A lot of you young Visual Effects artists out there come into this industry thinking it’s a brave new world. An uncharted territory just waiting to be plundered by your staggering keyboard dexterity and lack of the rudimentary social skills it takes to carry on a the most basic of conversations. But this is not so Padwans! Many a nerd before you has spent weekend after weekend away from the company of the opposite sex to make movie magic happen. In our new RetroHack segment we hope to educate those who know no VFX before the Matrix.
First up this tasty clip is a How-To of the Robert Abel produced spot “Brilliance”, more commonly known as Sexy Robot.
Notice the primitive tech featured in this vid. Things “switches”,”knobs”, and most shocking of all “shoulder pads” are now extinct to today’s CGI professionals. The most amazing thing about this that the “eight grueling weeks” of production mentioned in this segment has remained an industry standard for commercial projects. In some ways, all that has changed is the amount of polygons and pixels used to create a spot. Oh yeah and the amount of people in the biz has also increased 1,000 times over. And you thought you were the first kid in your cul-de-sac to take mouse in hand to try to make it in Hollywood. Hah!
LINK to more info on Robert Abel and Associates
