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2. The Making of Rendezvous with Rama

by Aaron Ross

1 year ago

1. Rendezvous with Rama

by Aaron Ross

1 year ago

A short student film inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke novel. Directed and animated by Aaron Ross, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in 2001.
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Ayz Waraich 1 year ago

outstanding.
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

um, wow.
Andrew Oleck 1 year ago

I'm into this, this was really made in 2001? Undergrad?
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

yep, undergrad film & tv
Mateusz Zych 1 year ago

owsome
Bob Collins 1 year ago

absolutely beautiful - Nice work. What software did you use to create your piece. Very 2001 feel to it.. and that's not a bad thing at all.
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Thanks. I used Maya, After Effects and a little Shake.
Justin Amorratanasuchad 1 year ago

mind boggling
Literati 1 year ago

Wow, that has to be one of the most incredible shorts I've seen, student or otherwise. What are you doing now?
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

I'm working on Ice Age 3 at Blue Sky Studios in New York.
Bruce Floyd 1 year ago

Hey... you work with a friend of mine from HS... Linda M. Very cool short, btw!
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Ha! Yes, Rosalinda. She sits right next to me, I'll tell her you say hi.
kate 1 year ago

jaw-dropping.

I'm still waiting for someone to make the film, Fincher finally gave up due to a lack of script, or so he says....u should def pursue it...
Casey Pugh 1 month ago

I loved the book so much. I really wish there was a film being made.
Collin Davis 1 year ago

Very inspiring! How did you do the bit where the hand opens the circular door? Was that a giant set piece or was there mounds of compositing involved? Looks great.

The scope reminds me of this project I helped out on: vimeo.com/1118299
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

That was me on a greenscreen stage turning a green wheel and I animated a cg wheel to match. You can see it in the making of video here:
vimeo.com/2042295

Your project looks like it was much bigger in scope. Very impressive, congrats.
Clintus McGintus 1 year ago

nice work.
Mike Pulcinella Video 1 year ago

Awesome!
Kenrick Fagan 1 year ago

That was hot !
Amanda Zoe 1 year ago

beautiful, the animation is so subtle and delicate...
did you use motion capture for the human characters?

EDIT: oh lol, they're video! They fit so seamlessly!
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Ha! Well, we were actually shot on film and scanned at 2K. It made the greenscreen keying a lot easier.
Kingofpunk 1 year ago

Triple like !!!
Paul Yonna 1 year ago

excellent work makes me want to read the book again but if I remember the ending ... the Ramans did everything by 3.... so you have 2 more to go...
Aaron Freeder 1 year ago

For some reason, this reminds me almost exactly of the video game "The Dig" by Lucasarts. Anyway, awesome.
Michael Fidler 1 year ago

That was a refreshing change for this site. Nice Work! It looks CG except for the last shot Far too real. I hope we see more work like this here!
Mark 1 year ago

What a fantastic job, Aaron. I am overwhelmed.
Skinner 1 year ago

Wow I just signed up here after being referred by a friend and this was the first video presented to me after logging in. I havent read this book in over 15 years but I think you captured alot of the feeling... like someone else said, very 2001.

So, when's the next episode? Iceage can wait :)

(PS: HD!)
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Ice Age pays my mortgage :)

It would be fun to do a part 2, but a big challenge too since it would have to show a lot more of the interior of Rama.
Ronen 1 year ago

feature please. :)
Heather Clebo 1 year ago

Wow. I'm speechless.
Darren Ladbury 1 year ago

that was awesome. Reminded me a little of 2001. Good job (and look forward to Ice Age3)
Alan Natale 1 year ago

Wow! You're hired! Only thing missing is a sexy hot tub scene.
James Stirzaker 1 year ago

love it!!!! The pace is great...time to breath...Very inspirational when you consider when you did it....I want more.. Great work !!
DG Ebel 1 year ago

AWE-some work! Only thing is, I can't decide if I'm more inspired to get back to my artwork or more despaired of it now :-)
PolishBear 1 year ago

Watching this was the high point of my day. After years of hearing this and that about a film adaptation involving Morgan Freeman and David Fincher (which now seems unlikely to come to fruition), it's nice to see someone put some real effort into scratching the surface of Rama, if only for a few minutes. VERY nice work.
Nick Camm 1 year ago

Bloody Hell! That completely takes me back to the feelings of awe and scale I felt on reading the book.
I should stop piddling about with my camera phone....I feel so small!
artislight 1 year ago

some pretty good effects there, nice job... was the cloning difficult? :D

-b
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Aaron Ross 1 year ago

nah, we just shot a different pass for each guy. a few of us took turns wearing the suit for shots where you'd see individual faces.
celibacyclub 1 year ago

i hope this inspires a rama movie and they hire you.
Jesús Olmo 1 year ago

just amazing - congratulations . definitely, you are the one to make the movie! (by the way, what a wonderful novel "Rendezvous..")
Scott Gold 1 year ago

Rad!!!
Eric Hagood 1 year ago

Very nice. What school did you attend, and how much do you think it helped as a filmmaker.
Andrew Hutton 1 year ago

Wow I really liked It. Incredible. Great lighting. Was it Maya's renderer or mental Ray? great sound too.
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Thanks, it was the Maya renderer with a lotta tweaking in After Effects.
freeboarder 1 year ago

Wow! I forgot I was in my living room for a moment!
Richard Huntington 1 year ago

Wow! Awesome!
The Fibro Twins 1 year ago

truly inspired work
Santiago Pochat 1 year ago

Amazing work, simply amazing.
Sasha Fornari 1 year ago

wowowowowowowow!!!! totally amazing! thanks for sharing!
Michael Peters 1 year ago

a 2,5 hour feature film please
bruandros 1 year ago

wow!!congratulations
Karoliina Salminen 1 year ago

Awesome. Low resolution though. Could you please upload HD-version of this!
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Sorry, I made this before the days of HD :(
There is the 720x306 version available for download if you haven't downloaded it already.
Hakuna Matata 1 year ago

Very nice. It really captures the mood of the Book. Shame the film is not happening!
Sean Carley 1 year ago

Lovely. Inspiring. Haunting.

