June 2009
27 posts
Conclusion.
It’s over.
Clip posted, and I guess that speaks for itself; there’s no much left to say, but I feel I should make at least one final obligatory post, summing up the assignment or something.. Though what can I say that I haven’t already? It’s been a long couple of days, in a perfect world I wouldn’t have spent the final 60 hours working tirelessly getting three...
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I never though I’d say this… but I’m sick of sparkles.
**edit**: rob. get on MSN.
Last Minute research.
Stickmen Sequence:
Anatomy: Figured I may as well get it right. Human anatomy. Not ashamed to say I pretty much just traced this. Different parts on different layers; Head, neck, torso, belly, pelvis. Upper and lower sections of the arms and legs, and then hands and feet respectively.
http://www.ian3d.net/Screenshot/Human%20Anatomy%20Side.jpg
Runcyle: Since making your own runcyle from scratch...
ohsigh
Tumblr still won’t let me post the .gifs?
Onto stickmen sequence then.
Two Hours Later
Another five frames done; this is really beginning to destroy Photoshop, so I’m making a blogpost while it saves. Having this crash on me now would probably kill me inside. I imagine I’m going to experience a wee bit of heartbreak over the last couple of frames, I think I’ve only got another 5-6 left to do on this reel, and it’s where things get psychotic and very messy. My...
i've concluded that:
Tumblr is a piece of shit.
that is all.
Todays Progress
Worked pretty solidly for 6-7 hours on the effects. I’ll get Rob to okay this sometime tomorrow maybe?
About 80% of the scene done. It’s coming out ok, but it’s hell on my computer. I guess there’s nothing I can do but slug it out though, since the school machines are worse. (I only wish I was joking.)
Jesus… and Tumblr is still 404’ing everytime I try to post...
Before I forget
Went and took some photos with Rob yesterday, we even caught some pidgeons and stuff. Was mad. I’ll chuck a few of them up later when tumblr stops being a loser and breaking. Seriously, why are we using this site again? It’s constantly giving me error messages. How can I make a runing diary of my work when 70% of the time I get some loser 404 message. RANNNNTTTmuch?
I’m also...
Also
I’m considering putting some research images in here, but as I’m still shaken after yesterdays experience, I don’t know whether to trust this badly-put-together blogsite with my precious assignment.
I just don’t know what to do anymore :(.
Flashy Stuff
Working all morning on this flashy animated stuff. I keep messing it up though. It’s a time consuming process, I imagine it’s just gonna take a wee bit of getting used to using this Photoshop thing. **edit**; I may have found a pretty decent way of doing this, it’s a little quicker and flashier looking then previous attempts, hopefully I’m onto a good thing. **edit2**: must...
Traumatized
As you may have seen in Robs blog, yesterday while filming we were viciously, and sinisterly preyed upon by two drug dealers. Thanks to Robs smoothtalking we narrowly escaped with our lives, but I fear this is one of those events in my past that will haunt me till my dying days. I’m scared to even venture outside anymore. Who knew, that making a student movie could be such a dangerous...
New Ideas:
Had a chat with Rob. He’s pitched an idea about showing the journey of this communicative energy, as it explores around the city to find the second character. I made me think of the Air New Zealand ads; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qOHTbd_yhA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8MRMw1Xnk I think this could be a pretty strong idea. Even as a reasonably quick sequence, it would be rather...
Progress
Went into the city with Rob and took shots today, further developed storyboarding. Unfortunately we’ve forgotten about the cinematic formatting, and wound up taking 400 shots in portrait. We’re too used to photography, this movie making thing is a we bit different. Still refining the stickmen idea. Tests so far have proven unsuccessful, requires more work. And time. Beginning to get...
May 2009
5 posts
Roles;
edit: We’ve made a basic layout of who gets to do what, in terms of sharing this workload and making the most of the time we’ve been allotted. Combined: The roles of things like directer and writer are shared, I think in this assignment, this idea is likely to constantly shift around, taking new inspirations and paths and ideas, and so we’ll both need to be open to expressing...
Primary Research
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http://revver.com/video/494311/attack-the-wall-animated-gif-with-sound-effects/
“Attack the Wall. .gif series.” Short animated sequences; Depicts a series of stickmen and their exploits trying to break through a virtually impassable wall. Due to my field of interest being the illustrative elements of all things design, I’d like to at least explore the...