Introducing Tank, a new short film from Red Giant’s Chief Creative Officer, Stu Maschwitz. In a visual homage to vector arcade games of the early 80’s (like Battlezone and Star Wars), Tank tells the story of a team of pilots that must take on a weapon of mass destruction in a battle to save their world.
GO BEHIND THE SCENES
Putting aside current 3D modeling techniques, Stu looked to the past and built the world of Tank entirely in Adobe After Effects, using mathematics and code, and hundreds of hours of painstaking animation work. Watch the Making of Tank to learn more about Stu’s journey in telling this visually unique story.
Here are some links (and more) that Stu mentioned in his Making Of Tank video:
The Expression that Started it All
Not a link, just an actual After Effects expression you can copy and paste.
thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).toComp([0,0,0])
VectorKit
Want to experience just how crazy someone has to be to make a film this way? Give it a try with this free After Effects template project. Get VectorKit HERE.
Magic Bullet Looks
Red Giant’s flagship color and looks tool was used to create the vignetting, flares and chromatic aberration that make TANK appear to have been filmed off a TV monitor with an anamorphic lens. LEARN MORE.
Building Your Own 3D Particle Generator
A seminal After Effects expressions tutorial from MotionScripts’ Dan Ebberts. READ MORE.
Magic Bullet Film
Red Giant’s film simulation tool created the overall film look of TANK. LEARN MORE.
Prolost EDC
A free collection of handy After Effects workflow presets. Includes Front/Back Visibility, which was used on TANK to automate the visibility of the back faces of the wireframe objects. Get it HERE.
Universe Holomatrix II
Part of Red Giant Universe, this plug-in creates scanlines and realistic video distortion. LEARN MORE.
Triune Scores: 80s Synth
14 royalty-free 80s-inspired music tracks, including stings and risers. LEARN MORE.
Magic Bullet Renoiser
For the most detailed control of 4k film grain, Magic Bullet Renoiser was used to create the film grain in TANK. LEARN MORE.
Prolost Boardo
Bring storyboards to life with this set of After Effects presets that make it fast and easy to animate camera moves and transitions. LEARN MORE.
I’m impressed!!! What an incredible commitment and passion. Although I believe you just have TOO MUCH time on your hand, dear Stu (lol), this is very impressive. Of course, growing up in the 80′ with Tron, Star Wars, Mechwarrior, and other beloved innovative creations, your short movie placed me in a time travel machine and catapult me 35 years into the past 😉 Thank you for sharing this little masterpiece with the community and let us daily mainstream producers look like absolute beginners (lol).
Yes! This is so cool. I’m impressed and fascinated. Great job! I would also love to check out a full tutorial on how the “pull toy rig” was set up. How where the wheels done? I’m really trying to up my AE expression game. And thank you for this awesome content!
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I can seriously appreciate the no limitations thinking!
I’m impressed!!! What an incredible commitment and passion. Although I believe you just have TOO MUCH time on your hand, dear Stu (lol), this is very impressive. Of course, growing up in the 80′ with Tron, Star Wars, Mechwarrior, and other beloved innovative creations, your short movie placed me in a time travel machine and catapult me 35 years into the past 😉 Thank you for sharing this little masterpiece with the community and let us daily mainstream producers look like absolute beginners (lol).
hi
great job!
where can i find a tutorial for the camera rig …
linking camera point of interest to position …with delay ..etc
thanks !
Yes! This is so cool. I’m impressed and fascinated. Great job! I would also love to check out a full tutorial on how the “pull toy rig” was set up. How where the wheels done? I’m really trying to up my AE expression game. And thank you for this awesome content!