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Code "rhythm"Author: FlatteryLast post time (GMT): Sep 30 2005 13:57:54 I've already brought this to Dave's attention, and he informed me that the original code program, by Animal Logic, flowed very smoothly down the screen. However, I have to bring this up again after watching the code in the first film (which is really all I'm concerned with) for the last two hours. This relates to how the tracers move down the screen. Say a rotator has two beats: Beat 1 -- rotator is static. Beat 2 -- rotator changes. This is a constant rhythm. I've noticed that the tracers in the film follow the same pattern. Beat 1 -- tracer begins to fade. Beat 2 -- tracer is fully illuminated. There does not seem to be an in-between with the tracer's on Tank's screen. Perhaps something slowed down the process of running the code in the film and that's just how it came out -- I really don't know. But I am utterly convinced that the tracers follow this pattern, and I believe it is vital to the look of the code. Most times in the movie the code is moving too fast to notice this, but it is very visible during the "blond, brunette, redhead" scene. Watch that scene over and over with closeups of the code, slow it down frame by frame if you have to. It won't seem like it at first, but you'll notice (I hope -- I may just be nuts) the pattern. Beat 1 -- tracer begins to write the next character, rotator is static. Beat 2 -- tracer has written, rotator changes. So on and so forth. Anyone else notice this? Re: Code "rhythm"Author: TringiI think I know what you mean. It was decided very early in the project to have smoothly animated transition. Not only because it look good, but simply because computers can render faster than 24fps (or any other movies frame rate) and we simply don't know what should be between the frames we have seen in the movie. Another thing is that the effect we see, when looking at it frame-by-frame, may simply be not perfectly synchronised animation running at halved camera frame rate. I must look at it again, but the current screensaver behavior is based mostly on the scene you are talking about. At that time I saw that the rotators change everytime there are THREE new characters written by tracer. But then I moved to follow code videos published by Warner Bros. (from Reloaded and Revolutions) and these may be slightly different (perhaps different preset ;-)))). I'll take a look at it... Re: Code "rhythm"Author: FlatteryI see -- especially when I consider the camera frame rate. I had spent so much time examining the code in the film that that thought hadn't occurred to me. Don't get me wrong -- I love the screensaver as is. I'm just looking for screen accuracy to the fullest extent. I'm interested to see what your final thoughts are once you take another look. Re: Code "rhythm"Author: TringiSo I took a look at the scene few more times but I still see the same behavior as before. It seems to me that current rotators behavior is pretty accurate to what is in the movie. Re: Code "rhythm"Author: FlatteryI've looked at it again too, with someone, and now I have to agree. Add comment:The Matrix Trilogy Screensaver forum |