Kickin' Grass

Our local grass expert, Dominic Piperata, has been working on getting some grass working for our environment. Here is a video of acouple of renders of the results.

Grass Tests from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

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The House that Dom Built 2: Electric Boogaloo

The one and only Dominic Piperata has made major updates to house since you last saw it. Here it is in all its amazingness.

The House that Dom Built 2: Electric Boogaloo from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

That is one stylish house!

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I AM THE TABLE!...and chair

A great man once said "I AM THE TABLE".

Here is our table and chair combo modeled and textured by this guy! (I am pointing at myself with my thumbs like a cool guy right now). Hard to see in from this angle but if you can name the two bands that have their logos featured in the texture you get 100 coolness point (they add up people). Make it 1000 coolness points due to the angle.

I AM THE TABLE.....and chair from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

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Re-Casting

100 people were surveyed on the streets of Sydney and it was founded people love diversity. Australian's are proud of the fact we are a multicultural society so we decided Barry had to be re-cast. Auditions were held and a Mexican man by the name of Carlos Sanchez blew everyone away with the passion and intensity he had as he read his lines with Kanga. So here he is Carlos Sanchez the new Barry!

This new Barry is brought to you by the Modelling skills of Jasper Dunn

Barry 2.0 from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

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Get On Your Bad Lawn Mower & Ride

'I'm a mean machine
Been drinkin' gasoline
And honey you can make my motor hum'


Here it is. The Kangaroo Killer, The Skull Cracker, The Ride From Hell, The Demon Chariot, Every Kangaroos' worst nightmare...Barry's Lawn Mower. Many a Kangaroo have met their end thanks to this machine. Complete with Flux Capacitor just incase you want to go back in time to kill those pesky Kangaroos over and over and over again.

Modeled and imagined by my awesome self, Steven Craig
 

Lawn Mower from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

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Everybody Yeah

Quick animation by myself, Steven Craig, to test out the Calimari Rig, rigged by Jasper Dunn, on the Kangaroo. Approx. time to animate 2 hours.

Test Animation on the Rig (Backstreet's Back) from Afternoon Tea productions on Vimeo.

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Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet's Back


The Backstreet Boys (sometimes referred to as BSB) are an American vocal harmony group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). In the following year, they released their second international album Backstreet's Back (1997) and their U.S. debut album which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium (1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue (2000).

After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone (2005). Richardson left the group after the conclusion of Never Gone Tour in 2006 to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable (2007) and This Is Us (2009).

In April 2012, the group announced that Richardson had rejoined them permanently, and in August, they made their very first performance as a reunited five-piece, closing out Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series. Their first album back as a quintet, In a World Like This, which was also their first independent album, was released in July 2013.

The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Sade to have their first nine albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. They also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.

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If you are just now discovering the Backstreet Boys due to this video...You're Welcome
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

(Listen to the) Flower People and check out our flower models for Barry's garden.

Sturt Desert Pea by Steven Craig

Sturt Desert Pea from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

Cooktown Orchid By Dominic Piperata

Cooktown Orchid from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

Sturt Desert Rose by Steven Craig

Sturt Desert Rose from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

Royal Blue Bell by Steven Craig

Royal Bluebell from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

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The House That Dom Built

Here is a quick render to show the progress on Barry's living quarters. Modeled by the one and only Dominic Piperata. Stay close to your computer for more updates on the house in the very near future.

The House that Dom Built from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

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The Stars of the Show

Every film has it's stars. The people everyone forks over their hard earned money to see ply their craft on the big screen. We could have gotten Kiefer Sutherland or Michael J. Fox to be in our film but we had a meeting and we said to ourselves "You know what? we don't need no big Hollywood actor to be a success, We will make our own stars." This brings us to the two stars of our show, Barry and his unwanted visitor.


Below are videos of the progress of our two characters as they are engineered by our mighty Character modelers. The left model is the first pass and the right one shows a weeks worth of progress.

Barry Progression Turntable from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

Barry by Anton Summerfield

Kanga Progression Turntable from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

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The Eyes are the Gateway to the Soul

Our local rigging wizard, Mr, Jasper Dunn, has been working on creating a fleshy eye rig to use on our characters. He has put together this video for your entertainment to demonstrate the rig.

