A lot of my film needs good music, and even if it's for the student viewing and not the film festival, I'm glad to have it.
I've been writing to Electric Six about using their song, "DANGER! High Voltage" for my film. I needed rights from both XL Recording and ATV/Sony London to use it for the student viewing. After much wait, ATV/Sony London finally responded with good news.
Now that this song is nailed to best introduce the worry dolls, I'm hoping to get another song to help close the film with the worry dolls.
My producer said she knows a friend who knows the Scissor Sisters. They are like an updated version of the Bee Gees and I think, are kooky enough for the Worry Dolls to sing their hit song, "Take Your Momma Out" when busking.
Here are both songs to get an idea of the music I'm going for in this film:
The sick and twisted music video of Danger! High Voltage:
And the funky Take Your Momma Out by the Scissor Sisters
Thursday 25 November 2010
Monday 22 November 2010
Auditions
Just finished auditions for Donnacha and Audrey. The actors for Cary couldn't make it for today but I'm hoping to interview one of them tomorrow.
The experience was wonderful. It was great to work with actors and bounce off ideas. Especially if the actor wasn't suited for the film, I can name three other things I'd use some of them for.
The idea was to talk to the actors for a bit, then have a monologue that they brought, then a scene from the movie, the a script excerpt from an episode of the US version of the Office.
I felt this covered every side of the actor nicely. They could come in give a personal touch by talking about themselves, then give what they think is their best acting skill in any genre, then see how they would do as a character from my film, then some fun at the end to see how well they improvise and their comedy timing.
Usually, the exciting warm up of wrestling (the scene from the Office) would be done near the beginning for everyone. I felt for the Audrey character it was important to see if should be do it to catch her playful side, but that it should come after the intense scenes with Will where their relationship is ending.
As for the actual auditions, I'm pretty confident we couldn't find a better Donnacha out of the process. He nailed it, and I wasn't even 100 percent what "it" was. He didn't even need a monologue because the feeling of who he was came off very friendly and calming. Also, one of the major things I was looking for, he understood the humor and the creative vision. The people that came in with ideas of films like Eternal Sunshine and Lars and the Real Girl definitely knew the pacing of the character. Hopefully he is 100% because he will definitely add what this film needs.
As for Audreys, overall all the auditions were very tough. There were a lot of good choices so I think we'll have to make some tough calls this week. The monologues were very important for this section, as one of the actresses captivated me by her bit. Also it was a nice balance of seriousness to then see them attempt the wrestling scene. That was Caitlin's idea as I had just wanted to have their monologue but it was very beneficial.
All in all a great experience and it definitely gets me excited for the film now. Seeing certain people just NAIL the role.
The experience was wonderful. It was great to work with actors and bounce off ideas. Especially if the actor wasn't suited for the film, I can name three other things I'd use some of them for.
The idea was to talk to the actors for a bit, then have a monologue that they brought, then a scene from the movie, the a script excerpt from an episode of the US version of the Office.
I felt this covered every side of the actor nicely. They could come in give a personal touch by talking about themselves, then give what they think is their best acting skill in any genre, then see how they would do as a character from my film, then some fun at the end to see how well they improvise and their comedy timing.
Usually, the exciting warm up of wrestling (the scene from the Office) would be done near the beginning for everyone. I felt for the Audrey character it was important to see if should be do it to catch her playful side, but that it should come after the intense scenes with Will where their relationship is ending.
As for the actual auditions, I'm pretty confident we couldn't find a better Donnacha out of the process. He nailed it, and I wasn't even 100 percent what "it" was. He didn't even need a monologue because the feeling of who he was came off very friendly and calming. Also, one of the major things I was looking for, he understood the humor and the creative vision. The people that came in with ideas of films like Eternal Sunshine and Lars and the Real Girl definitely knew the pacing of the character. Hopefully he is 100% because he will definitely add what this film needs.
As for Audreys, overall all the auditions were very tough. There were a lot of good choices so I think we'll have to make some tough calls this week. The monologues were very important for this section, as one of the actresses captivated me by her bit. Also it was a nice balance of seriousness to then see them attempt the wrestling scene. That was Caitlin's idea as I had just wanted to have their monologue but it was very beneficial.
