Vietnamese Version – Chuyện của Bình
English Version – Binh’s Story

Binh’s Story is a story of a young girl who was the victim of social inequality. However, she never stops working hard to achieve success in life. Binh becomes a social activist fighting for equality. The film was produced as part of a social action campaign – ‘Even it up’ or ‘Thu Hẹp Khoảng Cách’ run by Wake It Up Vietnam. The campaign aims to raise awareness of people about social gap and inequality. It was our honor to contribute a small part in this wonderful activity.

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NEW EXPERIMENTS

This is the project of new experiments, since it’s our first time we do a PSA (Public Service Announcement) types of work. The first time we apply new process of 2D rigging using Duik in After Effect. Furthermore, this project is the first time Redshift toon shader has been used to achieve 2D look in our production.

DESIGNS

After couple rounds of feedback and revision, the script has been signed off. We are clear to start shaping the look of the production. Colory were given first 5 characters in 2D style that had been approved and widely used by clients. Those pre-fixed designs will pose a concern of consistency if we develope the project in 3D as we used to do. Therefore, a 2D production seems to be a safer choice. We had never produced 2D work before, however, we were having some experiments with 2D style at that time. This project could be a good chance to test our new researches.

Even though going with original designs of 5 gods, we added a touch on the style to reflect our artistic voice.

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Color script is quickly created to show the overall look and feel of the final work.

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2D RIGGING TECHNIQUE

Duik was the main tool that we used to rig our 2D characters. First, the characters are cut into multiple parts. Bones are added. Codes are used then. We finally have the characters that are ready to be animated.

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NEW RENDERING TECHNIQUE

We have to use 3D to achieve some complex actions and movements of the main character. So we have to also make 3D elements look like 2D at the output. Redshift Toon shader then is applied to mimic the 2D look as we want.

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