I’ve had the privilege of seeing some incredible videos I want to share. Check out this new video: Blinky, as the twelveth film in the series Video on the Weekend (VOTW).
Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.
Soon every home will have a robot helper.
Don’t worry.
It’s perfectly safe.
Written, Directed & Edited by Ruairi Robinson
Starring Max Records from “Where The Wild Things Are”.
Cinematography by Macgregor
Music by Olafur Arnalds courtesy of Erased Tapes
Funded by Bord Scannan na hEireann / Irish film Board
Budget was 45k euro – for the shoot. Visual effects budget was a grand total of zeeero. I designed Blinky, modeled him in 3D and played both the his voice and the body mocap performance. And did most of the VFX. Thankfully all footage of me in the skintight mocap suit has been permanently destroyed.
Visual effects were completed over a period of 9 months, of hell. There’s a reason why you don’t see too many wet CG characters in movies even with 100 million dollar budgets. It’s really, really hard.
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