FinalFeature Posted September 18, 2014 A long time ago in a galaxy filled with a bunch of... well you know the rest. The Guardians of the Galaxy find them self in an alternate version of Star Wars in this brand new video! Also be sure to stay till the end of the film to see a sneak peek of the DC/Marvel crossover coming out next month! The reason I wanted to do this video was so that I could further expand my knowledge into 3D animation and also composing dynamic music, I always like to further my knowledge into animation/film. Starring Bret Newton as Star Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Ronan Jack Renard as Drax the Destroyer Mity Mouse as Groot Scott Wiley as Wuher the Bartender Directed, Animated, and Music Composed by Tristan Kilmer Written by Tristan Kilmer and David Kilmer 3D Models Mos Eisley Catina by Devon Rutkowski Imperial Hangar by Lorenzo Mangogna Available to watch in HD and 3D. Video was completed in 18 days. Who's who in this video: Star Lord is Luke Skywalker Drax is Obi Wan Kenobi Gamora is Princess Leia Rocket Raccoon is Han Solo Groot is Chewbacca Ronan is Darth Vader Subscribe for brand new videos! Like the Facebook page for new updates! facebook.com/FinalFeature Thanks for looking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aland1916 Posted September 20, 2014 Hah, great and very funny story! Some nice references also. And fantastic animation! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zerobricks Posted September 22, 2014 Nice one, quite silly in a good way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jared Posted September 23, 2014 Awesome, love the "Oooh child" scene. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaratiProductions Posted October 10, 2014 Great job on the bgs, the face warp (was that the puppet tool?) I found a little distracting, but I think it's great you're trying to push new styles of FX. There's alot of nice animation in there. Draxx with the knives was cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinalFeature Posted October 10, 2014 Great job on the bgs, the face warp (was that the puppet tool?) I found a little distracting, but I think it's great you're trying to push new styles of FX. There's alot of nice animation in there. Draxx with the knives was cool! It's mesh warp with a little bit of Flash and Photoshop. What parts did you find distracting? The explosions were added as it was all to distract Ronan while Rocket goes to blow up the Death Star or do you mean the faces in general. I do the facial expressions as I feel it adds emotion to the character and also so I can apply the mouth movements to a hand drawn animation project I have going on. All the movies I've made over the past year have been test projects as I have an original film coming out next year that I've been working on for the past few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaratiProductions Posted October 11, 2014 The explosions worked. One technique compositors use for explosions, fire, flares and sparks is to change the mode to either an add or screen- It will really blend nicely. If you really want to sell the effect- while you are filming use a light to highlight characters where your explosion comes from. As far as the face mesh and warp goes, it's an interesting technique... I feel like it pulls me out of it b.c. LEGO characters faces are painted and it breaks the physics of their shape. If you see the mouth movements that the guys at Digital Wizards use they feel more natural, because they are drawn from mouth shapes and patterns from the minifigs. I think it's great that you are even going for mouth movements, not alot of animators try it... You produced a great animation, and you should be proud of it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zijiagens Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) great and very funny story! Some nice references also. And fantastic animation! Edited October 12, 2014 by zijiagens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
