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CG Shortfilm about Louis Kahn's Phillips Exeter Academy Library.

Footage from "The Third & The Seventh" project for illustrating Mundos Digitales 2009 conference.

Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AE and Premiere.

Main theme soundtrack it's The Divine Comedy's "Laika's Theme" from "Absent Friends" album.
thedivinecomedy.com

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  • bin 2 years ago
    perfect lighting man...
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  • kinan Safi 2 years ago
    u r the best for me
    best of the best
    regards
    kinansafi.com
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  • Matthew Baker plus 2 years ago
    Wow, this must of took ages to render. Love the lighting!
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  • Sergov 2 years ago
    movie made of dof
    great atmosphere
    u should try yourself in making horror movies
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  • James Shaw plus 2 years ago
    Hey Alex, extremely nice work as always!

    I've always wondered though how you deal with materials? What channels do you usually use? Diffuse, specular and bump only? Or do you use others to make those surfaces pop?

    Keep it up! By the way, are you available for contract work in London?! ;-)
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  • maryamnademi 2 years ago
    I think you are very much into Japanese art and architecture.If so, I should say You are so Japanese! very impressive! Respect.
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  • A.Alexandre 2 years ago
    Great lighting and atmosphere...Like it ! How long for the render.
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  • Jerome Escobar 2 years ago
    Really nice atmosphere and realisation , nice rendering , but to be honest Vray don t impress me anymore ...
  • "Vray don t impress me anymore"

    Errr as far as I can tell this is the most advanced rendering system in terms of the final product... Do you know something the entire visualisation community do not?!
  • ZHIC 2 years ago
    I think what he meant is that Vray has become a 'press one button' render engine. Compared to renderer such as mentalray which would take many more hours to achieve the same look.
    I'd say Vray is more a quick yet powerful and realistic advanced renderer
    while others like MR is more artistic, craft.
    Like comparing digital photography and film photography.
    Both powerful, but on different levels.
  • Jerome Escobar 2 years ago
    Excatly ! Thanks ! :)
  • Joel 2 years ago
    so you are saying that a product that gets things done better, faster and easier is inferior to the product that "would take many more hours to achieve the same look" ???

    your analogy of digital and film is flawed, as the results of digital and film are not the same. for example the dynamic range of a medium format Hasselblad is far superior to any digital camera, thus there are merits of one over the other.
  • Mike Salcedo 2 years ago
    ?? if someone know how to just one click VRay to get renders like this please tell me! c'mon it's not that easy. at least im still very impressed with Vray, but most with Alex
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  • Boyang Zhu 2 years ago
    Very good rendering,stunning works!
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  • Fietter Chalim 2 years ago
    animation with still quality....excelent..! i love the atmosphere
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  • Peter Guthrie plus 2 years ago
    wonderful!
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  • Joost Tangelder 2 years ago
    Best of Best, love your work!
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  • parabola 2 years ago
    oh dear
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  • Guido Elgueta 2 years ago
    you're the best alex! thanks for keep pushing the envelope!! Y a ver si despues de semejantes gastos el madrid hace algo este anio! jaja. un abrazo!
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  • spotlight49 2 years ago
    You've made me shock!
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  • rocklee 2 years ago
    amazing man!! great work, nice rendering and very artistic cameras, love the filtrers on AE and the DOF, it s fantastic
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  • Dainius Grakauskas 2 years ago
    i'm jealous :D
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  • Dainius Grakauskas 2 years ago
    i watch this before i go to sleep for inspiration :)
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  • Spirit3d 2 years ago
    very nice : )
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  • Matthias Müller 2 years ago
    mindblowing renderings !
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  • Alexandar Kartsov 2 years ago
    Perfect lighting, shaders, composition and color grading as always!!!
    Excellent sense of mood! Very good cinematography feeling!
    You can play with the camera movement, but still very realistic.
    There is a depth of field problem in some shots.
    Stunning!!! Your work always inspires me!
    Greetings!
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  • andreas weirer 2 years ago
    wonderful materials and dof... thanks for inspiration
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  • Joe Montibello 2 years ago
    I don't know anything about CG but I know this building. I've been working here for about six years.