The following video may or may not contain backmasked demonic messages

The Eyes are the Gateway to the Soul from Late Afternoon productions on Vimeo.

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Concepts...So Many Concepts

Getting busy here at Late Afternoon Tea in the Evening. The ball is rolling, whips are cracking, it's all happening as we head into production on the film. Alot of concepting has been going on lately as well as some early models of the characters and assets. This update is to show all the concepts that have been created for this project.

WARNING: You are about to be flooded with a lot of concept images. If concept art offends you in anyway please close the window and go on a website that you are comfortable viewing and also get some help cause seriously why are you offended by concept images? Widen your comfort zone buddy.

Up first we have our Kangaroo

Some different Kangaroo heads by Steven Craig

Kangaroo concepts by Graphic Designer Laura Craig who can be reached at www.laurajeandesigns.com for all your graphic design needs

Orthographic views of the chosen Kangaroo by Steven Craig

Colour practice by Steven Craig

A spot of fun by Steven Craig (10 coolness points if you can name the film I had just watched before doing this)


Here comes Barry

Barry Concepts by Dominic Piperata

Barry Concepts by Dominica Piperata (The two top ones look especially awesome)

Barry Concept by Dominic Piperata (You know you have moustache envy right now)

Body Styles by Steven Craig

Faces by Steven Craig

Overalls by Steven Craig

Orthographic views by Steven Craig

Some emotions by Steven Craig

Both Characters together by Steven Craig


Asset concepts

Houses by Steven Craig

Ride on lawn mowers by Steven Craig

Mower by Dominic Piperata

Keep an eye on this site over the next days for even more updates including Rigging and Modeling.

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Blood, Sweat & Pre-Vis

The past week has been very busy times here at L.A.T.E Productions. With the story changes it had put us even further behind schedule, we had to go from a few quick and rough storyboard panels to a fully storyboarded and 3D Pre-visualised piece in less than a week or face embarrassment in front of a panel of guest judges that included, but was not limited to, the mighty Salim Tighnavard.

Many deemed it to be an impossible task but the group put in a monster effort and sacrificed sleep and good times to make sure we not only met the criteria but we exceeded it. Now, for the first time in this crazy world we call home you get to feast your eyes on our efforts. Enjoy the storyboards and 3D pre-vis videos.



Storyboard

3D Previs

Kanga Banga Short Film Previs from L.A.T.E. productions on Vimeo.


Thanks to everyone on the team for the amazing effort. This is just the beginning.

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Out with the old

There has been alot of moving and shaking going on here at Late Afternoon Tea in the Evening productions. The original story has been disposed of and a new story has taken its place. The first story involved a woman (Sheila) coming home to find a kangaroo having a good ol' Aussie BBQ. We couldn't quite get the story as solid as we liked but I think we came up with some pretty good stuff. So here us our works of art that will now, thanks to the internet, see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Concepts

Amazing GIF work and art by Dominic Piperata

by Steven Craig

Look at the Giffy goodness by Dominic Piperata

By Steven Craig

Alternate, psycho killer, Alice Cooper inspired Kangaroo by Steven Craig

Storyboard

The storyboard art for the old story. The story was scrapped before the art could be edited to be uniformly pretty. Story boards by Dominic Piperata and Steven Craig

We still believe there is a good story to tell there but with time constraints on the writing process we had to abandon it for something equally awesome but easier to write (stay tuned). So if you see a story there and you think "Hey this thing could really be a hit"(and it can...you know it can) contact us, make an offer and if you're cool we might consider selling our idea to you at a reasonably ridiculous price.


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We Are Live!

Welcome to the blog spot of the exciting 2013 production of 'Kanga Banga'. This will be the most comprehensive and informative source on all things 'Kanga Banga'. 'Kanga Banga' is a short Australian film that is being made by 5 rocking students from the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in Sydney.

So go ahead, bookmark this now, check it everyday, start your own fan site, tell your family about it, tell your local butcher, make some flyers, have Kanga Banga blog viewing parties, request Kanga Banga on your local radio station, tell your local parliment member to bookmark it and enjoy all the amazing happenings in the world of Kanga Banga!