A Quick Glance Back

Ah man the things I've had to let go this semester. The biggest I let go was the idea I had for my 3rd film. It was an idea I had well before the semester even started and I really reaaaaaally wanted to do. But when it came time to start of the 3rd film realism set in and I knew there was no way I'd be able do this movie the way I fully wanted to. I knew I'd end up having to shortcut in it, shorten it, or something and in the end I wouldn't be happy with it. In the end I like the 3rd film idea I had, I may have been unhappy with its outcome but it is something I could, and should, revisit one day. I abandoned a few things in my first film, which honestly, turned out to be a huge mistake. I tried to simplify it too much. Luckily I learned from that.
Something else I picked up on with this course was I'm not sure I like having to deal with software too much when it comes with animating. Which points me to the beautiful form of stop-motion. It is such a gorgeous form, but boy is it a painfully long process. But it's a lot easier to work with a puppet, in my opinion. I just have to work on timing, but hey, that is something that everybody has to work on, amirite?
Possibly my favourite thing I picked up from the class didn't even come directly from the course itself: voice acting. I've heard from quite a few people before that I would make a decent VA, and I think I got the proof I needed this semester. From what I've gotten to see people tend to get a good chuckle out of my VA work.

So yea, I think that just about wraps it up. This was a good, but painful, experience.

The End is Just the Beginning... or something

I have most of my film left to do, but considering it is only Saturday I guess that is ok. I've got a pretty simple set up going. I figure I'll officially get it going Monday, as soon as I finish astronomy. With my figures being odd little slimy doodle figures I'm thinking the pen tool will help bring out some charm in them... as much charm as a gelatinous blob and snake figure can possibly have. I keep working and reworking story boards, not really changing the story, just adding little bits of close ups and such. With the lack of classes and not having anything else to do work for after monday I should be able to devote, like, most of my time to this thing. Hopefully it is going to turn out great. I'm hoping to have a fairly smooth road ahead with it, and any animating quarks I have be worked into the film. I've did that quite a few times so far and they always turn out reaaaalllllly well. Amazing how that stuff works.

so yea, I think that's about it

A Peek Back in the Wormhole

Well look at you, you look a little too relaxed right now. Come on my end, I'll trade places with you in a heartbeat buddy. You think you're stressed right now? Nope. Once you get here you will be. Not from the workload, you're fine. Well except astronomy. You really should have stayed on top of those tests a little better... a lot better. You're doing ok in animation. You're films turned out ok... but only ok. You end up "settling" for what you can get done on both of them. Start a little earlier, not much earlier though. As for that first one: stick closer to the storyboards AND USE WAY BIGGER PIECES. Also, you're idea for the 3rd film that you were so excited about? Well you had to put it on the backburner. I'm still planning on doing it but it is way too big for this 3rd project. You don't want to shortcut that one. But, I won't tell you what you do come up with, maybe you can come up with something else. Simon actually shot the idea at you from some doodles you had. It was damn brilliant and simple too. Oh that's one more thing, THINK A LOT SIMPLER THAN YOU DO like seriously... slow it down a bit. Other than that man you're doing good. Also, treatments are still going :/ but they seem fine.


oh, and stop forgetting about the blogs. stay on top of those too