    I have to say - amazing, so real, doesn't just look like the library but really gets the feel of it. The light was so important to Louis Kahn and you captured it.
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  • Alex Roman 2 years ago
    What can i say guys? Where can i start...

    THANX, THANX and more THANX!!
    I'm really happy you appreciate it.

    Now, it's time to go on and finish "the big one" ;)

    Regards,
    A.
  • cirosan 3 months ago
    It's nice to read your message and your happiness for our appreciation. Really nice... but it was 2 year ago. You are the best I'm sure, what a pity now you feel yourself a God.
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  • llbbee 2 years ago
    How can I download it?
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  • llbbee 2 years ago
    Download Quicktime version
    is doesn't work
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  • reForm Studios 2 years ago
    Simply stunning. They need to make a new category at the oscars for you!
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  • dhika 2 years ago
    my favorite 3d artist !!!
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  • Joseph Von Enck 2 years ago
    Nice anomolies in the camera moves Alex. Adds to the already realistic realism.
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  • Mohamed maabed 2 years ago
    You are my hero........
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  • mangolight 2 years ago
    fuckin awsome!! i´m your fan, I´ve been inspired by your fabulous works!!
    Felicidades tio! eres genial!
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  • Z.A Filmes 2 years ago
    Man!, as as architect i have to say that you caused me a great emotion with this video. You were very sensible in your shots and promedades and could show, in my opinion, the essence this the project, which I consider one of the World's architecture masterpiece. Wellcome to the virtual reality: finally it cames! Keep working. Bravo.
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  • Genden V 2 years ago
    Perfect
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  • Empresa Fantasma 2 years ago
    usted es una especie de demiurgo o algo por el estilo?
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  • Sunny Kharbanda 2 years ago
    Architectural VIZ meets poetry. Brilliant!
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  • Showdown Visual plus 2 years ago
    SICK!!!! I totally thought this was real!! Great work
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  • I totally thought this was real too!!!
    im-fucking-pressive!!!
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  • Jorge this is brilliant work and very inspiring! Your main website appears to have exceeded its bandwidth, do you have a mirror for the full video? Cheers.
  • Alex Roman 2 years ago
    Thanx, Stuart!

    Working on it now... In the meantime you can view it here, at vimeo. You can even download it from downloads section -right below-.

    Cheers.
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  • logeshv 2 years ago
    excellent work alex...ive always wanted to see how u work...its really very nice...i get inspired by your works...theres a lot to learn from you....i would be happy if u could tell us abt ur workflow......gr8 masterpiece
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  • Kenny Benitez plus 2 years ago
    Excellent! we share some of the same workflow.

    kolective.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-work_27.html
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  • Demekos 2 years ago
    it's very cool !!
    What have you use for your defocus (blur) ? It's a after effect plugin ?
    I love it !
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  • fred.freire 2 years ago
    I loved the camera movements. Natural, poetic and well done.
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  • Jon Sovey 2 years ago
    Yikes! that's great
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  • The Barbour Shop plus 2 years ago
    incredible lighting. bravo!
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  • Devon Stern plus 2 years ago
    Did you use any physical cameras?
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  • Earthstar Jai Smith 2 years ago
    strikingly realistic and very well designed, lit and edited. Great job!
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  • Graphicpulsar 2 years ago
    Man, it is amazing what you can achieve with such light work!...impressive!. I linked it at my blog!. Cheers!.
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  • Peter Roe plus 2 years ago
    Really great work, the architecture is stunningly rendered. It's always nice to see someone who understands the importance of grading and post! :)

    Great mood
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  • ktx 2 years ago
    best arch viz I've seen so far
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  • Keerah 2 years ago
    Incredible, very realistic and natural shiny video! REspect
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  • Jason Coursey plus 2 years ago
    Amazing work.
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  • now what multiplex 2 years ago
    beautiful - especially the work with depth of field
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  • Eugen Philippi 2 years ago
    so realistic!
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  • General Lyste plus 2 years ago
    absolutely inspired.
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  • Mathieu Gérard plus 2 years ago
    incredible sense of light, depth and framing ! great piece !
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  • xuso 2 years ago
    I'm speechless. Amazing.
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  • susana caldeira 2 years ago
    Wow!
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  • Vitor Teixeira 2 years ago
    Congrats, great work.
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  • HannaBui 2 years ago
    so beautiful
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  • MELAZETA srl 2 years ago
    Beautiful Vibes!
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  • This film is one of the most amazingly unique pieces that I have ever seen. The lighting, texture and ambience are stunning in an almost surreal way that almost looks like grainless ISO 50 film....yet the piece retains a filmic quality about it at the same time.