All in all a great experience and it definitely gets me excited for the film now. Seeing certain people just NAIL the role.
Saturday 13 November 2010
Bake Sale 3 and Other Things
Third Bake Sale = EPIC FAIL.
We made about 20 pounds. I'm not sure if the novelty is wearing off or it was just the day of people. I'm wanting to come up with other ideas and I am going to push myself to put one of those "buy a producer credit for 10 pounds" things for my friends. I've been learning a lot about marketing from my flatmate's girlfriend. I told her I'm trying to find sponsorship money for a conservation trip to Australia I want to do and she gave me a bunch of ideas for that. She made it sound somewhat easy, so my goal is to take some of the tactics for money raising (like hosting events) and pushing it to my film budget. Also, I'm working all the time so I can cover a lot more costs.
Went to a bunch of charity shops to get an idea of clothing. Already I found multiple options so I'm less worried about the clothing. I'll wait until the actors are cast to buy any. I also did another draft of the script today. Audrey is more likeable as a gynecologist that doesn't see what's funny about her occupation. I thought I'd still make her lame, but in a funny way. She's so lame, it's endearing. She makes lame jokes and comes off a little less rigid then she's been before. Also I've added a ton of jokes back in. Mostly how Will gets a promotion from a simple idea and how the Worry Dolls are asked to leave after they stick a raisin up Will's nose.
So ya, that's an update for you. Plus tones of weird films like Big Fish and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.
We made about 20 pounds. I'm not sure if the novelty is wearing off or it was just the day of people. I'm wanting to come up with other ideas and I am going to push myself to put one of those "buy a producer credit for 10 pounds" things for my friends. I've been learning a lot about marketing from my flatmate's girlfriend. I told her I'm trying to find sponsorship money for a conservation trip to Australia I want to do and she gave me a bunch of ideas for that. She made it sound somewhat easy, so my goal is to take some of the tactics for money raising (like hosting events) and pushing it to my film budget. Also, I'm working all the time so I can cover a lot more costs.
Went to a bunch of charity shops to get an idea of clothing. Already I found multiple options so I'm less worried about the clothing. I'll wait until the actors are cast to buy any. I also did another draft of the script today. Audrey is more likeable as a gynecologist that doesn't see what's funny about her occupation. I thought I'd still make her lame, but in a funny way. She's so lame, it's endearing. She makes lame jokes and comes off a little less rigid then she's been before. Also I've added a ton of jokes back in. Mostly how Will gets a promotion from a simple idea and how the Worry Dolls are asked to leave after they stick a raisin up Will's nose.
So ya, that's an update for you. Plus tones of weird films like Big Fish and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Bake Sale 2
Another bake sale, slowly money towards my film. This time we made about 10 pounds less and twice the trouble. I have to think of other ways to make money pronto. As well as getting on kickstarter.com I'm going to try and talk to Chris from Calling the Shots about selling some of my HD content to him. Shorts International is always looking for HD content and if I did a short in HD I could sell it for 500-1,000 pounds and make extra money. It would also get my short onto Itunes. That's the newest I have in the mean time.
I've also fallen in love with the song, "Danger! High Voltage" from Electric Six. I think it would fit the mood of introducing the worry dolls tremendously well. I've written to the band and to the manager. The manager got right back to me and said to fill in forms from the publisher and recording company for rights. I filled in the one for the recording company, they give free access to film students but I have to pay 400 pounds if I want it to go into festivals.... I'm looking to find a way around this. Also just wrote to the publisher and waiting for a response. In good time, I think I'll be good to use the song. If I sell this film to Shorts International later, then I may be able to have the 400 pounds wavered.
I've also fallen in love with the song, "Danger! High Voltage" from Electric Six. I think it would fit the mood of introducing the worry dolls tremendously well. I've written to the band and to the manager. The manager got right back to me and said to fill in forms from the publisher and recording company for rights. I filled in the one for the recording company, they give free access to film students but I have to pay 400 pounds if I want it to go into festivals.... I'm looking to find a way around this. Also just wrote to the publisher and waiting for a response. In good time, I think I'll be good to use the song. If I sell this film to Shorts International later, then I may be able to have the 400 pounds wavered.
