GORK SciFi trailer Rotoscope animation

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New info included below: Here's the history of how I made it. It's a short film I made in collage back in the 80s. Started in 1985 and finished in 1989.. Real short huh. It was shot live action 16mm film and then I edited it and Rotoscoped the whole thing. Roto the serious Old School way. Using a downshooter camera system. Not like those new flash rotoscope commercials . However, all this didn't take 4 years, it was the cel painting that took so long.. I had very little help.. anyway.. This was a Student film from my days at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) in Valencia, California, USA. • Rotoscoping: • In order to keep the look consistent I had to draw fast. I felt that lots of detailed images were not necessary because the motion filled in the information. The details become apparent even in a very loose or messy drawing sequence. As in the Stogie or the walking Cigar. I drew that pretty loosely. So I had it down to 2min per drawing. I had a watch sitting on the table and everything. This was also due to the fact that I didn't want to be drawing for 2 months. I drew on Cartoon colour acetate animation cels with peg registration holes. I used a sharpie or should I say... many many sharpies... • • Here's an interesting tid-bit I forgot to add. I was taught how to rotoscope by Michael Patterson. He was an instructor at CalArts at the time. He was also a freelance artist who was in the middle of making the music Video by the group A-ha called 'Take On Me'. yeah the mother of Rotoscope films. • • Hope you like Gork .. I'd love to make this into a series or movie someday soon. • I forgot to mention that the 3D was done using Maya in about 2002. The original 3D, which can be seen on the 16mm film, was done in the 80s using CubiComps 3D software.. it's quite a long story... If there is enough interest I'll post up footage of the making of Gork. • • In answer to some of the great responses... • Yes, I'm doing something like this still to this day. Only 3 years after Gork was finished I started my own company called.... you guessed it..... Gork Enterprises. So I've been my own boss for over 15 years. Nice... Thankfully I've been able to have a career doing work that I love to do, in the entertainment industry. • Lately I've been doing VFX for TV shows From the last season of Ugly Betty to the Last season of LOST and now I'm the VFX Supervisor on a new show called MY GENERATION Starts Sept 23rd on ABC. Hope you'll tune in and take a peek. • Check it out my company web site. • http://www.gorkenterprises.com

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