ANIMATION FILM DESIGN
PORTFOLIO 2011 VIVEK V RAM
vivek_r@nid.edu
CHARACTER DESIGN
MARAPATTY IV
Marapatty IV is one of the four chosen palm civets who manage the destinies of humans. His job is to manage the death division.Marapatty IV is one of the characters in my story called “Toddylicious” inspired from the story “Death Speaks”.
CHARACTER DESIGN
LIVE TRANSPORT
A houseboat full of life that lives in the backwaters of Kerala. He rows himself with his bow and stores coconuts inside his belly.
MR P.K.SUNDARAN
Despite being an ignorant father Mr.P.K.Sundaran is one of the worst doctors in town. The only thing he doesnt like about his life is his wife.
ILLUSTRATIONS
SPACE LIFT
A selected space was upgraded with luxurious elements to alter the entire look and feel of the place.
DEATHS CALL
An illustration of a scene from the story “Toddylicious”, when the two main characters - Shivankutty and Marapatty IV, meet.
ILLUSTRATIONS
AN EPIC MOMENT
A 3D illustration portraying the last hours of Bhisma on the bed of arrows.
NAADAN DREAMS
A series of four postcards and a poster which reflects the nostalgic visuals of my Naadu(hometown).
ILLUSTRATIONS
STOLEN ART
An advertisement using hand painted replica of Van-Gogh’s painting Siesta, with an added extra element.
DESI@RGB
A digital illustration for the brochures of RGB 2011, NID’s design fest. The elegant running floral designs holds together the elements respecting this years theme - DESIGN.
3DMODELLING/ANIMATION
BUGS AND PIECES
The dragonfly was modelled as part of a 3D visualisation workshop. This was one of the twelve different bugs done by twelve different people. One bug per person!
MISSED CALL
Missed call is a 45sec CGI film about Shivankutty who misses a phone call, accidentally!
VISUAL SCRIPTING Shot
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M.S The girl looks bored and fed up. In the background the sounds of a horror film is heard.(slow zoom out)
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M.S the fizz comes of the bottle with great force.
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Her date is too much involved into the 3D movie. He is scared.
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M.S (slight zoom in)She is angry.
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She aks for the cold-drink. He responds in fear(because of the movie). Shot
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C.M.S She pokes the guy.
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L.M.S He grabs the can(eyes still on the screen). Shot
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M.S He shakes the bottle as he shivers. Her hand comes in. 2
He turns his head. The reflection of her hands can be seen on the 3D glasses
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C.S Her fist comes towards the camera.
VIRTUAL REALITY
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M.S (match cut of her hands) She opens the bottle. Shot
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Blackout. Sound of a big punch.
Storyboard for a small 1 min gag titled “Virtual Reality”. The idea was to show “the effect” of things coming close to your eyes!
PHOTOGRAPHY
SUPERSTITIONS AND BELIEFS
Everyone has their own sets of superstitions and beliefs, which keeps them going. Photographs clicked with a film-back SLR.
VIVEK V RAM
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Animation Clips