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Phew, another draft done.
Another draft and a loss of hair.
This has been by far the most stressful/ complicated script I've ever written. Much like the press release I wrote at Shorts International, I'm realizing more and more how to make every word count. Also how to say what I'm thinking visually. There's a whole new mindset from how I usually work when writing and I think that's why I had a mini aneurism. I feel like I've learned a lot already though. I had to re-watch films that were like my film and the two I chose both helped in different ways.
Watching Kickass was useful, because when I dove into the context, it was very similar to my script. Kickass is mostly about a boy who's passionate about being a superhero and how he reacts when it turns out superheroes are real. Then from there it's a breakdown of his character. It's very inspiring in the way I think, "Gee, I wish I made that film."
The second film was Drop Dead Fred. I don't really like this movie. I think it's all too over the top and then I realized that everything I didn't want my film to be compared to was this film. I want to show the difference of the worry dolls to imaginary friends. I don't want the worry dolls to be magical when they come in the world, it's an adjustment for them as well as Will. Also the humor is too over the top and so is Rik Mayall. I want the worry dolls to be quite human, they are almost a magical hired help. There should also be a slight ambiguity to whether people can see the worry dolls and how human are they. Drop Dead Fred makes it very clear what he is.
So the mixture of those two films with a WHOLE new way of thinking made this script easier, and I'm sure I can be more useful with a feature script if I keep thinking like this. It makes the characters more intriguing and you can see what they would do if they were real. This is unlike a lot of other stuff I've written where the characters aren't developed enough to make strong decisions.
This has been by far the most stressful/ complicated script I've ever written. Much like the press release I wrote at Shorts International, I'm realizing more and more how to make every word count. Also how to say what I'm thinking visually. There's a whole new mindset from how I usually work when writing and I think that's why I had a mini aneurism. I feel like I've learned a lot already though. I had to re-watch films that were like my film and the two I chose both helped in different ways.
Watching Kickass was useful, because when I dove into the context, it was very similar to my script. Kickass is mostly about a boy who's passionate about being a superhero and how he reacts when it turns out superheroes are real. Then from there it's a breakdown of his character. It's very inspiring in the way I think, "Gee, I wish I made that film."
The second film was Drop Dead Fred. I don't really like this movie. I think it's all too over the top and then I realized that everything I didn't want my film to be compared to was this film. I want to show the difference of the worry dolls to imaginary friends. I don't want the worry dolls to be magical when they come in the world, it's an adjustment for them as well as Will. Also the humor is too over the top and so is Rik Mayall. I want the worry dolls to be quite human, they are almost a magical hired help. There should also be a slight ambiguity to whether people can see the worry dolls and how human are they. Drop Dead Fred makes it very clear what he is.
So the mixture of those two films with a WHOLE new way of thinking made this script easier, and I'm sure I can be more useful with a feature script if I keep thinking like this. It makes the characters more intriguing and you can see what they would do if they were real. This is unlike a lot of other stuff I've written where the characters aren't developed enough to make strong decisions.
Thursday 21 October 2010
Getting Things Off the Ground
Today is ground control day. The day when I start putting everything together and seeing where the end of this semester is. I've been typing up all my notes as I want everything to come off professional. I have an idea to wrap my whole presentation up like a present (PRESENTation) and then show that I have put the effort into the binder by printing everything, and then maybe drawing on pages and having cartoons and sweets around the whole thing to have a playful, child-like feel to the whole thing. We'll see if I have time for that at the end of the research section.
As I compile work there's an obvious gap of budget and business stuff. This is because of working with Caitlin and having a producer which is a new and wonderful experience. I really appreciate having someone devoted to my script and film to try and find funding and do work I don't have to worry about. She's been helping with the script, just having feedback and stuff like that. She's definitely above and beyond to help.
