About the Films

Synopsis

DanceUniverse is the 3rd and final in a series of 3D animated short films mashing unconventional music, places and characters to create moments of narrative, wonder and emotion.

Director Notes

I've always loved music and dance and wanted to put those together in animation. The animations would not be narrative driven so I could concentrate on making some fun animations. The characters are quirky and juxtaposed in unfamiliar environments, dancing to break stereotypes. By using modern day technologies such as motion capture and photobased modeling techniques, I could concentrate on the nonverbal messages the works communicate. The 3D animation pipeline is accelerated and I can have some fun to showcase some of the most unfamiliar ideas and themes without the production commitment of a typical animation short film production.

Exhibition Schedule (Not current)

Specifications

Duration
Process	3D Animated
Language	English
Start Date	September 2015
Completion Date	TBA
Software Used	Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere
Produced In	USA/Canada

Credits

Created, Directed & Produced by
Peter Chanthanakone

Motion Capture Artists
Zhi Ai
Peder Goodman

Character Models/Rigs by
Jose Manuel Garcia Alvarez
Kiel Figgins
Harry Gladwin-Georhegan
Wynand Lens
Antonio Mendez Lora
Shanji Wang
Ai Zhi
RiFF Animation Studio

Motion Capture Dancers
Owen Baxtor
Nicky Cue
Kaden Day
Crystal Gurrola
Faith Idehen
Elijah Mendez
Farhat Sultani
Ai Zhi

Music & Sound Design

Special Thanks
Frischluft.com

Production Facts

# of revisions of the film	2
# of photographs taken per model	25
Time to render per model	10
# of environments	50
# of countries represented in environments	2 (USA, Canada)
Rendered using:	Maya Software
Avg number of render passes (max, min)	2, 1
Avg rendering time per frame (max, min)	10 min, 10 second
Time to render the film in After Effects in 1080HD (1 computer)	1 hours