#AskTheTrainer Special: Making of A Haunting in Candyland with Kris Theorin | November 9th, 2023

Join us for a special edition of Ask The Trainer, as Kris Theorin, Animation Director of Something's Awry, shares key insights into how he animated and composited their latest 3D short, “A Haunting in Candyland.” Kris will share how he used multiple Maxon tools in his animation and compositing workflows, including Cinema 4D, Redshift, ZBrush, Cineware, and Red Giant’s Colorista, Magic Bullet Looks, and Optical Glow. Check out the film here: 00:00:00 Waiting loop 00:00:59 Short: “A Haunting in Candyland“, BTS 00:03:07 Welcome 00:04:11 Hello Kris Theorin 00:05:06 Housekeeping 00:06:52 Candyland Content, Tutorials 00:08:01 Intro of Kris Theorin 00:10:18 Short: “A Haunting in Candyland“, BTS 00:12:14 Starting a project, Candyland00:15:21 __ The haunting hand 00:16:38 __ Voice Over 00:18:21 Animating and Motion Capture 00:19:55 __ The biggest challenge, Hand 00:21:21 __ Clean Up Work, capture 00:22:34 __ IK animation fixing sliding feet [1] 00:23:21 Q How to handle complete Project files 00:25:20 Q What one needs to create a short 00:27:32 Filmmaking process 00:27:33 __ The set and prop design 00:29:30 __ Cinematography background, Editing 00:33:00 __ Influencing future projects 00:33:50 __ Learn, start simple, add complexity 00:35:36 __ Inspiration source 00:37:12 __ Filmic aesthetic decisions, on “seconds.“ 00:41:31 __ Emulate Art-forms, Easter Eggs 00:46:42 Q Adjust sliding feet [2] 00:48:42 __ Assets, the Knight Character 00:52:05 Render, Compositing, Color Grading 00:52:42 __ Red Giant Colorista 00:53:32 __ Adding Atmo, Fog 00:54:37 __ Cineware, Camera 00:55:16 __ One Person Pipeline, focus points 00:58:00 Q Is there a tutorial about the Compositing 00:58:28 Q Was ACES used, longest render 00:59:36 Q __ Render time, Team Render 01:01:16 Q 16 or 32 bit per channel float 01:01:31 __ Render improvements to scene 01:02:00 __ Color, Red Giant and After Effects 01:02:36 __ Spoiler 01:03:04 Acting and Expression 01:04:10 __ Kris and acting background 01:04:32 __ What translates, expression 01:06:51 __ Ignoring looking ridicules 01:07:24 LinkedIn, Phone, animation 01:10:40 Next projects 01:11:50 Mocap suit recommendation 01:14:05 Kris' website, Instagram 01:14:35 Wrapping up 01:15:12 Housekeeping 01:18:02 Thank you and bye 01:18:55 Short: “A Haunting in Candyland“, BTS