Progress Report

Hi,

Here is just another post explaining what has gone on the last few days and what hopefully will be going on until the deadline of Friday. First of all, I must give full praise to the sound guy James. He has done an amazing job with the sound. In fact he did such a good job that when we look at the previous copy of the film I realised the most of my edits weren't necessary. We did go away and cut down one scene, added a puff of smoke and added a TV switching off at the end. I felt that it ended the film quite nicely. I tried to do this pan, but it was just proving to difficult to do in Aftereffects, so we decided just to cut to single shots.

Hopefully, Simon will get a finished cut of the film done by early next week and hen we can spend the rest of the week cleaning up the film.

Progress Report

This is just a update on production of the film. So far, after a disastrous Friday, we have been compositing a draft version of the film. I have been using aftereffects and premiere to composite draft versions of the scenes. They could use some tweaking. I have to kick James up the butt for a painting of Mort. We have to get six final renders done for Wednesday. I have been sorting out 20 + images for the degree show for Friday. After sending the first draft to James the sound guy, we have to perfect the film for the 19Th June and sort out my folders.

Progress

As Simon and I discovered tracing every image again in Flash was just not practical, so we decided that it would be quicker for me to ink over every frame and use Illustrator's Live trace. That's is what I am doing now.

Elisha and Harry have finished the Background. Our second years Lewis and Neil have come up with some great character designs and Al and James are (hopefully) progressing nicely with their scenes.

Right now I am quite close to freaking out.

Progress

After exhausting tests, we have come to the realisation that tracing each frame again in Flash is just not practical. We will have to use the live-trace function in Illustrator in stead. I am therefore inking over all my finished frames carefully before I scan them in. I encourage all my other animators to do the same.

My Scenes

Here are my scenes.

1. Prof puts on Gloves.
2. R.A.M speech
3. Mort's head swells up
4. Prof's goodbye
5. Susie's ending

I've decided to do the Prof puts on Gloves scene first.

P.S. Just for laughs, I've put up the Dentist Song from Little Shop of Horrors

Progress Report

Just a little note on the progress of the film.

1. Mo has finished the R.A.M model and it looks and works great. Super job. Animating with him can start right away.

2. Both John Bell and Kim Crow have e-mailed me their re-recordings. Their great and I am super-pleased. Haven't heard any reply from Chase Padgett though, but he didn't need to re-record.

The scenes were divided up and Mike Smith has suggested that we each take one scene to practice and take it right through the production process to the end. We better get to it then.

Live-Action Reference Sketches for Scenes

Here is an example of the dope sheets I have been using to time out the dialogue.

These are the reference sketeches done for the professor puts on gloves scene.

Here's Mort for that scene and the ones for RAMs speech.

New Production Schedule

Here's the new production schedule made by Al and Daryl. If we get all the rough animation done by the end of this term, we should be o.k.

New Production Schedule

Productions a Go!

Okay guys. Let's start actually making this thing. Al, we need to figure out a new production schedule.

Moving Forward

Well I re-boarded the opening and the group liked it so we are moving forward with production. Ultimately it was my decision and I feel that the film deserves a professional voice cast, who quite frankly can do an excellent Job in my opinion. I have contacted all of the voice artists, informing them of my decision. Production Ho!

Halt to Production.

Well, we were full steaming off a head into production, when yesterday a huge brick wall was suddenly constructed. Kieran had a look at the film. Good news is he loved the premise. Bad news, he thinks the beginning needs to be reworked for an even bigger punch line. I'm back to the storyboards again.

Here's a video from a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. Just to give me some inspiration.





This is a good clip because their is a live cock up but he keeps his composure. My Brother Lewis helped me come up with this great Jeff Goldblum esq speech for the Professor too.