During their visit we explained to them the Animation production process here in Les'Copaque. This time, Faizu and Nell took up the challenge to handle the whole visit and showed the kids around. Even though Faizu has done this before he was just as nervous as Nell. The students were brought up to the production level where each department’s representative gave the demonstration of how things are done.
Before going up to the production level, Faizu and Nell gave the students a brief explanation about the pipeline that is applied here in Les'Copaque by using a simple table that is drawn cutely so that they would have a rough idea on how things are done before going into details.
The first stop was the audio room, which is where the voice actors and the foleys are recorded. Here the students were introduced to Saf (one of our audio designer). Saf shows the students equipments and procedures that is needed to make quality sounds for our movie. During their visit there, the students were especially interested when Saf explained to them how we used normal everyday items to simulate the sounds that we needed for sound effects, such as rolled up cassette tapes to simulate footsteps on grass.
Then the students were brought up to the production level where Safwan and Faizu explained to them the steps on how we make a 2D concept drawing into a 3d model. From there they understand that modeling is more like sculpting, only it’s not with mud.
Next, Ejean explains to them how the cute characters like Upin & Ipin were brought to life from the models that are made by the modelers earlier. Ejean showed them how animators have to act out the situation with the audio that is given earlier before as a guide for them to assist them on giving the “mood” or the message of the shot they need to animate
Afterwards Hidhir explains the rendering process in Geng, talking about how the rendering team is divided into background and character rendering and how they put the colors into the animation.
Lastly they paid a visit to the newly opened Les Copaque Merchandising. There they were able to buy some Upin & Ipin merchandise, such as T-shirt and CDs as souvenirs of their visit here at LCP and with that their tour came to an end. We here at Les'Copaque thanks the students of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Intergrasi Gopeng, Perak. for visiting us and wish them the best of luck in their studies.
written by : Faizu
photos by : Hidhir & Safwan
