hale aʻu i noho ai i koʻu wā kamaliʻi aia ma ke kahua kolepa ʻo Don Valley ma Toronto. He punahele nui au i nā serials samurai, makemake au i ka huakaʻi a ka hero, makemake au i nā huakaʻi maikaʻi a ʻo ka mea ʻakaʻaka he mau haneli inā ʻaʻole he mau haneli o nā mea like ma waena o ke ala samurai a me ka Zen o kolepa. E noʻonoʻo i kahi mea kolepa e laina ana e pana: noho mālie, kaulike, ka hui pū ʻana o ka mana a me ka pololei… Hoʻomanaʻo anei ia iā ʻoe i kekahi mea?

I koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻo kekahi o nā kumu hoʻoikaika nui loa ʻo ia ke kipa ʻana i ka hale paʻi Iapana o David Bull, Mokuhankan (mokuhankan.com) ma ka apana o Asakusa o Tokyo. Ua hele mua au i laila me kaʻu hoa hana hana, ʻo Tobi. Ua aʻo ʻo David iā mākou i ka mōʻaukala o ka paʻi lāʻau a hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi haʻawina wikiwiki i ka hana ʻana. Ua lilo au i ka moʻolelo ma hope o ke ʻano hana noʻeau, a ʻoiai ua hoʻoholo mua wau i ko mākou noho ʻana ai ' e hana mākou i kahi "moving ukiyo-e print", e huki ikaika mākou i nā mea a mākou i aʻo ai. Ua wehe ʻoluʻolu ʻo David i kāna hale kūʻai no mākou i ka lua o ka manawa i hele mai ai ka hui hana o ke keena e lawe i kahi haʻawina pōkole.

I ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻomaka ai e hana a pehea ka lōʻihi o ka hana ʻana?

ʻO ke kiʻi mua aʻu i hana ai no ka papahana ma kahi o 2016, i ka wā i hana ai au i kēia kiʻi kiʻi o ka samurai frog frog no ka Character Design Challenge ma Facebook. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻohui i nā papa ma 2019 a puni ka manawa a mākou e hoʻopau ai Like a hahaia me ka papahana maoli Ua hoʻomaka ia i ka makahiki 2021 i ka manawa i ʻae ai ka studio e kākoʻo i ka manaʻo a hana i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole. I ka wā i hana ʻia ai, ua holo wikiwiki nā mea i ʻelua mau ʻanuʻu: ʻO ka mua, pono mākou e hana i ka manaʻo e loaʻa ke kālā kālā o ke aupuni - ʻaʻole i lōʻihi, hoʻokahi mahina paha. A laila, i ka wā i ʻae ʻia ai mākou, ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻehā mahina e hui pū ai i nā minuke ʻekolu a me ka hapa pōkole mai ka hoʻomaka a i ka pau ʻana.

Ehia kanaka i hana Samurai frog golf? He aha nā mea hana hana i hoʻohana ʻia?

Aia ma kahi o 30 ka nui o ka poʻe o ka hui. ʻO kā mākou animation, hoʻohālike a me ka rigging package ʻo Maya 2020, ua hāʻawi mākou iā Arnold a hoʻohana nui i nā mea pono o Marza, Time Filter a me ShapeMeshing 2.0 no nā hopena kūikawā.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehewehe i ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona o kāu hana?

ʻAe hiki iaʻu: hui ʻo Ukiyo-e me Van Gogh me kahi paʻi o DeepDream. I ka wā mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻohālike wale i ke ʻano paʻi lāʻau; akā naʻe, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano hana a me nā ʻenehana. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka huakaʻi i ka hale paʻi kekahi o nā mea mua a mākou i hana ai.

He aha kāu i makemake nui ai e pili ana i ka hana ma ka ʻano pōkole?

He paʻakikī ke hoʻopuka i nā huaʻōlelo. ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaʻu mea punahele e hana ai a ʻo ka pōkole paha ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻokō ai i kēlā hana. Manaʻo wau e hauʻoli ka hapa nui o mākou i kēia ʻoihana i ka hana ʻana i nā papahana noʻonoʻo, hoihoi, a ʻaʻole paʻa i kūkulu ʻia e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka toothpaste a i ʻole hypnotizing keiki. Hiki i nā hiʻohiʻona ke lilo i mea ʻike nui no ka ʻuhane me 10.000 mau mea hana kiʻi e hana ana i kahi mau kakini pixels o ka huahana hope; he pono ka hana kalepa; Makemake au i ka hana moʻo, e pili ana i ka papahana, akā ʻo nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole kahi hōʻike maʻemaʻe o ka hana. He aha kāu makemake ʻole i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole? ʻO ka hope, ʻo ke mele: hana pū me kaʻu hoaaloha ʻo David Arcus (davidarcus.com), nāna i kākau a haku i ke mele kani no kēia a me ʻelua o kaʻu mau pōkole animated ʻē aʻe, he hauʻoli.

He aha nā pilikia nui loa? He aha kāu kālā pākēkē?

Ma laila ke kukui, Comping, Render. He hana koʻikoʻi nā ʻāpana pepa i komo i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā kālā e kā mākou hui hoʻokele hana. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka hana hoʻolaha a me ke kūʻai aku e hoʻomau i kahi paʻakikī nui. He mea kupanaha ka nui o nā luʻi o ka hana ʻana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻaʻohe pili i ka hoʻoulu ʻana. ʻO ka animation ponoʻī ka mea maʻalahi, akā no ka mea ʻo Marza kēlā. ʻO kā mākou kālā ma kahi o $ 200.000.

ʻO wai kāu mau meʻe animation nui?

No ka inoa i kekahi mau mea: Andy Knight, ko'u haku mua a me ke kumu a'o; ʻO Brad Bird, ʻo John Lasseter, ʻo Rebecca Sugar, ʻo Robert Valley Bill Peet a me Wolfgang Reitherman.

He aha nā papahana ʻē aʻe āu e hana nei?

He kiʻiʻoniʻoni hou kaʻu i ka wā mua me Tobi i loaʻa ʻole kahi poʻo inoa: ma hope a ma hope paha e hoʻonohonoho mākou i nā kāleka a me nā mele. He pāʻani koʻikoʻi kaʻu e makemake nui ai e demo no kekahi o kēia mau lā. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, ʻo koʻu manaʻo nui loa i ka hālāwai ʻana i nā hoa hana hui no ka SFG moʻo ʻoniʻoni.

E aʻo hou e pili ana iā ia Samurai frog golf a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe a Marza ma www. marza.com/sfg E nānā i ka hōʻike pōkole ma SIGGRAPH's hybrid Electronic Theatre 2022 (8-11 ʻAukake); loaʻa nā tiketi qui.