Rendering halfway there.
Posted on July 1st, 2011 by Martin
We're currently hitting the halfway mark on the rendering and compositing of the movie, while the animation is 80% done. The island came alive thanks to the wonderful Hair Farm plug-in that makes creating huge grass fields a breeze. Check some of the new pictures in the gallery and we're off to render out the second half of the movie.

Scene 1 finished.
Posted on June 15th, 2010 by Martin
Took some time, but nevertheless the first scene of Maják is rendered in final quality and we're now targeting the render and compositing of the second scene, which is already animated by Philip and Alan. This movie is probably the biggest test of endurance of my life. More images and work in progress stuff as they come.

Long time no sea.
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Martin
Last post one and a half year ago? Can't be... Anyway, lots of changes happened behind the wraps, but with the result being that Majak is now in full production currently with a team of four talented professionals at the Kovofilm animation studio. I'd like to welcome our newest team member, Philip, to the team. He is currently tackling the animation on the second scene and is getting close to finishing it, while Zbynek and me are simulating, rendering and compositing shots of the first scene. Alan is giving them a good polish :) afterwards with painted puffy clouds. We are targeting summer 2010 to finish the visual side of the movie, with postproduction coming right afterwards. Here's a few random pictures to keep you interested...

Finished blocking...
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Martin
Last week we've finished the blocking stage of our movie and although there's still some corrections to do, I'm very happy with the result. It's wonderful to see the story take shape and get refined each day. Some time ago we only had the animatic and were not sure how it's going to work, now things are much more clear and defined. Animation movies are a constant refinement proccess, from a rough storyboard, through the blocking, animation, physical simulations, lighting, rendering, compositing, all the way to the final edit.

Welcome to our island!
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Martin
This is the website for our short animated movie "Maják". We're working on the blocking phase of the movie, which is a kind of 3D animatic to see if the shot order and camera angles make sense and the timing is right. A sample of this can be seen in the gallery section. It's still a long road to the final animated and lighted scenes, but it should give you an idea of where we're heading. We'll be adding new stuff as we have it, so keep checking back once in a while.