Flicker with a vengence!!!!!

ok.... i started to animated last night... and boooooooom! the bomb is dropped.. flicker is back but not just, "hey how are you doing?" flicker, its " HEY HOW ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" flicker...

just in case you didnt get it its not good! not at all..

so what did i do?
first i purchased a power board with a EMI filter, this trys to stabilize the power flow to the lights to eliminate the problem.. its effect was minimal but some thing...

next i disconnected the lens slightly so the camera couldnt talk to the aperture, because some times when the shutter opens and closes the aperture eyes moves fractions of a millimeter..
this also had minimal effect..



so i tried just animating anyway and seeing how GB Deflicker plug-in would go.. the above shot has the Plugin on it and as you can see it did a pretty crap job..

after 17 hours of problem after problem, i came to the conclusion that i am not going to animate the film at all! if i cant fix the problem.. there is no point waiting hours/ days/ months animating if the end result provokes epilepsy..

it is cringe worthy to think that i wont have a film to submit, but i will just do something else to submit.. maybe shoot my character outside or something........................................................

before we go down that path there is one more beacon of hope.. tomorrow i am picking up a power cleanser device that attempts to stabilize the power that will flow into the lights..
the root of the problem is the power grid and the amount of power that is supplied to the lights. so fingers crossed that this works.. i should no by Monday..

so Jack, on Tuesday if i am in class................... i will not be bringing happy news..