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Eternity
Possibly the first South African Vampire movie (by Christopher Dos Santos) being released in December 2010.
Starring David James (District 9), Hlomla Dandala (Lord of War), Ian Roberts, Emmanuel Castis & Christina Storm.
*Just to note, BlackGinger had nothing to do with this movie*
BlackGinger finishes Telkom 8.ta
Telkom 8.ta from Darrin Hofmeyr on Vimeo.
The launch of Telkom’s Cellular Network 8.ta
Velocity
Director: Keith Rose
BlackGinger
VFX Supervisor: Hilton Treves
Producer: Tracy-Lee Portnoi
Lead Flame: Marco Raposo de Barbosa
Flame: Eddie Addinall, David Dowie Dunn
Matte Painting: Rob Muir
Nuke: Ash Ryan , Bryan Dunkley, Angelo Collinicos
VFX: Jason Slabber, Neilan Naicker, William Harley, Camille Naude. Matthew Kearny
Layout and Animation: Shaun Marnewick, JC Phillips, Richard Clark, Lani Greenhill, Hayden Barnett, Francois Conradie, Andre de Villiers
Mnet in 3D
Got around to uploading the correct format for YouTube 3D videos.
First click the YouTube logo to watch on YouTube.
Then select from the drop down menu in the bottom right where it says 3D.
"Legend" wins Grand Prix and Animation Craft Certificate at Loeries 2010
“Legend” for Allan Gray by King James Ad Agency took the Grand Prix and also the craft certificate for Animation and Special Effects for us, BlackGinger.
Congrats to all involved.
Credits:
Ad Agency: King James
Agency Art Director: Karin Barry-McCormack
Agency Producer: Caz Friedman
Art Director/Stylist: Sylvia van Heerden, Melissa Visser
Cinematography: Keith Rose
Creative Director: Alistair King
Director: Keith Rose
Editing: Ricky Boyd
Executive Creative Director: Alistair King
Film Production Company: Velocity Films
Post Production / VFX: Blackginger
Producer: Peter Carr, Grant Davies
Writer: Paige Nick
Mnet – Artwork
Just a bit more from the Mnet Commercials we did at BlackGinger.
Here are some character study sheets by Sasha Perdigao, which assisted the animators in pose and expression.
Here is the initial character design sheet by Ree Treweek from Shy the Sun.
Mnet – Shoot Photos
Here are some photos from the shoot that was held in BlackGinger’s garage for three weeks (plus a week of preprod).
The first three being shots of the set in various stages of the shoot.
The house for “Firefly” as it was constructed.
Some of the flowers and trees that populate the set..
Here is a look at the motion control rig used for the shoot, its previous life was as a robotic arm for a car manufacturer.
Photos courtesy of Steven Saunders and Jannes Hendrikz
Mnet "Firefly" and "Ladybug" take flight
Mnet “Firefly” from Darrin Hofmeyr on Vimeo.
Mnet “Ladybug” from Darrin Hofmeyr on Vimeo.
We have just finished two stereoscopic commercials for Mnet (local televison channel) as a collaborative effort between BlackGinger and Shy the Sun for Ogilvy JHB.
The miniature sets were shot in BlackGinger’s garage over a three week period using a motion control rig to capture each “eye” for the stereoscopic version and numerous passes for the composite.
The characters and other CG elements like the web and willow leaves were created by BlackGinger using Softimage and rendered with Mantra in Houdini. All the compositing was then done with Nuke, to put out four versions of the commercials, stereoscopic cinema, cinema, HD and PAL.
CREDITS
Client: Mnet
Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg
Fran Luckin – Executive Creative Director
Robyn Bergmann – Creative Group Head
Chantelle dos Santos – Art Director
Leon van Huyssteen – Copywriter
Renier Zandburg – Art Director
Taryn Scher – Copywriter
Caree Ferrari – Business Director
Kay Motuba – Group Account Director
Debbie Dannheisser – TV Producer
Shy the Sun:
Director: Jannes Hendrikz
Production Designer: Ree Treweek
Executive Producer: Nina Pfeiffer
Designer & Illustrator: Linsey Levendall
3D Artist: Stanley Segal
Blackginger:
VFX Supervisor & Stereographer: Hilton Treves
Comp Supervisor: Marco Raposo de Barbosa
Animation Supervisor: Darrin Hofmeyr
Post Poducer: Tracy-lee Portnoi
Editorial: Eduan Kitching
Editorial Assistant: Ruth Molteno
Modelling & Texturing: Hayden Barnett, Francois Conradie, Lani Greenhill
Rigging: Duncan Greenwood and Tyron van der Berg
Layout: Roelof van Wyk, Alex Hall, Zayne Bartley
Animation: Andre de Villiers, Richard Clark, Roberto Pita, Stanley Segal, JC Phillips
Character Sheets: Sasha Perdigao
VFX: Mathew Kearney, , Mike Lyndon, Kyle Ueckermann, Christo Mentz
Lighting/LookDev: Tyson Cross, William Harley, Camille Naude, Jason Slabber
Software Development: Morne Chamberlain
Stereoscopic Matchmoving: Shaun Marnewick
Virtual Camera Technician: Chris Mcgregor
Matte Painting: Rob Muir
Rotoscoping: Monika Vermeulen
Compositors: Ashley Ryan, Bryan Dunkley, George Webster, Warrick Anderson
Miniature sets by Steven Saunders