Comments on: When I Am King by Sverre Fredriksen

By: Steve Gattuso

Steve Gattuso — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:37:41 +0000

I love it. The efforts to make this show through in every second of the short.

(I’m pretty sure Jerry was having sport when he said ten tons, gang…)

By: mick

mick — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:04:33 +0000

it looks great… i have no clue as to the technique but it has real charm and style. Three thumbs up

By: Gina Kamentsky

Gina Kamentsky — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:56:30 +0000

A beautiful piece. I feel it’s important to recognize that technique is not just the surface of a work but leads to outcomes regarding timing and narrative. Working with After Effects I don’t feel the piece would have evolved the same way.

By: SMW

SMW — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:05:02 +0000

I love this piece, I know it was an incredible amount of work, but I feel it payed of, i just think it looks amazing, and the burned wood gives it this warm quality to it.
Love it!

By: anik

anik — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:40:01 +0000

Agree with Chris S, hardly anything simulated can have exactly the same effect as the natural. It may look almost the same, but it won’t feel quite the same, both for the making and viewing experience. Sometimes the medium itself can guide you in the artistic process, and its natural limitations help to stay on the right path. So, having the time and conditions, why not to chose a technique that feels the most inspiring, interesting and right for the project, instead of thinking how to cut corners.
Very charming work!

By: Remco

Remco — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:10:14 +0000

HD version is on Vimeo. I’ll ask Jerry to replace the link.
http://vimeo.com/11862156

Robcat2075: The red camera was used to shoot a live action scene, which was not used in the final edit of the video. Sverre captured the stills with a digital SLR and edited on a computer, obviously. “Everything was done analog” refers to the process of animating. There was no digital post processing or even color correction as I understand it.

By: A.J.

A.J. — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:56:59 +0000

ten tons of wood……..not worth it.
great craft, truely. but now i know who to thank when my asthma works up.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:48:51 +0000

Five hours for one finished second isn’t all that way out of line with other refined techniques. Getting that look in CG wouldn’t necessarily be faster.

I suspect most of the nuance of the real wood look is lost at internet resolution.

I hope they shot it at HD res and it gets a chance to be seen that way.

And I hope there weren’t really ten tons of wood used up for this.