ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, Inc from Jp Frenay on Vimeo.
Pretty slick piece of animation this. I always love the ambient occlusion style renders, there’s just something purely 3D about them; such a great descriptor of form. To be harsh it is a little matrix like and the font my workmates insist is looking a little dated. The storyline resolution is a little lacking as well, almost trailer like in it’s “there’s more” message at the end. But hey it’s pretty nice none the less!
Especially like the end sequence with the introduction of colour bleeding through as a collection of memories. Nice subtle gradients of colour in this when the “machine” is introduced back. Be great to make some time to work on something like this.
Here’s more info…
Artificial Paradise, Inc is an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed an unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for?
Selected at the ONEDOTZERO festival in the WOW+FLUTTER 09 category onedotzero.com/programme.php?id=373&event=31216
Selected for the Autodesk 2009 Siggraph Show Reel
youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5tLOMxLOU&feature=player_embedded :
Production : Condor
Director / editor / compositing : Jean-Paul Frenay
Main 3D artist / compositing : Sandro Paoli
3D artists : Sylvain Jorget and Sébastien Desmet
Additional 3D operators : Otto Heinen and Okke Voerman
Sound Design : Seal Phüric feat. Neptunian8