The Lift - a short animated cartoon by Rob Kohr » demo

Making of a shot – Shot 13

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:24:37 +0000

This week I am posting a much earlier shot from my film ‘The Lift’. In this shot the main character is leaving for work, or what ever she does. As you saw from one of the other later shots I posted she doesn’t make it to where she was going.

Something I haven’t really talked about yet, and I am always asked, is when will it be finished. I am looking to complete this film in early 2010, actually the end of January. I am attempting to submit this film to Annecy which is apparently celebrating its 50th anniversary. If you are interested I took some pictures when I was there in 2003 (Annecy Animation Festival Pictures).

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdl2v9cPG6Q

Making of a shot – Shot 51

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:20:14 +0000

I am posting this new video on my blog a little late this time, a week late actually. I forgot to do this last week, though I did get it up on Youtube and Vimeo. This week I won’t be doing a video as its a holiday in the US.

Shot 51, what you see below is the shot immediately after last weeks, the girl gets pulled down the sewer drain and transported to another world.
Other than that I think I am pretty set on the new title of the film “The Lift”, as my sister Emma says “Once and Never Again” sounded lame. I think i agree.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aOw-21TeU

Making of a shot – Shot 50

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:52:52 +0000

This week I created an almost 7 minute tutorial showing my process of developing a shot from the animatic to the final video. I demonstrated how I use Flash to create the animation and color the frames, Blender to generate the 3D scenes and After Effects for composting.

YouTube Kohrtoons Studio Channel
Vimeo Kohrtoons Studio Channel

On another note the film is currently called “Once and Never Again” though I am considering changing it to “The Lift”. The premise of the film is an elevator experience gone wrong, a cautionary tale about holding the elevator door for people (though you wouldn’t know it from this shot)