Hey guys,

we (a bunch of Filmakademie Students) are happy to present you a first short teaser for our animated diploma movie “Skål” (working title “Helga”).
Skål means Cheers in Scandinavian countries and fits the movie well since it is about a medieval booze-up of old viking hamster buddies that goes terribly wrong.
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https://vimeo.com/timmwagener/skolteaser [vimeo.com]
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Houdini and Mantra were used for FX, Cloth, Fur, Lighting, Shading and Rendering.

Some progress videos can be found here:
Pipeline:https://vimeo.com/timmwagener/mayahoudinipipeline [vimeo.com]
Mantra Shading RnD:https://vimeo.com/timmwagener/mantraphotogrammetry [vimeo.com]
Photogrammetry:https://vimeo.com/timmwagener/photogrammetry [vimeo.com]

Look good!

nice shot….. :-)

whats the deadline for this diploma?
and when you expect the final release?

whats the deadline for this diploma?

The deadline is around FMX2015. (End of April/Beginning of May).

and when you expect the final release?

Hopefully around the same time. We are crunching hard and long hours to make it happen….we`ll see. But shot turnaround times dropped to an all-time low thanks to our setup in Houdini and the production is actually real fun at the moment :wink:

Timm Wagener
The deadline is around FMX2015. (End of April/Beginning of May).

sounds good…. it looks like i have to go to the fmx 2015……

Thats a good idea anyways

Hi guys,
 
it's time for a final status update. The movie is about 90% finished, currently sound and credits are being done.
It was a tough ride, but in the end we managed to be amongst the first teams to finish in our year at Filmakademie.
Apart from Modeling, Rigging and Animation all 3D was done in Houdini. We rendered with Mantra.
The Houdini crew from the show is already in holidays or will be so in the next days
 
The Houdini Dudes:
Timm Wagener - Lead TD, Pipeline, Lighting, Shading, Photogrammetry & Compositing (Website [timmwagener.com], Vimeo [vimeo.com], Github [github.com])
Manuel Seifert - Lighting, Shading & Fur (Vimeo [vimeo.com])
Johannes Franz - FX & Cloth (Website [johannesfranz.com], Vimeo [vimeo.com])
 
During the production we had great support from some members of the Houdini community.
Big shout out to: Dennis Albus!, Niko Wuttke! and Demian Kurejwowski!
 
Lets finish with some frames from the movie:
[kiiia.com]
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This looks absolutely Awesome. I saw some of the TD Presentation at FMX. Was blown away. Amazing Work.

This looks absolutely Awesome. I saw some of the TD Presentation at FMX. Was blown away. Amazing Work.

Yes, our FX and Rigging TDs were presenting this year. So you probably already know the movie a bit better