You should be making your own movies, not Ice Age 3. ;-)
Aqua Surf Productions 1 year ago

Simply love it! Was captivated from the beginning untill the end. There's a very good story-line there! I wish I could see what happens next. and it looks beautiful!
Sugoi 1 year ago

Aaron, it looks amazing but what I truly love about it is that it has feeling. Well done mate :)
Awesome !
Natural Causes 1 year ago

simply amazing
Vladislav Solovov. 1 year ago

those effects... Are crazy
James Tate 1 year ago

I...it's...well... I give up - speechless!
Mike E. Perez 1 year ago

Amazing.
Warren Martin 1 year ago

That, was awesome! What an awesome teaser/preview! Let me know when the feature film comes out. I would happily stand in line with my ten dollars in hand. :-)
BUSticketENT 1 year ago

EPIC man ...what happens next - whats in there - when is the next ep coming ....AAAAA

(couldn't you find a better glove - come on dude)
Jacob Behunin 1 year ago

Looks awesome. The space suites are from Red Planet.
Did you have real actors in suites? or grab the suites from the movie and paste in your faces?
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

We rented a suit from Warner Bros and took turns wearing it for each pass, then I duplicated us in post.
Uponaschoolcloud 1 year ago

Speechless.
Should you consider a sequel...I'm in !
One of the suits :) of course

I wish I'd know what the guy sees in the end
Voilà!

Thank you for sharing this with just anyone :)))
Onur Senturk 1 year ago

congratulations i think some shots need a bit camera movement:)
310 Pictures 1 year ago

tight.
Victor Mattina 1 year ago

Three letter: omg.
Aldo Villamil 1 year ago

crazy footage thank for for sharing, here is a great way to encode vudeos h.264 or mkv

sourceforge.net/projects/megui

hope this helps
Rusty Rogers 1 year ago

Do all NYU grads make projects like this?
My oldest son is in his first year at Steinhardt.
Such a nice boy, I should expect as much!

Beautiful video!
Greenmars 1 year ago

I love this book. Thank you for making this video.
Courtney Hoskins 1 year ago

Loved it! Maya and AE are my best friends! :)
Efehan 1 year ago

Egads, I am so happy you have made something like this. The book is cherished for me, and this was wonderful.
Mathieu Foucher 1 year ago

This is a great work, your cg is impressive.
I want more...
Justin Oakey 1 year ago

this is absolutely incredible!
Paul Rogers 1 year ago

Pretty cool
Christian von Schack 1 year ago

Wow, that was rally impressive. Hope to see more. :-)
Annie 1 year ago

WOW!!!....MOVE OVER.... STEVEN SPEILBERG!!
Great piece of work mate.
I Can't wait to see your next short film :))))
⾺ Dan Huston 1 year ago

Utterly fantastic! I'm blown away - and that was 7 years ago....wow!
Victor Niebla 1 year ago

Wow really nice =D
Love the 2001 feeling, two thumps up! =)
Btw, who much time takes to render that in the year 2001? xD (i use maya too)
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

Thanks! The scenes were pretty simple, Maya render only and video res, so most shots took 5 minutes a frame or less.
Marcellus Suber 1 year ago

Absolutely amazing! I wish there were more to see.
mardog_82 1 year ago

Talent does not even begin to describe what your capable of. Really assume work!
Hunter Coleman 1 year ago

Wow... This is really great.

No wonder that artistic expression does not lie in Hollywood but in filmmakers with a ot of time on their hands.

I think my dad would find this awesome!
Computer Confusion 1 year ago

Wow this is awesome, so when are you going to make a movie lol. This was completely breath taking. 5 out of 5. Good job!
Henry 1 year ago

Pretty awesome! Must have taken some time to make.
Salvo Montalbano 1 year ago

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John1516 1 year ago

Thank You.
Yoou captured the feeling in the novel when Rama is first opened! Your artistic expression is excellent.

God Bless - John Simon
Peter Szilveszter // Living Lens 1 year ago

Awesome work. Its very close to how I imagined the visuals when I read the book.
Stephen Blacker 1 year ago

Loved it - big fan of Arthur C Clarke's books, and you've really created a fantastic atmosphere with this short. Here's to hoping you'll get to make the full movie some day... :)
Arun L 1 year ago

Nice work, Can you tell me what software you used for color correction?
Aaron Ross 1 year ago

The same I used for compositing, After Effects. I've found Combustion very good for color correction on other projects though.
Reelden 1 year ago

Spetacular video! loved the color!! and editing!!
Very inspiring!
joe gardner 1 year ago

im in awe
Kevin Robbins 1 year ago

that was really good, you have a lot of talent!
Heath McKnight 1 year ago

Fantastic work! Now, if only you can do the whole novel, Morgan Freeman will cut you a check! I'd love to see more, since I recently read the novel! Bravo and congrats!
kahve 1 year ago

very good job. bravo
J Meyer 1 year ago

Nice work very mysterious and leaves me curious to see more.
David Jon Devoucoux 1 year ago

Excellent!

Thank you...