Originally posted by anasasis
1) can we use a mixture of live and cg footage.
2)roughly how long and how many elements should be involved.
1. Well the live action could be a problem, mainly because how would you use it in a dynamic simulation?
Your simulation needs to be done all in maya, but textures and a background could of course be live action if needed.
If you could explain what you were thinking, I could allow it in certain circumstances.
2. The length and elements are up to you
Originally posted by elephantinc
so what do we actually have to do?
Create a Rube Goldberg machine.
I have links to 2 video examples in the original post above
Once you take a look at them you should understand immediately
Mainly a Rube Goldberg Machine is a contraption to perform a simple task using completely ridiculous means to achieve it.
Think of the kids game called "MouseTrap".
Israel "Izzy" Long
Motion and Title Design for Broadcast-Film-DS
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