eng/ jpn

Anno Perfume Global Site Project

We had a project of making an exciting video using open source motion tracking data of Perfume. Perfume is a Japanese famous dance trio group.
We thought it's not cool to make a CGI video using the normal way, so we chose an unique approach

Perfume Official Global Website
perfume-global.com




Process for Making

1. Convert bvh file in order to read by Cinema4D.

Though the original bvh file had 40fps settings, Cinema4D read it as 30fps and we got out of synchronization with music. So we made a program for converting it to 30fps.

bvh fps converter


2. Make an abstract form of dancer on Cinema4D

We put an emitter spreading particles at head and hip joints, wired hands and feets.

Cinema4D test video


3. Composit whole story with setting camera

Drew a story board.


Made a composition with setting dinamic movement of camera. Whole animation was taken as if it had no cut.

Story board(pdf)

Cinema4D project file


storyboard
c4d

4. Render to sequential png images

Once we rendered sequential 640x360 png 20fps images.


Cinema4D rendered video


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rendered01

5. Print out on OHP films

We printed all images on transparent OHP films.

data to print out(zipped pdf files)


printed

6. Cut every films

We cut all the films by four and we got every frames of video.


cutting

7. Draw by glue on film

Drew by glue on each film. We put glue tracing particles.


glueing00
glued00

8. Repeat 1616 times

Repeat and repeat and repeat.... We got 1616 embossed films.


glueing01
glued01

9. Multi-plane shooting

We put films on layered glasses, shot from above.


We put next frame on the top and shifting old frames... x 1616 times


Edit captured film with After Effects in order to synchronize with music.

After Effects project file including all shot data


multi-plane shooting
shooting00
captured
dirnk
shooting01
sleeping
viewing
after effects

10. Master up!

We got an exciting animation which has digital designed movement and analog designed texture. :)

Completed video



Credits

Sadam Fujioka Produce/ Direction/ Composition/ Drawing anno lab
Takeshi Usami Cinematograph/ Direction/ Drawing anno lab
Ai Nakajima 3D CG animation/ Drawing
Nariaki Iwatani Programming/ Composition/ Drawing anno lab
Moe Gotoh Drawing
Yoshiko Houkabe Drawing
Tomoyo Matsuda Drawing
Masahiro Ihara Cheering/ Honeymoon anno lab