go on without me.

alright... i think it is a large possibility that i will not be finishing this animation by the 11 of November.. i wads told the dead line to have your films in to get them on the screening tape is around the 23rd... this might happen.. but its gonna be stretching it..
the reason for the film running behind schedule is due to the amount of hick ups i have had with lights and animation. i could handle a few et backs but they seem to just keep coming and coming.. so needless to say moral has dropped.
im happy with how the film look this far, its a little sad to think i will have to hand in a unfinished film but i would rather do that then rush it.

i spoke to andrew about having a extended loan on the lights and he said i could have them to early december, so at least i will be able to finish animating :O) i can submit the finished film to holmesglen for there archives in the new year..

good news is i did a recording with Darren for the narration last week, and it turned out really well, we will have to do some re-recording but overall i think it will turn out nice.

in terms of my sound track, my guy is working :) i heard a snippet the other day and im really happy with the direction. its going to put a cherry on top i think.

so jack, if you could fill me in on what i need for submission.. if its not a completed film that would be rad. thanks mate.


cheers

progress 32 :)

alrighty :) ive hit the 32 second mark! YAY..

i finished this shot today, it was a long and painful day... the first 4 frames of this shot were a nightmare!
it took me 3 hours to light and set the camera and character up.. and after another 5 hours of animating i still couldn't nut out the first 4 frames..

it just took for ever to get the angle of the hand right and a nice weight...
but now its all over, real happy :)

i just finished setting up my next shot for tomorrow morn.. so now im going to get some beauty sleep....
and do it all again tomorrow..

sweet dreams

up date

animation is coming along:) slow and steady,
i think its going to be a close finish..
ive had a few issues with the power isolator short circuting while im animating! it is over heating... i cant do anything about it.. its just a shit thing that is happening..

im hopeing over the weekend i can knock a few shots out, and ill post them up.

until then.

enjoy

first shot done :)

if i can get the film to look like this the entire way i will be a happy man.

animation

alright... flicker has been sorted, i purchased a isolator that cleared it up well enough to remove in post production...

ive started animation, had a little trouble getting the ball rolling.. i have currently animated two shots. this isnt ideal but it is coming along.

i only have two shots because i have struggled to make it look like i want.. but i think i have figured it out..
my first few attempts, i was trying to over complicate the animation, making it too complex.
i dont think there need to be heaps of animation.

i hope i can get another two shots done tomorrow and head into the new week wiht my head held high.


mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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..

SOlOMONS Head

finished painting up Solomons head today. Darran Lent me some high gloss paint for the eyes so the get a natural glint, it works really well.

for the head i decided not to make a moveable brow... this could be a mistake but my thoughts were that the will be a plasticine "brow" that will sit over the sculpy head and move back and forth revealing the sculpt brow underneath. i see the plasticine component as mor of an abstract form that moves around as solomon moves..

the stars in these shots i added in photoshop, just to get a feel for them.. im hoping that my lights come this week so i can get them rigged up.

over all im happy :) now i just have to add the plasticine outer body of solomon and build a few wind socks and i will be ready to start animating.
here is hoping..