One Shot; Final Edit

The lighing was nasty.

In the end, we re-filmed it, the composition was too bad; we had plug sockets and smoke alarms creeping into the shot and to crop the image just felt shoddy.

The second film we produced is probably too exaggerated and more of a joke. The thoughts of the bloke are no longer the main focus when you’re watching it, he’s dancing haha, badly, it was more fun filming it but final outcome isn’t something I’m massively keen on. Think our group even added a mugging at the end, I showed it my friend from a different course and university and her feelings matched mine. I think we had problems when it came to allocating jobs and roles, some of us literally just spoke whilst others wanted to tackle the whole project single handedly.

Group weren’t half bad though.

For my individual edit I think I’m goin t try and adopt a kinda pop art approach. All I can do is make the best with what we’ve got now, if I get enough time towards the end of November I might try and have a go with the cameras and that myself.

I want to make the video evidently more light hearted, and maybe have a mess around with some of the effects, which means a load more trips t waverly in this amazing weather. I’ll post my individual edit when its done, think Dan or Jordans got the group one up if you wanna see it.







Think an all round failed attempt, its jerky where I've sped it up and not sorted it properly, the pop art bit doesn't really coincide with the music, haha lets just hope the tutors are easy going since its first assessment.
pretty certain film isn't gonna be a pathway of mine.

I Love This !

Rookie One Shot; practice

FILM !


Haha if I was moaning about animation, im well and truly out the comfort zone with this stuff.

I think im supposed to write about genre, influences, and technical devices weve used in this video, but to be fair we jus pushed a boy in a bush through lack of other ideas. I didn’t even contribute massively.


The composition of the film isn't too bad, thanks to dan; not too much light messing up the aperture of the camera, I like how much of a joke this is, so easy to do; we didn't need to mess about with lighting or anything, which is greaaaat cos I'm a complete joke to filming and cameras and lighting and everything. Utterly virgin to it all.



Tomorrow we start the filming of the final One shot which must last three minutes, our teams pathetic, we have no idea. Ive been really trying but I have never had anything to do with film before ! im normally sound for ideas, the one thing I do have, so when ive finished this, im going to look at some existing short one shot films for abit of inspiration, if youre lucky ill post them.hold your breath.

Storyboard

This part of the course is by far my favorite, I love illustration, and it is primarily my background.

We were set to do a quick storyboard detailing our morning, for tomorrows lesson. Not got a clue who the teacher is, 'guest lecturer' fella, but I’m into the lesson, and I think he is partially to blame, haha.

I like how no words are necessary, I know its not the best drawing in the world, but it only took 20 minutes to knock up, so do one.

3DS MAX Animation

First time on 3ds max, and i found it silly difficult.
I'm not the best at computers.


It’s the one thing I really struggle with, I can have the weirdest, coolest ideas but its delivery never matches up, I always let myself down, do I found this to be about as challenging as I thought it would be. I left the lesson about ready to cry a few times, haha.

The idea of sitting at a screen clicking buttons, allowing the program to do all the making just didn’t appeal; I’m more into getting messy and drawing by hand. After thinking about it I realized perhaps this gives me an advantage, the fact i hate the outcome means I’m going to have to try harder, and really struggle with myself to create something I’m proud of, so I look forward to that, and maybe incorporating illustration and hand made elements into the 3d animation somehow.

After the first 2 lessons, I started to get my own ideas, and drew up some very rough thumbnail sketches, but soon realized I was getting waay too far ahead of myself. I simplified it, and with the help of a lot of youtube tutorials and the life and death of about 13 3ds max fish, and guidance of anyone sitting within 10 metres of me, I created something I’m actually quite proud of for a first play with the program.

It’s not the best use of the 30 seconds, but its definitely a good representation of my channel, and me. haha

I think the characters are quite close to the sort of illustrations I use in my sketchbooks, I think I posted a fish character in the last blog. I wanted them to look simple and a bit fucked up, standard colours. I like the sort of ‘odd ball’ ‘fail’ thing it has going to it, like there’s so many different ways to create amazing 3d figures and things, but I’ve gone for a simple fish, sort of like I’m taking the piss.

I really struggle with mixing technical elements into freedom and creativity and I think throughout this year this lesson is going to be the one I draw the most from.

My Multimedia

I’m gonna churn out 200 words complaining about the ipod touch.

The ipod touch, ipad and iphone in my opinion, eliminate the need for the other to exist. Apple have raised the products to render the other pretty much pointless, its frivolous to own all 3 pieces, simply wouldn’t be able to make use of them all in the most appreciative way.

The iphone 4 has apps, games, face to face video calling, internet, music, google maps, HD, touch screen, retina display, the ipod touch has too, just lacking the ability to make a phone call.
Technology can be beautiful, creating something that solves a problem within society that hasn’t yet been realised, but I think here they’ve just mixed together the winning aspects for the iphone into the ipod touch sloppily, and given it an unworthy title of its own.

All their products seem to be being sculpted into the same thing, just different sizes and names; the personality they once had slipping away, bringing out all the negative feelings I have towards technology. People just seem to be getting rinsed.

I don’t hate apple products, my macbook is the best thing I own, or even the original ipod, just seems there’s no passion to further the individuality of  each product.

Home !

Decided to do a runner back to stinkers Thursday night, about amazing being home.

Got to the seedy looking coach station silly early, but got to chatting to this lady, who turned out to be heading back to Leicester the same as I was, she seemed sound. The conversation lead to what I was doing at Uni, turns out she works at a Local Leicestershire paper, and was interested in getting me to knock out some illustrations for some of the articles they are planning to print. Loved it.

Not sure it will definitely lead to something, but can’t hurt to send her an e-mail and see what I can get from it. 

'ere are a few things from my sketch book.