Want to Join Team of 3D Animators?

ok.

I am a 3D modeller. I use 3D max.

We did 1 minute 3D rendition of d movie "Sango"
and sent to mainframe but it was truned down..sayin there was no market for such. I was surprised

Nigerians don't want to reinvent the wheel so my advice to you is gather enough ca$h and launch yourself out.

Its a big money spinner abroad. You can do 3 minute 3D musical video which would take 2 weeks to complete for N500K

I am a medical student but music and computers is my passion. You can't tell what i can do on da comp. Moreover i'm not parochial. I don't think i only have to concentrate on medicine alone. I am a man of many coats. I manage my time well. When i'm less busy (during weekends), u can also find me in the recording studios (questionmark or neosonic).

I am doing medicine in school while doing computers and music as a vocation.

layi you are my man anytime any day, i just wish me and you would hop up and just talk, am having a hard time letting my folks now that been a Jake of all trade is not bad, and for now you are my model,lol, well sha just like you am in heaven in front of a system, am learning video editing now, and this year 3d with max. hope we can get to work in the future together, and my guy, the 3d guy, am creative if you need i got concepts, so if you need that count me in.

I can use vector/3D max to do a 3D film. I've got the neccessary machines (3 high speed P4 systems..2.5GHZ with full multimedia).
If we could get a good concept/script and ready market. Work starts. I'm talking wit someone who's got links wit disney but it doesnt look too sure.
Its time consuming. we can complete the project in 3 months (working as a team). But we need someone who's interested in bankrolling the project or buying the completed product.

well lets get started. where's wilsonhaze?

Well guys i got some script you can work on that will fetch money in nigeria, and abroad just like a movie but it's some ideas that no one as brought out in this entier generation, as far as i'm concern and i have make some research on the stuff.. so if you guys agree to work well i'm here and i'm going to talk to BOb TV about it.. hit me back, it going to be first of his kind.

since someof u are interested in this project i think it might work, first of all, we have to know what kind of animation we want to do, then the next thing to do is get a website were we can upload our works into it, we will have to divide the work into sections like, modelling, environments, animators, concepts, etc. that's how it was done in one site i used to work with before "seawars.info", they too wanted to do an animation movie. so whatever u are good in, please let me know so u can contribute to it, this project wont cost much, the only problem is where to sell it but thats a latter thought, but i think whatever we are doing it should have something to do with africa

and those interseted in it should please reply this message.
thanks.
wilson

Well when you guys are ready Let me know..

layi omo you sound like a friend of mine, you all start with Big amounts i know that wd would need alot i also know that if we can come togther and talk we can beat the price down, as for marketing i guess we need to have the story line first and it has to be african, am sure the likes of silverbird group and bob t.v will be ready to put there money in this project, as for the site, i would start work on that, you all can tell me if you like it or not or make changes to it or, i think that we need to meet and talk, so we can be sure that this is no joke. if we are not all here then we can chat, fix a date and do that, but lets make it a reality. am going to start 3d stuffs this year at Aptech and so would also come in that area  to help. but lets make it work ok

well layi am down also i guess that, the thing is how to get started, ok  lets do it like this, if you are intrested please just drop your mail addy and i would mail everyone, so we can fix a date to meet to iron out all the other things that we need to do. so please lets start droping or better still send your e-mail addy to michael@9jamusiconline.com
be waiting to hear from you so that we can kick off.

look you are going back to what has already been said, i have had a talk with layi and things are moving up and we are not waiting for anyone, we all can't just be all talk and no action. the thing is that i would not drop a large amount of money for you to come and do aids, when we have made the money yes.or someone else wants to yes. the thing is if you are ready please send a mail to michael@9jamusiconline.com, please with what you intend to do for the project, and we will get back to you

@deepthrough
I am a 3d animator as well as a web developer (a medical student too ..seriously) and i can tell u; the kind of scripting needed in web development (JScript, .NET, cold fusion etc) arent useful in 3D.
3D is all about modelling characters, creating real life enviroments , animate the charaters round the enviroment, render your animated work and then simulate vocals with d project. NO special scripting is involved. We have highly technical GUI interfaced softwares where all d scripting needed have been "morphed" into Icons.
All u need do is to relearn. Get 3D Max software (from comp villa if you're in Nigeria) and go through the tutorials. It takes time though but you'ld be able to produce SHREK quality animations.

