# Torres da Concertina | Playing Concertina on Top of a Moving Train **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** vfx, modeling, eevee, animation\ **Created:** [November 16, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890 "2020-11-16T21:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogper](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rogper/32/1256563_2.png) [@rogper](https://blenderartists.org/u/rogper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/1 "2020-11-16T21:58:47Z")
## **Improved version:** [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/f/7/df7834a726ddbda7bafeda503c38d4a21156b264.jpeg "Torres da Concertina | A Tocar Concertina em Cima de um Comboio em Movimento!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDg80NwTtOg) Original version: [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/4/5/54502a770835ffa0abb21af32a73a17bae7fa79f.jpeg "Torres Da Concertina - Comboio Da Beira Baixa") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRaYu132RRE) producer/director/animator ROGÉRIO PERDIZ starring PEDRO TORRES lead cgi artist RUTE PERDIZ soundtrack performed by TORRES DA CONCERTINA / PEDRO TORRES uses free assets from [BLENDSWAP.COM](http://BLENDSWAP.COM), [HDRIHAVEN.COM](http://HDRIHAVEN.COM), [TEXTURES.COM](http://TEXTURES.COM) made with care in PORTUGAL …Now how awesome is that and what a fun challenge it became 🙂 Hello Friends! My name is Rogério Perdiz, I’m a freelance Blender artist since 2009, blender user since 2001 and independent film maker. In the recent times you may have seen my work on the [Resilience Satelle thread](https://blenderartists.org/t/resilience-satelle-r-i-c-e/1158282). My nephew in law, the self-taught wonder boy concertinista know as “ **Torres da Concertina** ”, learned recently a new song called “ **Comboio da Beira Baixa** (Train of the Beira Baixa)” and, while we were talking about it, someone (probably me) mentioned that it would be cool if he **played that on top of a moving train** 😄 😆 …and seconds later I was like 😐 🤨 🤔 😮 and why not!? We had discussed previously about making a video using CGi in some way, so this felt like the perfect opportunity. A week later we filmed all the footage in front of a way too wrinkled green screen that I had bought 10 years ago and never really used it for anything: ![rogper-GreenScreen](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/3/f/93f356c8de229610d5ef0593ba8a411f0a4d25a7.jpeg) …and thanks to Blender awesome keying tools and many animated masks I actually did successfully removed all the green: ![123043738_1685138231637200_633731148092201721_n](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/0/9/709ec75f5a24188956a2b803391b8a776f30d0a1.jpeg) _Note to self:_ _Just iron out that darn wrinkles next time!_😠 Awesome! Ok, now all that remained was making a complete scenery for this. Because we had zero budget and zero time for it we couldn’t make a locomotive from zero, but luckily we found a great one on [Blendswap](https://www.blendswap.com/blend/14538) and Torres just loved it (who wouldn’t it’s great). So, a bunch of time later, with the help of my wife @Rute_Perdiz and using the same methods that we’ve been using for Resilience Satelle, we created an acceptable approximation of the real location. ![TorresDaConcertina-ComboioDaBeiraBaixa](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/e/d/9eddb93a62dbd679de79940ed91042b25e8a266b.jpeg) ![TorresDaConcertina-ComboioDaBeiraBaixa-Gold](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/c/a/5ca383e4ac34a380b64fdff38df9175eb44b0c19.jpeg) (More screens later to avoid big spoilers) - **99,9% made with Blender:** Yeah, we’ve just used Gimp to make a texture tillable, everything else was made with Blender 🙂 From modelling, texturing, shading, animation, Keying, Foley, SFX, compositing, Editing and encoding we only used Blender. - Rendered with **Eevee**. I did tried some other software to remove the green screen (hopping it would be easier/magical 😅), but only with Blender I ended up felt enough at ease to actually make it happen. - **All grounded / real to life cameras** : I really paid close attention to only have cameras that would be possible to install in a real location, so if we actually made this for real it could be done just the same. Hope you like it and thanks for reading! Until next time! Rogério ---
**Author:** ![rogper](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rogper/32/1256563_2.png) [@rogper](https://blenderartists.org/u/rogper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/2 "2020-11-21T08:12:44Z")
The movie is up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rogper](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rogper/32/1256563_2.png) [@rogper](https://blenderartists.org/u/rogper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/3 "2021-03-19T09:22:06Z")
Hello friends! We had a few critics to this project, so we decided to make a new version of it with all the mentioned issues addressed: [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/f/7/df7834a726ddbda7bafeda503c38d4a21156b264.jpeg "Torres da Concertina | A Tocar Concertina em Cima de um Comboio em Movimento!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDg80NwTtOg) Now it has more shots, more fluidity between them, and even better color. I really hope not to make a 3rd version, but if you spot issues, please do let me know for the next adventure 🤠 Best regards Rogério ---
**Author:** ![digitvisions](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/digitvisions/32/1433285_2.png) [@digitvisions](https://blenderartists.org/u/digitvisions)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/4 "2021-03-19T09:43:39Z")
Hi, i think you did improve on this version, the only thing that i think will benefit the feel of speed and the train on the move is; in the closeup shots to superate the camera from the train so its following the train but not constraint to it. ---
**Author:** ![rogper](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rogper/32/1256563_2.png) [@rogper](https://blenderartists.org/u/rogper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/5 "2021-03-19T09:47:26Z")
Hello @digitvisions! Thank you very much for your comment! I see your point, thanks for mentioning it! 🙂 The cameras are indeed parented to the train, but then move a bit (most of the time, there are moments that is indeed locked)… like if it was a person holding it that was on top of the train too. Next time will have to move more 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![digitvisions](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/digitvisions/32/1433285_2.png) [@digitvisions](https://blenderartists.org/u/digitvisions)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/6 "2021-03-19T10:15:39Z")
Forgot to mention that it’s nice to see a younger musician still keeping this old instrument a live. Well done. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![rogper](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rogper/32/1256563_2.png) [@rogper](https://blenderartists.org/u/rogper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/torres-da-concertina-playing-concertina-on-top-of-a-moving-train/1265890/7 "2021-03-19T10:22:36Z")
Hehe, Yeah! He lives attached to the Concertina, for him the Concertina is not a hobby it is the life he dreams to have 🙂 He doesn’t have much publicity or even supporters, so I decided to make this in my “free” time so his chances of success, hopefully, improve.