As for the script, I talked to Jeremy Routeledge from Calling the Shots and he loves the idea of the film and wants me to keep most of it, just tweak things so there's less narration and more character development for Will. I agree with this and will hear back from Izzie (the woman writing feature length scripts) before I make changes.
As I compile work there's an obvious gap of budget and business stuff. This is because of working with Caitlin and having a producer which is a new and wonderful experience. I really appreciate having someone devoted to my script and film to try and find funding and do work I don't have to worry about. She's been helping with the script, just having feedback and stuff like that. She's definitely above and beyond to help.
As for the script, I talked to Jeremy Routeledge from Calling the Shots and he loves the idea of the film and wants me to keep most of it, just tweak things so there's less narration and more character development for Will. I agree with this and will hear back from Izzie (the woman writing feature length scripts) before I make changes.
Friday 15 October 2010
First Meeting with Abigail
Dun Dun Dun.....
Back to university after my two weeks internship and now it was time to catch up on what I was missing. It was an hour and a half conversation which got very personal and resulted in Abigail not seeing my vision for the script. She mostly said there was too much dialogue and that Will didn't grow enough. Then the heart dropping news that I "should rewrite the whole thing".
This was the first time I had to take a step back and see what's best for me. I've spent all summer on it, which could be why I think it's at least on the right track to something good and maybe I'm too close to it now. But in this summer, I've also had multiple people from Bristol-based companies mention only little problems in the script. It seems other people see my vision, or at least the way it's headed so I'm concerned that I need to get more advice from other people then my tutor to see if maybe Abigail just needs more explanation. I'm sending it to a woman who life work is in scriptwriting and writes work that gets big audiences. Izaskun Arandia-Richards is someone I met at a paella party while on my internship in London. I met her through Chris, who got me the internship in the first place and we really hit it off. I've sent the script to her and will wait to hear back before giving up on my script.
If anyone knows what to do with my work, I trust her the most as she's like-minded and could understand it more. I hope it is usable and that Abigail and I can work together even though we have different opinions on the script. It's a scary/odd feeling sticking up for my work so much. I usually thrive off criticism but to throw out the whole thing I strongly disagree with and I feel scared that it could be my mind just being too attached to it, and also passionate that this film can be something much more then Abigail realizes.
Back to university after my two weeks internship and now it was time to catch up on what I was missing. It was an hour and a half conversation which got very personal and resulted in Abigail not seeing my vision for the script. She mostly said there was too much dialogue and that Will didn't grow enough. Then the heart dropping news that I "should rewrite the whole thing".
This was the first time I had to take a step back and see what's best for me. I've spent all summer on it, which could be why I think it's at least on the right track to something good and maybe I'm too close to it now. But in this summer, I've also had multiple people from Bristol-based companies mention only little problems in the script. It seems other people see my vision, or at least the way it's headed so I'm concerned that I need to get more advice from other people then my tutor to see if maybe Abigail just needs more explanation. I'm sending it to a woman who life work is in scriptwriting and writes work that gets big audiences. Izaskun Arandia-Richards is someone I met at a paella party while on my internship in London. I met her through Chris, who got me the internship in the first place and we really hit it off. I've sent the script to her and will wait to hear back before giving up on my script.
If anyone knows what to do with my work, I trust her the most as she's like-minded and could understand it more. I hope it is usable and that Abigail and I can work together even though we have different opinions on the script. It's a scary/odd feeling sticking up for my work so much. I usually thrive off criticism but to throw out the whole thing I strongly disagree with and I feel scared that it could be my mind just being too attached to it, and also passionate that this film can be something much more then Abigail realizes.
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Making Money
Today Caitlin kicked me into gear with getting funds for Worry Dolls. She's been on it since the beginning and I expect her to be at my side the whole time. She's been amazing with ideas and getting me thinking of the bigger picture. We decided to go to Frenchay as it's the biggest campus in UWE and try to sell cookies that Caitlin made. She blew me away with her strategy of making cheap cookies (a batch for 64p) and selling each one at 60-80p! In the end we made 55 pounds for 3 hours of work. It's a great start for sure.
I've started looking at other ways to make moneys and have the following ideas.
