'Oprah not real' says animation expert
Oprah Winfrey - rendered in a hurry
Andre Oosthuizen, a renowned local animator who freelances from his home in Gardens stated yesterday at an impromptu midday lunchbreak in front of the television that Oprah "is clearly not a real person."
Drawing on more than a decade of experience in the animation-for-broadcast industry, Mr Oosthuizen, using his toasted tuna sandwich as a pointer showed how Oprah’s facial movements were fractionally but noticeably out of synch with her speech.
“Look at how the polygon mesh blurs at the cornermouth. She was obviously rendered in a hurry. And they’ve got the inverse kinetics all screwed up when she nods.” Oosthuizen continued, wiping an errant blob of mayonnaise from the television monitor.
Housemate and fellow media professional Mildred Dunst took a reflective drag from her cigarette and then concurred mentioning that the script had that plastic edge that you get from hiring student copywriters.
“I mean overall it’s not bad. I’m sure most people buy it, but you can always tell when someone doesn’t match their UV filters with their texture maps.” Oosthuizen added.
“And I mean god, look at that eye-shadow. If she’s real she’s got an airbrush under her chair for commercial breaks.”
The conversation died out when an infomercial break advertising slimming aids made both parties too nauseous to continue watching.
Oprah Winfrey - rendered in a hurry
Andre Oosthuizen, a renowned local animator who freelances from his home in Gardens stated yesterday at an impromptu midday lunchbreak in front of the television that Oprah "is clearly not a real person."
Drawing on more than a decade of experience in the animation-for-broadcast industry, Mr Oosthuizen, using his toasted tuna sandwich as a pointer showed how Oprah’s facial movements were fractionally but noticeably out of synch with her speech.
“Look at how the polygon mesh blurs at the cornermouth. She was obviously rendered in a hurry. And they’ve got the inverse kinetics all screwed up when she nods.” Oosthuizen continued, wiping an errant blob of mayonnaise from the television monitor.
Housemate and fellow media professional Mildred Dunst took a reflective drag from her cigarette and then concurred mentioning that the script had that plastic edge that you get from hiring student copywriters.
“I mean overall it’s not bad. I’m sure most people buy it, but you can always tell when someone doesn’t match their UV filters with their texture maps.” Oosthuizen added.
“And I mean god, look at that eye-shadow. If she’s real she’s got an airbrush under her chair for commercial breaks.”
The conversation died out when an infomercial break advertising slimming aids made both parties too nauseous to continue watching.