    Brilliant wonderful work,

    ~Casey W.
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  • very nice and intriguing piece! My eyes were stuck to every detail throughtout the entire time. It's video food for me in this early afternoon here in Singapore!
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  • Simon Packman 2 years ago
    is the 100% cgi because it just looks like video or film. WOW if it cgi you need to be getting paid 300,000$ a year at a studio for directing cgi scenes
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  • David Schwen 2 years ago
    Wow, beautiful.
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  • Michael Raiden 2 years ago
    This looks real. Blows my mind. AMAZING
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  • Lorenz Schümann 2 years ago
    Can't believe it's CG...
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  • photomovie 2 years ago
    Magic!
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  • Bill Walsh plus 2 years ago
    Very disappointed to find out that this wasn't a video but I guess that's a credit to you.
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  • Bodhi Films 2 years ago
    Wow that was the best thing I have ever seen. Great everything, beautiful composure, and elegant movements, Soft lighting. Wonderful
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  • Mike Huetz 2 years ago
    nice.
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  • the_______between 2 years ago
    Wow, absolutely in love with this.

    Gorgeous.
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  • Carmen Millet 2 years ago
    OMG, I think I just had an eyegasm! That was visually stunning, and I don't just mean the architecture. :-)
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  • ArnuShawn 2 years ago
    You have study Louis Kahn well. The lighting, the shape, and the cold concrete wall definitely represent Mr. Kahn’s signature. Well done, really well done!
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  • Jaymer Delapena plus 2 years ago
    Wow. That was amazing. Speechless.
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  • Jaymer Delapena plus 2 years ago
    Wow. This is a amazing. A masterpiece.
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  • Alessio Cagnano 2 years ago
    The quality of lighting and color is amazing.
    My most sincere compliments :)
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  • very stylish :)
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  • Daniel Miori 2 years ago
    Magnific!!!!!

    Spetacular!!

    Wonderfulll!!!!
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  • Dan Young 2 years ago
    Stunning! I have been to the library and I couldn't tell which shots were real and which ones were not... My brain would not process that they were all CG. Had it not been in the description I would have never known.

    Amazing!
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  • Mr.Cantos plus 2 years ago
    impressive images, impressive architecture.
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  • Enri Bimbashi 2 years ago
    this was pure porn, people are saying it's CG but I just don't believe it. awesome either way, just makes me a little unsettled to hear it wasn't real.
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  • Jacob L 2 years ago
    Exeter Academy Library.. You are a god of symmetry. I could die a happy man in this building.
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  • Mitchell Pierias 2 years ago
    Wow, so amazing.
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  • Echinadrome 2 years ago
    If you had told me this was real, I would have believed you. Except for that unusually steady, uber comprehensive dolly movement that you had there. Very swell.
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  • Marina LeClair 2 years ago
    The way you captured that building was absolutely brilliant!! So beautiful!!
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  • Mark Coleman 2 years ago
    RESPEKT! (first, i thought it was filmed :)
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  • John Lewis plus 2 years ago
    Superb work. I have to say I didn't realise it WAS cg until some of the shots started making 'impossible' camera moves. Very impressive!
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  • johan skog 2 years ago
    You are the Andrei Tarkovsky of CG.

    Respect!
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  • Ciro Urdaneta 2 years ago
    Simplemente alucinante, la cinematografía es sublime. La verdad es que estoy boquiabierto pero tan maravilloso proyecto!
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  • cottoncandyland 2 years ago
    this is really beautiful...
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  • Jan Wolski 2 years ago
    Fabulous work. You have a great understanding of architecture and cinematography. Everything looks perfect technology wise, except the concrete texture which is too glossy in my opinion.
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  • Ricardo Tomasi 2 years ago
    This is absurdly amazing. I could swear 90% of that was real footage. Everything from composition to editing to soundtrack is perfect!
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  • Slightly Human plus 2 years ago
    I could try expressing how I feel about this, but I might cry...
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