@wilsonhaze
I'm NOT down wit your idea. Sorry. Why 2 mins animation? Aids and stuffs. For what purpose? I thought we are talking real biz here not an NGO.... If u got a company who needs 2mins 3D advert... we can do that for a fee BUT plz lets think big. I don't know how u want to make cash with a 3 mins 3D reel except u have it as just a demo *to show what u got*..part of a bigger project.

i would really like to see where all these yarns will lead to.

aiming for shrek-type movies with 4 artists in 3 months seems very unrealistic to me. my suggestion is that you should start small first, like someone suggested - lets see a demo. better still, u could integrate your skillz with the producers of nollywood supplying special effects to their movies and stuff and doing music videos.

well, i'm a 3d programmer not an artist. so good luck.

@layi
As I said earlier,I've since left the IT field and never did animations apart text. So I appreciate comments from people who know about animations.

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No,I'm not in Nigeria.So where does FLASH come in?

Secondly, it is probably too early to think too seriously about returns on this project though of course, there is absolutely nothing wrong about wanting to make money from it. We should probably focus at this time upon setting up a framework, unless of course you prefer to go it alone. What I mean without disrespect is that there are a couple of different approaches possible in this issue.
    a) cutting to the chase and starting something right off the bat as 4real suggested.  Nothing wrong with that , if you possess ALL the necessary resources (not just animation skills, but other small things like time, money,scripts, literary talents, connections, insight, e.t.c!)
   b) You may consider working with other people who may slow you down BUT could make meaningful contributions down the road.

If you think option b) makes sense, I would suggest asking wilsonhaze to go ahead with his plan. If we are able to make a good five min demo, we can then start to talk about a preliminary buisness plan. It may not be possible to make money immediately but it will no doubt make money eventually once there is a product and people have been made aware through promotionals. I think the first step is definitely a demo.

@wilsonhaze

Please go ahead with this if you please. I will give you all the support that is in my  power to do, but I have limited tech skills in this area for now. However, I would love to get my fingers dirty again and would appreciate more info in this direction in addition to what layi has already said above.

Now let me get into specifics.Who will or can do what? Don't we all have to be on the same page and have similar capabilities including using the software and hardware?
Let me suggest that we organize this thing properly.

1. Get a structure in place. Appoint a sort of "project manager"; someone who knows the technology (Yourself or Layi)
2.Get a story line (I can provide one if you want)
3. Specify the tools you require or will use/ask other to use.
4. Assign a schedule/deadline
5. Assign tasks based on 2 above.
 

@4real
Are you interested in working with newbies or do you think we will only slow you down?

@Codec
You are right. It may be unrealistic to expect to develop a Shrek like movie in a few months with a few animators. BUT there is nothing unrealistic about realizing the unrealistic if there is the right will and vision. Please stay tuned, hopefully, you may be suprised.

4real i think u've got an attitude problem. remember i started this forum topic, so don't give me that attitude because' u mentioned bobtv somewhere in this forum.
what the hell do you mean by that, please have i in any way insulted you, i demand an apology, number 1 i did not say anything about bob tv, i suggest you go back and read that messages again.
i feel layi cause we have spoken, and am open to all new and old, good and bad,
@DeepThough
i think you got a sound mind, and with that we can work together whether you got the skills or not, you can be useful in other areas,
And yes layi flash can come into play the flash you know is not the same as the flash of before as adobe as bought it over, and flash is begined used for 3d animation and not just for the web

and the reason i really want us to kick start this project is cause this topic was started on: December 18, 2005, 02:25 AM  and since then all we do is just talk. and as if that is not enough out man wilsonhaze wants to start another one for what, is the project going to be done by posted messages over the board. deepthouh the things you talked about are things we really need to talk about, when we meet on a round table and know who is who and who is intrested. it's a new year, let work, am not saying lets start the project right away am saying that lets get to meet to talk about what needs to be said and start the project. and my guy wilsonhaze. i want to work with you and make money with you. i give you that respect that you started this topic, but even with that if all you want to do is talk, then those of us who want to make a change, will go ahead and do it. ( i pray that those not happen) all am saying is let all hands be on deck. enough of talk, lets see some action.
and men if we want to do a project lets do it.
but me don't buy the idea of 2 Min's. lets do two Min's of the movie it's self.

it's the reason someone like me and layi have been shouting like get this thing going, and wilsonhaze there is no diffrence between what we have here and what you have created. it is still the same old thing talk talk and talk, if you are in lagos. send your yahoo id lets set a date where we all can chat and make some seroius decisions. so we can move forward.