1.) Offer people a credit in my film as producers if they pay 10 pounds each. If I get 10 people that obviously is a quick 100 pounds towards the film.
2.) Offer an IMDB credit for the film. Same process as step one, just sweeten the deal with offering them a CV boosting credit on IMDB.
3.) My friend Jeff Brink offered me a website called Kickstarter.com and it gives you the chance to offer your film budget and get anyone to invest in it. Apparently the success rate is quite high but you do have the risk of the money being returned if you don't meet your budget. So aim low and then work from there.
Anyways, it was a great start and started getting me on the fact I have little to no money to offer this year, so fundraising is a whole new tactic I never thought of.
I've started looking at other ways to make moneys and have the following ideas.
1.) Offer people a credit in my film as producers if they pay 10 pounds each. If I get 10 people that obviously is a quick 100 pounds towards the film.
2.) Offer an IMDB credit for the film. Same process as step one, just sweeten the deal with offering them a CV boosting credit on IMDB.
3.) My friend Jeff Brink offered me a website called Kickstarter.com and it gives you the chance to offer your film budget and get anyone to invest in it. Apparently the success rate is quite high but you do have the risk of the money being returned if you don't meet your budget. So aim low and then work from there.
Anyways, it was a great start and started getting me on the fact I have little to no money to offer this year, so fundraising is a whole new tactic I never thought of.
Friday 1 October 2010
Press Release
Man, work at Shorts International has been amazing. As well as going to events every night and meeting great people, the amount of knowledge I've gotten for future projects has been priceless.
Chris Tidman has given me great advice on shorts and features and certain ways to get budget and how to get my film out there.
Today was especially a great day, as I actually got practice in work I wanted to learn this year. How to write a press release is fundamental in giving the first announcement of your film to give to media people. It is great to give as part of a press packet and getting your name out there.
I was assigned to write a press release on the Shorts Scares collection being released in late October. Mark got me thinking of another way of writing. He said from the beginning to be emotionless throughout the whole 4 paragraph release. I've always written with a personality and it was fascinating on how the structure is so different.
You almost have goals you have to write in each sentence and have to find the quickest way to get to the point. One of the things I had to mention was one of the limited free release of the short, ROAR. Here is a link below to the trailer and I hope you watch it on vimeo. I had to watch it and give a sentence explaining the whole film.
By the third draft I got the mind-set of how to write as minimalist as possible. This has been one of the best things I could have taken away from this.
Chris Tidman has given me great advice on shorts and features and certain ways to get budget and how to get my film out there.
Today was especially a great day, as I actually got practice in work I wanted to learn this year. How to write a press release is fundamental in giving the first announcement of your film to give to media people. It is great to give as part of a press packet and getting your name out there.
I was assigned to write a press release on the Shorts Scares collection being released in late October. Mark got me thinking of another way of writing. He said from the beginning to be emotionless throughout the whole 4 paragraph release. I've always written with a personality and it was fascinating on how the structure is so different.
You almost have goals you have to write in each sentence and have to find the quickest way to get to the point. One of the things I had to mention was one of the limited free release of the short, ROAR. Here is a link below to the trailer and I hope you watch it on vimeo. I had to watch it and give a sentence explaining the whole film.
By the third draft I got the mind-set of how to write as minimalist as possible. This has been one of the best things I could have taken away from this.
Friday 24 September 2010
Time to Write
Started my internship in London and thankfully they give me downtime to write my feature. With the treatment done, I'm now getting going. It's been hard with juggling writing the blind musical for calling the shots and trying to write Chris's brain child of "The Hangover in Poland". It's great though, finally having the chance to show my writing skills as that's my main goal for my future career and my final year.
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Feature Treatment Done
Finally...almost three weeks behind and a total readjustment.... I've finished my feature length treatment of the Worry Dolls. First I made an outline of what I wanted (all based off of the short and some ideas I dropped from the original short script) and then today used that to write the treatment. What helped was the synopsis of Midnight Cowboy. Some of the flashbacks made the story very odd and I wanted to double check what they meant in Jon Voight's dream. They were clearly explained in the synopsis which gave me the idea of how to write the treatment. It's a calm explanation of how you are going to do things, then while writing the script, add the crazy, creative touches that make your feature your own.
