OK! So here comes my CV-VRCam in production experience:
On December 16th, I was asked by a friend of Bosepark Productions, if I would like to bring “Tristan” - Berlin’s new T-Rex skeleton - back to live in a 360° animation for them - of cause I did! Exactly the same day, I got my first Cineversity newsletter, which announced a tutorial called “Render Virtual Reality Videos with Cinema 4D”. Of cause I had to give it a try and from the beginning it was obvious, that the CV-VRCam plugin would provide a very nice workflow for this project - and it did.
As expectable for projects with new technology, I also faced some problems during the production, but each one was finally handable and the discussions here in the Cineversity Forum were very helpful. Due to limitations of other plugins used in AfterFX (Mettle Skybox) our project didn’t become a stereoscopic VR feature yet, but rendering a final 3D version is still in discussion.
A nice 360° detail that hasn’t been planned is, that the awakening t-rex is reflecting on a glass showcase holding the original skull, which is the other interesting subject in the skeletons showroom at the Museum of Natural Science in Berlin. So, if viewers are looking at the skull, they will notice, that something’s goin on behind them by the refelctions on the showcase ...
On wednesday, the project was finally released at a special event at the Museum of Natural Science: “Tristan erwacht” (“Tristan awakens”). It was a very, very nice evening with 400 thrilled and happy, young and old dinosaur fans who had won tickets at Radio Berlins’s dino quiz. You can see footage of the event on the website of Berlin’s public tv (avaiable until March 2nd, in german language):
http://mediathek.rbb-online.de/tv/Abendschau/Tristan-erwacht-in-3D-Animation-zum-Lebe/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=33686844&topRessort=tv&bcastId=3822076
http://mediathek.rbb-online.de/tv/rbb-AKTUELL/Start-für-3D-Animation-von-Tristan/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=33709556&topRessort=tv&bcastId=3907840
... and also behind the scenes clips, featuring interviews with my friend and me at Bosepark Productions:
http://mediathek.rbb-online.de/tv/Abendschau/T-Rex-Tristan-erwacht-zum-Leben/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?documentId=33658184&topRessort=tv&bcastId=3822076
http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/beitrag/2016/02/tristan-erwacht-3d-film-naturkundemuseum-dinosaurier.html
I am very happy with and proud of the result and want to thank Cineversity and especially Rick for providing this cool PlugIn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH! :D
Marten