by 0xe18118afd116bb77549f8d4694b3261426dcde10 (lio#de10)
Should the following Tier 2: up to $3,000 USD in MANA, one-time payment grant in the Content Creator category be approved?
Abstract
We at Cinetica Studio want to support the growth of promising creatives in the Decentraland ecosystem by providing them with high quality CGI animated content to promote events, brands, creators, and the overall Decentraland Ecosystem.
For our first contribution we will develop two (2) CGI animated teasers for The DCL Report both to support their efforts to grow their community, as well as to demonstrate the unique kind of Decentraland Content we are able to create for the ecosystem. This would include:
- Level design or virtual world creation
- Custom Motion capture animations
- Virtual camera placement and rendering with Unreal Engine
- Basic editing and sound design
Grant size
3,000 USD
Beneficiary address
0xF2cB497Ec3fE52D92B29466c0B369A1fEe0199FD
Email address
lio@cinetica.studio
Description
Teaser 1: āA Hook - Discover and Preserve the History of the Metaverseā
A short 15 second animated video showing The Decentraland Report āreporterā discovering and contemplating for the first time the presence of the iconic character AVA, co created by the world known film director Michael Bay, a true historic moment in the metaverse that will be documented and archived as a milestone in the web3 space.
Teaser 2: āPlant the seed - Unveiling a historic moment in the discovery of the metaverseā
A short 30 second animated video extending the sublime interaction between the decentraland reporter and AVA, this will be the first showcase of AVAĀ“s true purpose in the metaverse, we will hint the viewers through a āeaster eggā the true reason for AVAĀ“s presence in the metaverse without revealing too much information. It is important to establish in this video the beginning of a story that reflects consciousness and awareness of our planetās current climate change crisis. AVA has landed into the metaverse to spread a message of hope and preservation, a message that is truly worthy of being documented by "The Decentraland Report āā and rendered in a breathtaking style.
Specification
Cinetica Studio will develop the project in 3 steps, according to the following Hardware and Software specs:
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Asset development and level design: we will compose and assemble all the assets required in both Maya and Blender in order to export as optimized meshes inside Unreal Engine 5, once assets are imported we will proceed with the level design and construction by using both in engine tools as well as purchased marketplace assets to complement the story. By using UE5 we will take full advantage of its path tracing features as well as Lumen and Nanite.
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Avatar integration: The avatars incorporated into the scenes are purchased NFTĀ“s which provide access to their 3D files, therefore we will work as well on the rigging for the models. We will bring to life our characters by using both inertial and optical motion capture systems from the companies Noitom and Optitrack; all captured data will be streamed into UE5 through the livelink protocol, allowing us to then add facial expressions and specific details.
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Cinematics: Once we have assembled all pieces together in UE5, we will proceed with the sequence and camera animations, we will work on this part of the project side by side with our studioĀ“s DOP. Once the sequence is ready, all files are exported in EXR format in order to compose and color correct in after effects and davinci.
Personnel
Cinetica studio has worked on numerous projects for the Film, Entertainment, Music and video game industry. We have collaborated with world known Directors, such as Alejandro G. IƱarritu (Birdman, The revenantā¦) as well as Worldwide pop stars like Bad Bunny, Snoop Dog, Kanye and many more. We have created high impact content for transnational brands such as Corona, Philipp Plein, Gucci and more.
Cinetica is built by a team of 20 in house artists, for this project we will involve the following artists profiles:
1 Sr. Level designer with expertise in UE pipeline
1 Jr. Level designer with expertise in Blender and Maya
1 Sr Character designer with expertise in UE pipeline
1 Mocap Director
1 Mocap technician
1 Mocap Supervisor
1 Mocap talent
1 Creative Director
1 Writer
pls find below the websites corresponding to the parties involved in the development and creative process of the piece.
Cinetica Studio: https://www.cinetica.studio/
The DCL Report https://www.TheDecentralandReport.com
Roadmap and milestones
We will deliver the totality of the project 2 months after the grant is approved, it is very important for us to establish a community and grow awareness of both the project we are creating, but also decentralands ability to listen to its community and impulse them towards growing as artists in the web3 space. The general public will receive recorded behind the scenes footage from the Motion Capture sessions in order to maintain engagement with the making of process, as well different Q&A sessions will be organized among the community of future content creators in order to explain how modern animation pipelines look like.
We want to democratize the way content is created today and open the eyes of the next generations making them conscious of the power and ability they have as creative minds to detonate a positive impact in the world.
To make this happen, the first 4 weeks (w1 to w4) we will pre produce and produce all the content required for the 2 short videos, and for the next 4 weeks (w4 to w8) we will begin to share on a weekly basis in both Cinetica Studio and The Decentraland Report social media channels the content we will have previously prepared in the first 4 weeks.
The first 15 second teaser will be shown by the end of week 4, in order to engage with the community and bring up the expectations, but while the marketing and community campaign for the project is launched from week 4 to 8, we will simultaneously be polishing the final touches of part 2.