RIP Ratzo.
RIP Ratzo.
Sunday 5 September 2010
TOTAL REWRITE
Well... sort of.
I made a finished draft of the Worry Dolls short and I sent it to friends and family. The reviews were mixed, and I'm not surprised at all. In fact, I really didn't like it, and was hoping that either
a.) Everyone would love it.
b.) Someone would tell me exactly how to fix it to make it perfect.
I just had to break down the script to exactly what I wanted. There was so much I wanted to express...
1.) A mixture of a beautiful, bizarre world that was childlike that is clashing with the dull, boring world.
2.) The worry dolls to be in Will's life until a point, and then Will had to grow.
3.) The sense that Will's job was torture from the boredom.
4.) Someone from Will's job is horrific to him. Trying to put him in his place and bringing him down into the real world.
5.) A happy outcome where Will loses the Worry Dolls, but gains a girl who is like minded.
To include this and more, would be so hard to fit into a ten minute film. Even as I was writing the feature, I thought it was long winded in the way it was presented.
So I stuck to the Amelie narrative of jumping from facts, the the character's interests, to surrealism and try to connect it all. A lot of time got chopped to changing the narrative to Will presenting all the information. I cut the dating show scene, it's good but for another movie. And so it is only Will presenting the narration, which works great as he's more irreverent and more outgoing in this version then his down-trodden, Eyore, version.
Phew....
I made a finished draft of the Worry Dolls short and I sent it to friends and family. The reviews were mixed, and I'm not surprised at all. In fact, I really didn't like it, and was hoping that either
a.) Everyone would love it.
b.) Someone would tell me exactly how to fix it to make it perfect.
I just had to break down the script to exactly what I wanted. There was so much I wanted to express...
1.) A mixture of a beautiful, bizarre world that was childlike that is clashing with the dull, boring world.
2.) The worry dolls to be in Will's life until a point, and then Will had to grow.
3.) The sense that Will's job was torture from the boredom.
4.) Someone from Will's job is horrific to him. Trying to put him in his place and bringing him down into the real world.
5.) A happy outcome where Will loses the Worry Dolls, but gains a girl who is like minded.
To include this and more, would be so hard to fit into a ten minute film. Even as I was writing the feature, I thought it was long winded in the way it was presented.
So I stuck to the Amelie narrative of jumping from facts, the the character's interests, to surrealism and try to connect it all. A lot of time got chopped to changing the narrative to Will presenting all the information. I cut the dating show scene, it's good but for another movie. And so it is only Will presenting the narration, which works great as he's more irreverent and more outgoing in this version then his down-trodden, Eyore, version.
Phew....
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Short Version of Will and the Worry Dolls is Finished
After finding a new structure to my script, I decided it'd help to write the short first, and then keep building up on it for the feature. It helps a lot more then to write the feature and take away from it for the short. For the short, you can start off really simple and then keep adding to it for the feature but you have more of a visual outline with the short written.
Now I'm going to give it to friends and family to read over. Also Rich Warren who works at South West Screen and Jeremy Routeledge who works at Calling the Shots to help edit the short to make it "festival" worthy. This will be crucial if I want people to be interested in the feature.
Now I'm going to give it to friends and family to read over. Also Rich Warren who works at South West Screen and Jeremy Routeledge who works at Calling the Shots to help edit the short to make it "festival" worthy. This will be crucial if I want people to be interested in the feature.
Sunday 29 August 2010
Changing the Structure
Finally figured out the easiest solution to telling my story in WILL AND THE WORRY DOLLS. Before it was a normal structure of telling the story. Now, I'm having segments of it told by Will who is the narrator. The easiest way I've had explaining the story and certain jokes is when I tell it in the third person. This is also used in most of my favorite movies or tv shows, such as Amelie, DEXTER, and Annie Hall. I wanted to have two narrators to make it a bit funnier and different. So while one is telling the story, another one keeps butting in to ruin it. I thought the best scenario to do this (and easiest way to end the film with Will finding a girlfriend) is by having Will go on one of those cheesy dating shows that give each person a chance to explain who they are. Then the woman chooses their DVD to learn more. That way, I can explain a lot of things about Will, and then he can talk about why he's on such a smarmy dating show to the owner. The owner is a bit like Gob Bluth from Arrested Development. He has no soul and doesn't care. So it's a good contrast between the sensitive Will telling his life story, and the Gob Bluth character who keeps interrupting with the reality. With that structure, I feel I can just connect the dots for the feature script.
