face poser

Posted by konstrain on Jan 8, 2009 in regular stuffs | 0 comments

right, so there’s this assignment where i need to work out a machinima (machine + cinema).

we were given a choice to make a TV re-enacment, MTV or an original idea (really broad here but my team mate has chosen this, so i’m left with the other two option). our machinima piece must be at least 90 secs or +/- up to 2mins. so yours truly has decided to go with MTV after getting inspired by some dude. (ok so he’s called EvilDaedalus). i was awed with the character’s lip sync, only that he made it repeat wayy too much due to the remix. for the record, lip syncing with 3d models aren’t easy, let alone lip-syncing using game characters that you can’t control its mouth! =\

and i went ahead with researching more on lip-syncing (i heard it will help to score points, so why not.. ) and found some really useful tutorials on youtube. i was never a fan of half-life series, no matter how popular it is/was. but with my assignment requirements, i had to make my first purchase of the half-life game, just so i can download source sdk to do the lip-sync.

hopefully things will turn out the way i hope and i can complete the damned 2 min mtv in time.

oh yea, for the song, i’ve decided to use “My Cubicle”, a parody of James Blunt’s hit, “You’re Beautiful”.
stay tuned for an update after i’ve completed the video.