Window effects in London/DAlley

[flynnibus]

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So looks like Uni followed Disney's classic 'the queen looking out of the window' gag and put a figure peaking out of the curtains in DA. See

I appreciate the effort... but man, can that thing look anymore UNNATURAL in it's movement? It's worse than the Jungle Cruise figures.

 

[Mouse Trap]

Don't read if you don't like spoilers or pre-announced stuff...

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So looks like Uni followed Disney's classic 'the queen looking out of the window' gag and put a figure peaking out of the curtains in DA. See

I appreciate the effort... but man, can that thing look anymore UNNATURAL in it's movement? It's worse than the Jungle Cruise figures.

Oh, my. That is awful. Maybe just some testing? It needs some major work,

Expecting the rest of the experience to be much better.

 

[GLaDOS]

It's a small effect most won't even catch.

It's fine.

 

[MickeyPeace]

It's a small effect most won't even catch.

It's fine.

I agree. It's meant to be a detail and works fine.

 

[flynnibus]

It's a small effect most won't even catch.

It's fine.

The little things matter... they are going to the n-th degree with all the staging and set pieces.. and then totally let down with the level of effort here. Seriously looks like a student project with some motors and switches.

 

[KingdomofDreams]

Well I couldn't resist and had to look! Two things occurred to me. First, very possibly it's only being tested at this point and final movement might be somewhat improved. When the hand first appears and then the figure leans forward, it's fine. What I found to be off was that the figure then leans back out of view but the hand remains in place on the curtain. Second, it won't be viewed (except through camera lenses) at that angle or close-up viewpoint. From the street level it should appear better than it does in the video. I think it's a great little detail.

 

[flynnibus]

It's as graceful and natural as an assembly line robot

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It's an easy fix, just change the speed with which he moves. The Queen is hardly an A100 figure herself.

My guess is that he is just in testing mode.

 

[flynnibus]

I don't the possibility it's not done yet (tho the clock is ticking..) - but if that's what they go with.. ouch.

 

[StageFrenzy]

The hand movement is good, I feel like his head should almost be at window when he opens it.

 

[Skip]

The hand movement is good, I feel like his head should almost be at window when he opens it.

This. Agreed, I think the motion as it stands is a bit cringe-worthy... but if the face started closer to the window (and ideally had some small side to side motions) this'd be perfect.

 

[TalkingHead]

It's a small effect most won't even catch.

It's fine.

It's especially fine since most people won't be looking through binoculars when they see it.

 

[JT3000]

It's especially fine since most people won't be looking through binoculars when they see it.

Yeah, this is not an angle you're supposed to be viewing it from. Look at how much they had to zoom in.

 

[flynnibus]

Yeah, this is not an angle you're supposed to be viewing it from. Look at how much they had to zoom in.

The arc of motion still looks like this...

 

[BaconPancakes]

You're right, they should have shined a strobe light on it and called it a day.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

What? I think it looks pretty fine. It'll look even more fine feet away from it. Don't worry they won't miss you not buying a ticket, Negative Nancy.

 

[Ginzuishou]

i'm just glad there is something in the window at all. it'll add a nice effect

 

[Michigan Guy]

Flynnibus was 100% correct with his original criticisms of the Kreacher movements.

But good news everyone! They have finessed the motion and timing, and it's a night and day difference!

Coincidentally this new footage was taken at night too. It's a little shaky and out of focus, but you can clearly see the motion has been reprogrammed, and Kreacher's peek out the widow takes approximately 10 seconds. Very effective!



Looking at some other pix, I think they may have changed the curtains also.