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Thursday, February 22, 2007

3D female character




3D model of female character from Office Hours, directed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

OFFICE HOURS: female character


Female character model from Office Hours. Still undergoing many refinements.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Friday, February 16, 2007

Office hours: location images




These images are untextured work-in-progress screenshots from Office Hours.
Top image is a dark back alley. The other image is of the city street location.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

OFFICE HOURS: Male character NEW


This images are the latest rigged version of the lead male character from OFFICE HOURS. As you may notice, the models face has changed a bit. The previous version's face was simply not practical to animate, whereas this one has edge loops which should enable expressive animation that is easier to pose.
Check out more news from OFFICE HOURS on this blog and stay tuned for updates and plenty of brand new images.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Office Hours: location models


Here are some pre-production designs for the office location from Office Hours. Though un-textured and not yet properly lit, you can get a sense of the films style.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Office Hours: updated character design






Here are some pre-production character design images from "Office Hours".
They are the newest versions of the male lead.As you can see the mesh has undergone some changes with lots of unnessessary vertices being removed and the characters hands being enlarged.Hair and clothing have yet to be added also.
More pictures will be added very soon.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

To Shoot A Rurf: Completed


"To Shoot A Rurf" is completed.
Directed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils the film follows the trials of a man suffering a hangover from psychadelic drink "Rurf". Lets just say a lot of strange things happen to this guy both in the bathroom of his rundown city appartment and inside his own head!
You can find more stills and information about To Shoot A Rurf on this site and we'll keep you updated with any further news on the film too.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Back in Action after freak accident

Due to a power surge during a fire at a local electicity station Dwarfed Films computers were out of action for a couple of days( even depite the presence of surge protectors).
But we're back again and hopefully no more freak accidents like this will happen in the future!

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Office Hours: pre-production model design








As promised, here are some pictures of pre-production 3d models created by co-director/animator Shane Sheils for Dwarfed Films latest film "Office Hours". This is a 3d turnaround of the lead character from the film, a fat lonely office worker.
This is the basic mesh before being textured, rigged and clothed but you should get the general idea of what the completed character will look like before being lit and rendered. The mesh has been kept to below 10,000 vertices (when subsurfed.)
More images will be uploaded shortly including models of buildings and other various locations.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Office Hours : Name revealed of new film in pre-production

Dwarfed Films latest film is called "OFFICE HOURS".The film is in pre-production at the moment with characters being designed,modelled and rigged as well as scenary/buildings being created and textured. "Office Hours" is described as a dark comedy with a Frankenstein-esque plot and will utilise even more detailed designs and moody lighting than "To Shoot a Rurf".
Directed/written/produced by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils,"Office Hours" will be an atmospheric and thrilling short that you shouldn't miss!
Pre-production images will be available soon showing concept desings and model meshes, etc. Stay tuned.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing you all a happy new year from Dwarfed Films!

Friday, December 22, 2006

TO Shoot A Rurf: All New images


















































Because it's Christmas time we've decided to add a gallery of brand new stills from "To Shoot A Rurf".

Still some tweaking to be done but the film should be finished very soon.
Merry Christmas!




Wednesday, December 13, 2006

To Shoot a Rurf:Latest Update

Well, To Shoot a Rurf is currently in post production.The majority of sound effects have been been created and added as well as an original score composed/performed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils.
Won't be long until the film is completed and ready to be unleashed on the world!

Saturday, November 11, 2006

New film in pre-production

Dwarfed Films have a new 3D animated short in the pre-production stage.Storyboards are being drawn up and characters are being modelled at the moment while post production continues on To Shoot a Rurf.
The, as yet untitled, film is a dark comedy/horror but no other details are yet being released.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Future plans






Here at Dwarfed Films we are already lining up some of our next projects.
One of these is a 3D animated film based on a script by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils which was written a few years ago.Because of the complexities of certain scenes,only now do we feel it possible to make this picture exactly as it was intended to be.It features dark comedy,violence and a mannequin head!More details will be announced soon.

The next project is a very complicated idea that is probably too strange to explain correctly at this stage!This film may be set 30 billion(yes billion) years in the future but is still in its early stages of development.

Keep checking the site for updates.

To Shoot a Rurf: Latest Update

Work on "To Shoot a Rurf" continues.
Slow render times, especially with mirrored surfaces, are a real pain! Surprisingly the fluid effects render quicker than initially expected.



Sunday, September 17, 2006

Dwarfed Films Blog back online!

We have been experiencing some technical difficulties over the past few days with the Dwarfed Films blog but at last the website is up and running once again.If you are experiencing any difficulties in viewing the site please contact us here.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Heli-Ball


"Heli-Ball" was Dwarfed Films first fully computer animated film.The 30second short features a game of basketball throughout a night time city involving a group of helicopters.

Contact Dwarfed Films at dwarfedfilms@eircom.net