Merry Friday, to one and all! There's a shiny new update for you, waiting beneath the Friday tree!
This final week was reserved on the schedule for clean ups and alterations to animation that should have been completed already. For three of us, that was essentially the case, although Lewis is still working on his shot. It's a tricky shot, and one of the longest in the film, but we're running low on time and it really should be done by now. Anyway, we're trying to stay frosty (The snowman) and keep things stable (The stable where baby Jesus was born). On Thursday we went through every shot in a group and with our analytical overlord, Chris Webster. We received some feedback and exchanged ideas. And all of this without any Christmas related puns!
So, onto individual progress. This week, Niall (me) had only a minor input into the film's actual animation. I did have a little bit of input into shots nine and ten, as I felt their animated backgrounds were moving too slowly. I've sped them up now. I also lightly modified Leonard's shot six, and changed the layout and animation slightly. I have already completed my shots, and although we discussed a transfer of Lewis's final shot to me and Nila, we've decided to allow him a second chance. He's made some good progress in the past few days, so we'll see where he gets. Furthermore, we've allocated roles for the production bible. Nila will be working on the bible's layout and design, while I'll be providing the longer segments of text. I've written up some charming crew descriptions for our team page, and have done a few hundred words on the film's actual treatment and style. Other than this, I've simply been doing producer things (keeping people on schedule.) I think we're all dreaming for the day this is over now.....andawhitechristmas.
Nila's done a bunch of things this week. She's created the background for the credits shot (It's now much more appealing to look at, and even has an animated rain cycle in the background, provided by yours truly) and she's also finished up shot sixteen. She had a chance to clean up some of my shots too; shot one and three, painting over the symbols to remove pixelation issues. As previously mentioned, she's also been working on the layout of our production bible. I'll put a screen shot below of what our crew page looks like. She kindly drew some charming pictures of the four of us; so charming in fact that it scatters our dignity to the wind like ashes in a blizzard. (Blizzards are Christmassy). She's also been providing feedback on other shots, and right now is working on the 1950s photographs that'll fit into the final shot. I think that's worth a see as well.
This final week was reserved on the schedule for clean ups and alterations to animation that should have been completed already. For three of us, that was essentially the case, although Lewis is still working on his shot. It's a tricky shot, and one of the longest in the film, but we're running low on time and it really should be done by now. Anyway, we're trying to stay frosty (The snowman) and keep things stable (The stable where baby Jesus was born). On Thursday we went through every shot in a group and with our analytical overlord, Chris Webster. We received some feedback and exchanged ideas. And all of this without any Christmas related puns!
So, onto individual progress. This week, Niall (me) had only a minor input into the film's actual animation. I did have a little bit of input into shots nine and ten, as I felt their animated backgrounds were moving too slowly. I've sped them up now. I also lightly modified Leonard's shot six, and changed the layout and animation slightly. I have already completed my shots, and although we discussed a transfer of Lewis's final shot to me and Nila, we've decided to allow him a second chance. He's made some good progress in the past few days, so we'll see where he gets. Furthermore, we've allocated roles for the production bible. Nila will be working on the bible's layout and design, while I'll be providing the longer segments of text. I've written up some charming crew descriptions for our team page, and have done a few hundred words on the film's actual treatment and style. Other than this, I've simply been doing producer things (keeping people on schedule.) I think we're all dreaming for the day this is over now.....andawhitechristmas.
Nila's done a bunch of things this week. She's created the background for the credits shot (It's now much more appealing to look at, and even has an animated rain cycle in the background, provided by yours truly) and she's also finished up shot sixteen. She had a chance to clean up some of my shots too; shot one and three, painting over the symbols to remove pixelation issues. As previously mentioned, she's also been working on the layout of our production bible. I'll put a screen shot below of what our crew page looks like. She kindly drew some charming pictures of the four of us; so charming in fact that it scatters our dignity to the wind like ashes in a blizzard. (Blizzards are Christmassy). She's also been providing feedback on other shots, and right now is working on the 1950s photographs that'll fit into the final shot. I think that's worth a see as well.
Leonard has been re-working one of Lewis's old shots; Shot eight. Shot eight is the one which involves Red flexing and mountains rising from his biceps. The core idea behind this shot was to get some serious strain behind the motion, and the original lacked that. In post production, it'd be nice to have some debris and snow flying from the mountains. We'd have got Lewis to redo it, if he wasn't so swamped with work right now. Along with this shot, which is basically completed now, Leonard has also made us some snazzy DvD covers and even a design for the actual Dvd itself. It's simple, but quite snazzy.
Lewis meanwhile, as previously mentioned, has been working on shot fifteen. He's told us that he'll be finished by the end of the day, so hopes are high. He's done some stylised hand-drawn frame-by-frame animations in his shot, including a fully animated cloud of steam and a hair rip. It does look pretty good, but it has been very time consuming, hence the fall behind.
Ideally we'll be editing on Monday. Together, we've killed a few more of the amber boxes, and now there are only six left. The grey boxes should be done by Monday, and will be ready for editing and presenting on Tuesday.
Now excuse me, I must be off to enjoy my partridge in a pear tree. Please accept complimentary after-update chart.
Ideally we'll be editing on Monday. Together, we've killed a few more of the amber boxes, and now there are only six left. The grey boxes should be done by Monday, and will be ready for editing and presenting on Tuesday.
Now excuse me, I must be off to enjoy my partridge in a pear tree. Please accept complimentary after-update chart.
