Friday, 9 April 2010
Backgrounds with Character
Some of the shop front scene with Kenny:I've been working quite hard on backgrounds . . . the shop front scene took an age to do, as it is so detailed. I think it came out OK and seems to match up with the other designs to keep consistency.
I hope to get through some of the outdoor scene backgrounds a bit quicker, like the beach scenes I think will be more 'fluid' than 'tight' as the detail areas are more organic type objects.
Saturday, 3 April 2010
This Happy Breed - Background Designs
Some improved background designs:
Decided to abandon layout sheets for the time being for two reasons . . . one, I felt like finishing the artwork section, backgrounds and one more character sheet for Jamie the lifeguard, and two, I got a bit confused by what I needed to achieve for the layouts. So I'm waiting till the artwork is finished and till I can chat to someone about the layouts. Just not quite sure about camera moves and whether background layouts are done with characer sheets or separate.
I wasn't happy with some areas of the backgrounds that I had started, so I have improved them, at least I think they are an improvement! And can carry on with the others now . . . it always takes me a few days to get back into another area of work.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Layouts for Riptides
Just about to start layout sheets, which is going to be interesting as I haven't ever done layout sheets before . . . so with some, hopefully, helpful books from the library, I shall attempt to design them! Actually, not quite sure what I'm doing with them . . . I know the principle of them but feel unsure where to start. So I guess I will find out.
Couch Potato
Some rendered frames from new version of Couch Potato animatic:
Spent the last couple of days getting Couch Potato up to the same level as the other two animatics. It got a bit boring at the mid point, just filling in the line drawings, but at least its done now. It does look better than the line drawing version, I had difficulty in editing the line drawing version as not enough character came across, so now it has more atmosphere.
I have edited the new version and its looking more cohesive, but need to shorten it further. Its about 1 min and 14 seconds and I want to get it down by about 10 seconds, so hopefully next edit will get nearer to the right timescale.
I have edited the new version and its looking more cohesive, but need to shorten it further. Its about 1 min and 14 seconds and I want to get it down by about 10 seconds, so hopefully next edit will get nearer to the right timescale.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Riptides
Spent the last couple of days editing Riptides and filling in scenes which didn't flow. It all got a bit frustrating on Tuesday and Wednesday as Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere decided to crash continually . . . so thanks Adobe, that was great fun!
Anyway, Riptides feels like it has been a marathon, but actually it has taken just over 2 weeks really, as I took a few days out to do a few other bits of work, but maybe it is because it was the last animatic to do. . . its been a long and hard 7 weeks.
I can't tell yet how Riptides is looking, need an independent eye to give it a viewing first.
The process over the last 7 weeks, though, has been interesting . . . I feel I have learnt loads of stuff and that my story telling through film language has improved greatly, which was part of the plan . . . so success there at least.
I have used Flash, Photoshop and After Effects for animated bits as they all do a variety of things, although I should get more used to using After Effects as it is the most versatile for actual clips and still use Photoshop animation layers for planning out the scenes.
Some clips from Riptides.
Anyway, Riptides feels like it has been a marathon, but actually it has taken just over 2 weeks really, as I took a few days out to do a few other bits of work, but maybe it is because it was the last animatic to do. . . its been a long and hard 7 weeks.
I can't tell yet how Riptides is looking, need an independent eye to give it a viewing first.
The process over the last 7 weeks, though, has been interesting . . . I feel I have learnt loads of stuff and that my story telling through film language has improved greatly, which was part of the plan . . . so success there at least.
I have used Flash, Photoshop and After Effects for animated bits as they all do a variety of things, although I should get more used to using After Effects as it is the most versatile for actual clips and still use Photoshop animation layers for planning out the scenes.
Some clips from Riptides.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Innovation Project
Feel a bit clearer about the Innovation Project now . . . I was quite in a fog about it before.
Going to use my animatic technique from my Major Project. Been using Photoshop to draw out frames so that I can see if something is working or not. And with layers it is then easy to just chamnge the position or timing as you can chose between frames or a timeline method.
Mostly Couch Potato was done this way and it was a lot quicker to do.
For each animatic I have used a slightly different technique to get the results, sometimes varying the process just for a change as much as anything and sometimes for experimenting. So it is interesting how this has led me to the Innovation Project subject matter.
Going to use my animatic technique from my Major Project. Been using Photoshop to draw out frames so that I can see if something is working or not. And with layers it is then easy to just chamnge the position or timing as you can chose between frames or a timeline method.
Mostly Couch Potato was done this way and it was a lot quicker to do.
For each animatic I have used a slightly different technique to get the results, sometimes varying the process just for a change as much as anything and sometimes for experimenting. So it is interesting how this has led me to the Innovation Project subject matter.
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