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“Dji. Death Sails” by Studio Simpals from Moldova is nominated in the “Jury’s Special Prize” category this year. For anyone who has not yet seen it, the film about Death being incompetent at his job is really funny:
CG Meetup explains how the animated film was made: From the preproduction of each individual model and the environment, through the rigs to animation, simulation and compositing.
Here are some videos – The animation of the pirate dance:
The construction of the animation of the raft scene:
And the rig of the fish:
There are also numerous water simulation test videos. This step in particular placed enormous demands on the Simpals team during production.
Breakdowns shot of the water simulation:
Here is the complete CG Meetup making-of, which previously appeared in several parts on the Simpals blog Tigan.
You can watch more animated short films starring Death “Dji” on Studio Simpals’ Vimeo channel.
We look forward to meeting the team from Moldova in person on October 15 – anyone who would also like to do so and find out live which entry in the “Jury’s Special Prize” category gets to take home the animago AWARD: tickets are still available here for animago 2015!
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