Filming the rest of the sets

There's a clear distinction in quality between the shooting of the outdoor sets (the street) and that of the indoor sets (gloop and sossidge cafe). This is due to my increased understanding of how a camera works, how DRAGONFRAME works and the fact that rather than exporting JPEGS, I now export images as high quality .tiffs. Now I look back I wish I could re-shoot the street sets, but I am feeling more confident than before with a camera. I need to get better at taking my time with photography and considering staging more carefully, as certain shots looked rather amateur before I brought them into Photoshop and retouch them. My tutor was quick to point out the askew angles.

I'm going to take all the images and footage into Premiere and grade them, but I've been putting it off probably out of fear of stepping out of my comfort zone. Having Kate as a second voice while shooting offered an incredibly useful perspective. She picked up on stuff I missed.

Will require a hefty grade

Back on the old final film horse

I haven't blogged in bloody AAGES. I'll do a few posts to get back up to speed.

Finishing Durex was good. I'm happy with it. I had put my final film to the side for a little while as a result, though. The main challenges I face now are finishing it and making sure I keep in close contact with my team, especially my sound designer and composer who I don't see so often. It's helpful that they're so readily available but it's my SWORN duty to finish this film and win 15 oscars, including best hair and make up and best live action short film.

The weeklies have proven incredibly useful. When I approached the class, they contradicted my tutor's advice and stated that they liked the name "Gloop Cafe". I've been focus testing it and I think I shall keep it. The character animation has been largely well received. I'm not worried about that because I feel I am rather good at charac anim at this point. The big thing will be compositing and grading and all that horrendous rubbish.

My concern, still, is how it will be received. Since my course mates have seen this animation loads over the past months, they get the plot easily but I need to know how someone who's never seen the film feels about it.

Still, I'm in too deep to make any changes now. Best to plough on. I'm especially excited to see how it goes with music and sound.