[Demoreel] Fwd: videos

[paul caggegi]

S'funny. My official one is processdiary.com. Probably the domain expired.

On Thursday, 16 August 2012, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> BTW: your website got hacked, http://paulcaggegi.com/
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org <javascript:;>
> www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
> On 16 Aug, 2012, at 12:58, paul caggegi wrote:
>
> > No worries, Ton. Thanks for sharing. Will take this on board for next
> time.
> >
> > On Thursday, 16 August 2012, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After watching the reel many times at the booth, I have quite some
> remarks though... I had no time before Siggraph for a fair review, sorry
> it's too late now. I have great respect for people volunteering to help out
> on jobs, which makes it difficult to be honest with fair criticism. :)
> >
> > The reel has many strong clips, but also choices with a confusing
> messages (tests, turntables, tutorials, work from popular people, etc). It
> will work well for 'the community' of Blender fans and a non-professional
> audience, but not for people in the CG industry... for that it has too many
> sub-standard choices.
> >
> > The reel probably tries to show an average overview (some turntables,
> some stills, some ads, some film, some tutorials) but the choices made
> makes it not very strong - and even uninteresting at times.
> >
> > Here's some points;
> >
> > - I wouldn't choose stills in the reel at all. The choice does not
> invoke interest (Nobody knows it's from an upcoming feature film).
> >
> > - Did you see that the renders are the only part that really look crisp
> and HD? The videos compared look a bit fuzzy and overcompressed.
> >
> > - The blocking in the spaceship turntable is very distracting, the
> render errors in the turntable dino too, also Alex Penner's video looks
> quite badly compressed.
> >
> > - I really miss quality character animation.
> >
> > - What's the Samsung commercial doing in it...
> >
> > - A nice spectacular shot is in the end (city scape with alien stuff).
> That's getting cut before you can see what it is. Why was not more 'film
> vfx' added?
> >
> > - The explosion of the church is so-so... I also don't understand the
> road sign, nor the jellybean. These are not good examples for reels.
> >
> > - Credits should be put in a small font on every submission as caption
> in the bottom.
> >
> > - The blender logo is too large, and used 'off brand' (see logo
> guidelines). Make a headline using a title (like Blender Showreel 2012) in
> a nice font, and use a logo small underneath somewhere.
> >
> > - The font with 'showreel 2012' doesn't fit. The end credit choice of
> font also looks sloppy. The credit for the editor of the reel is too
> prominent. The makers of the videos deserve much much more attention.
> >
> > - An official blender.org film can go to the Blender Foundation youtube
> channel btw.
> >
> > I'm sorry to rant on so much, but at siggraph the reel didn't work well.
> Not many people spent time on watching it entirely (the demoloop attracted
> more viewers). Of course this is a spoiled audience of CG professionals;
> but that was our target group).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> > Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
> >
> > On 16 Aug, 2012, at 4:22, Reynante Martinez wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you, Paul!
> > >
> > > Looking forward to collaborating with you guys again
> > > some time in the future.
> > >
> > > Happy blending!
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > > -Reyn
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM, paul caggegi <
> flawedprefect at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ok, everyone, I'm making it public! Put it on your blogs, get the word
> > > out. If there are any errors, or in anyone needs a credit in the end
> > > board, I'm sure they'll let me know.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for allowing me to be part of this project. It's been
> > > such a cool ride.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 16 August 2012 10:44, paul caggegi <flawedprefect at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I'm happy to make it public as soon as you're all happy with the
> credits. :)
> > > >
> > > > I can always revise it later, so I'm also happy to make it public
> > > > today. Itching to!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 16 August 2012 10:39, Reynante Martinez <



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