Don Noon Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 OK, so I have grade-school kids, and it shows. In the movie "Rango", there's an owl mariachi band. The fiddle playing owl's instrument impressed me greatly with the attention to detail and realism... nice looking, lightly antiqued finish, and (I couldn't really tell) it looks like a Hill-style fine tuner on the E string. Perhaps one of the violin experts out there could identify the maker and year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
koshpendi Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I only saw the trailer so far. I couldn't see the fine tuner. Here is a screen shot I'll try (again -edit) to attach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbjörn Zethelius Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Could it be the Ole Bull Del Gesu? Chi Mei Foundation published photos from all angles of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arglebargle Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Well, it clearly has spirit varnish, so it's not Cremonese. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Tucker Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Could it be the Ole Bull Del Gesu? Chi Mei Foundation published photos from all angles of it. A-hem! The string height over the fingerboard seems a bit low... - but in cartoonland, it may be just right. (The owl does seem to have correct feather position on those strings - he may be playing mariachi music, but his classical training is obvious...) "Craig!" "...yeah?" "Dude, IT'S A CARTOON!" "Oh yeah - sorry." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Noon Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The ribs look a bit tall to me, and don't appear to have any flame. ... are those ebony inserts in the bridge under each string? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Tucker Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The ribs look a bit tall to me, and don't appear to have any flame. ... are those ebony inserts in the bridge under each string? Yeah, I noticed those things also, but realized that going any further down that road, would be sort of like arguing with the TV about a commercial... Which I admit, I occasionally do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iburkard Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 ILM is very precise with their 3D model making. I'm sure that they had reference on hand and took texture info directly from a real instrument. If you guys really want to know who made the violin I could pry for info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iburkard Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 They may have increased the rib height to make it look easier for the bird to hold the violin on its wing, or as an element of "style" from the art director. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbjörn Zethelius Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) It would be cool if it's a real DG or something. Edit: I mean the original model. Edited March 26, 2011 by Torbjörn Zethelius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julian Cossmann Cooke Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Could it be the Ole Bull Del Gesu? Chi Mei Foundation published photos from all angles of it. You mean the Owle Bull, Torbjorn? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Hart Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'm pretty sure they've taken a three dimensional picture of a student violin (well, actually I think it's a viola). You can see that the bow was a separate image because there is shadow under the hair where it's meant to connect the string. The reasons why I think it's a student violin (well, viola -possibly something they found in a prop room) is because the ribs are way too high, the bridge is very high and not cut well, the 'e' string looks too thick (unless its a gut string which I'll bet its not) and you can actually see the layer of dust nobody bothered to wipe off. Now that's realistic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbjörn Zethelius Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 You mean the Owle Bull, Torbjorn? Yeah, the Owl Bull. Still I think it would be cool if it was a real fine violin. Very geeky kind of cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
violinfan Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 ILM is very precise with their 3D model making. I'm sure that they had reference on hand and took texture info directly from a real instrument. If you guys really want to know who made the violin I could pry for info. Iburkard is right. ILM would have used a detailed 3D model, which allows them to overlay surface textures and colors, and animate in various angles and lighting on the computer. They could have built their own model, or used one of the commercially available ones. For example, here is one from The3dStudio.com (not the one used in Rango): http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=254087 Images of the rendered model and underlying wireframe: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Noon Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Interesting... virtual stuff to buy for use in virtual movies. $50 for a virtual violin sounds pretty reasonable, certainly cheaper than building a virtual one from scratch . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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