MAXON, leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that an award-winning team of motion graphics designers and animators leveraged the company's popular CINEMA 4D software application to visualize and design the complex in-camera and on-screen motion-graphics sequences in Universal Pictures' Oblivion.
Creating Morse Code for Oblivion. Image credit: Universal Pictures.
Tom Cruise stars in this original and groundbreaking cinematic event from Joseph Kosinski, the visionary director of TRON: Legacy and producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.
Oblivion lead designer, Bradley GMUNK Munkowitz (Prometheus, Iron Man 2) worked directly with Kosinski and his Crater Lake Productions team -- a similar role he assumed on Kosinski's previous film, TRON: Legacy. Munkowitz assembled a design team of veteran CINEMA 4D lead animation artists, including TRON: Legacy alum David DLEW Lewandowski (TRON: Legacy, Going to the Store, Tiny Tortures) and Navarro Parker (Iron Man, Transformers, The Avengers), to deliver extensive 3D graphics content central to the film's story line. [Editors' note: See Munkowitz's graphics process video here: http://work.gmunk.com/OBLIVION-GFX.]
MAXON is honored the Oblivion design team chose CINEMA 4D to help meet the complex 3D motion graphics design and workflow challenges in bringing Kosinski's post-apocalyptic vision to the screen, Paul Babb, MAXON US president/CEO, says. The visual results are outstanding!
Munkowitz says the speed and accuracy in CINEMA 4D enhanced the overall workflow in helping the team create Vika's (Andrea Riseborough) light table, one of the most widely seen graphic elements in Oblivion that functions as a central briefing center providing critical information to assist the characters with their duties on Earth. Comprised of four screens, the light table features a main map used to monitor the position of the Bubbleship; the helicopter-like vehicle that Jack Harper (Cruise) uses to travel to and from Earth; Scav (alien scavengers) and drone positioning; drone monitoring to track key vitals and fuel stats; a hydro rig monitor that displays the collection progress of water resources; and a weather screen for monitoring changing climate conditions. The team also designed and animated all of the HUDs (heads up displays) for the film's multiple futuristic machines and weaponry.
CINEMA 4D was extremely helpful in the creation of a variety of audio responsive graphics and light table assets, says Munkowitz. Its speed and MoGraph feature set were paramount in taking Kosinskis graphics briefs and executing them quickly with precision, and establishing a consistent graphic language rarely seen in big budget sci-fi films. No other tool is as prepared for intensive motion graphics as CINEMA 4D.
Lewandowski adds that many of the 3D animated assets in Oblivion were built using CINEMA 4D then composited in Adobe After Effects and displayed in monitors or put into screens. Many of these elements were used in Vika's light table. These included the maps and weather screens, and also emphasized several story elements central to the film's plot such as the Rogue signal sequences in which multi-colored rotating strips of pyramids helped identify Scav signal feeds; a Morse code sequence Harper uses to communicate to the sky tower when he's in danger; and the DNA bio trail that helps Vika's console identify fragments of Harper's DNA.
Even when creating graphic elements that end up on a flat screen, CINEMA 4D's user interface and fast rig creation proved most powerful in generating futuristic and original animation quickly and with a small team, often just one artist, says Lewandowski. One of my favorite moments in Oblivion is when the light table boots up as it showcases the visual integrity of our designs and animations as a central character' in the film.
One of the most important aspects of working on a film is to give the director choices, Parker adds. The interactivity in CINEMA 4Ds MoGraph system allowed me to quickly animate many individual molecules as they assemble into a DNA helix. Once the initial sequence was animated, it was an easy task to show the director variations and make any necessary adjustments.
About MAXON
Headquartered in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, MAXON Computer is a developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D software products have been used extensively to help create everything from stunning visual effects in top feature films, TV shows and commercials, cutting-edge game cinematics for AAA games, as well for medical illustration, architectural and industrial design applications. MAXON has offices in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Singapore. MAXON products are available directly from the web site and its worldwide distribution channel. Specially priced learning editions of the company's software solutions are also made available to educational institutions. For additional information on MAXON visit http://www.maxon.net.
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MAXON, leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that an award-winning team of motion graphics designers and animators leveraged the company's popular CINEMA 4D software application to visualize and design the complex in-camera and on-screen motion-graphics sequences in Universal Pictures' Oblivion.
