{"id":2127,"date":"2021-05-18T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\/?post_type=portfolio-item&#038;p=2127"},"modified":"2024-08-07T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:48:30","slug":"the-bargain","status":"publish","type":"portfolio-item","link":"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\/index.php\/portfolio-item\/the-bargain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"--col-width:;\" class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sci-Fi Short Film: &quot;The Bargain&quot; | DUST\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2K5cvDivXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> May 18, 2021 \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Client:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eleonoramignoli.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eleonora Mignoli<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brotherbearfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brother Bear<\/a> \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Platform:<\/strong> VOD \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Software:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\" target=\"_blank\">Blender<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was approached by the incredibly talented writer\/director Eleonora Mignoli to do some VFX for her latest film, The Bargain. I&#8217;ve been a fan of Leo&#8217;s work for a while and I was excited to work on one of her films. Here&#8217;s the logline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Hired by a man who buys and sells time, a young bodyguard is torn between serving her master and fighting for the people he ruins with his power<\/p>\n<cite>&#8220;The Bargain&#8221; by Eleonora Mignoli<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The film needed several VFX elements to complement the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An AR HUD characters use for seeing the amount of time a person has left.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liquid in the time capsules representing the stored time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eye replacement, visualising time being taken or given and for when characters access their HUD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glowing circuitry around the temple, highlighting the HUD activation when a character touches the pad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These effects required a combination of tracking, masking, animation, lighting and compositing, all of which was done in Blender. Brother Bear produced the film along with handling the edit. We worked together to make sure the comped footage I was exporting matched up with their original raw footage, something that&#8217;s incredibly important for the final grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the VFX, I also created the the opening credits. Leo wanted a style that matched the HUD visuals, digital with scan-lines, with a slight glitchyness to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m incredibly happy that The Bargain has found a home on DUST and I look forward to seeing what&#8217;s next for Leo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sci-fi short I had the pleasure of VFX-ing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2130,"template":"","filters":[41],"class_list":["post-2127","portfolio-item","type-portfolio-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","filters-vfx","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Bargain - CG Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bargain, a sci-fi short film where I had the pleasure of complimenting the story with some VFX.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\/index.php\/portfolio-item\/the-bargain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bargain - 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