Having this mental block was a good lesson on ways to fix it. The easiest one for me is some physical activity. Hiking around Bristol did the trick and I was away from the computer for a bit.
Phew...
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO RECREATE
Having this mental block was a good lesson on ways to fix it. The easiest one for me is some physical activity. Hiking around Bristol did the trick and I was away from the computer for a bit.
Phew...
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO RECREATE
Friday 27 August 2010
Half Way Through My Transcript
My brain is fried. The biggest problem I have is I can't decide what I want to do with this film. I know I want it to be a comedy with substance that's odd. I want it to be a mixture between Amelie and Office Space. I want the central character's world to be like Amelie, so exciting and a almost a drug in his dreams. Then when he has to wake up, he's stuck to the most boring life in the world. Ultimately he's not going to make his real world exciting if he doesn't spend time on it.
What I keep doing is adding random subplots to see if they lead anywhere and it changes too much each time.
First it was a love interest that changes him. Then it was his job being so annoying. I've added an element where he finally tries being on his own, and he becomes a drunk. Then I've added a new friend in my latest draft.
So I have half a movie in my head really. I just don't know how to bring it all together at the moment. It's so frustrating trying to fill in the gaps when you see the key points in your head and just want it to work itself out.
Tomorrow will be spent trying to lighten the story up to be comedic and figure out the middle.
What I keep doing is adding random subplots to see if they lead anywhere and it changes too much each time.
First it was a love interest that changes him. Then it was his job being so annoying. I've added an element where he finally tries being on his own, and he becomes a drunk. Then I've added a new friend in my latest draft.
So I have half a movie in my head really. I just don't know how to bring it all together at the moment. It's so frustrating trying to fill in the gaps when you see the key points in your head and just want it to work itself out.
Tomorrow will be spent trying to lighten the story up to be comedic and figure out the middle.
Sunday 22 August 2010
Back from Belgium
After an AMAZING trip to Belgium I'm back and starting to do work for my final year. My whole idea for my final year is to write a feature film script and then strip it down to a fifteen minute movie. Then that way I have a short film to submit to festivals and a spec script to go with it if people enjoy the film. That way I've made a spec script which could get picked up for a feature and I'd be prepared. Now the hard time, writing the feature. I've started to read the Guerilla Guide to Film Making and it's given me great advice on how to write my script. I used to just write tons of dialgoue and see where it ended up. Obviously that didn't help me tell a story but a jumble of scenes put together. The most useful thing to do is keep writing more pages of the same story, adding more details. From a one page synopsis, to two pages, to four, then ten, then a twenty page treatment. That's where I'm at for the moment, about five pages in.
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Belgium!
What an experience already! My job was originally to teach kids English but it's turned into a camp counselor work which is fantastic. I mostly play sports or art and crafts with them and just make sure they talk in English. We go on excursions to places like Germany, Holland, and Disneyland: Paris. Plus, there's a pool which I've made sure to use everyday. Good people and great food!
Saturday 12 June 2010
Poland!
Photos from Poland. Amazing trip and I made amazing friendships. Especially from Emma Lazenby, the lady with won a BAFTA (British Oscars) for her animation Mother of Many. Here's some photos and her film.
http://s647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/MaxClendaniel/Poland%202010/
http://s647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/MaxClendaniel/Poland%202010/
Sunday 30 May 2010
One Leg At A Time Movie
Hey guys, finally, after all these posts. Is the final version of my film. Let me know what you think.
One Leg At A Time from Max Clendaniel on Vimeo.
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Oh ya, Film is done
Sorry, it's been done since last week.
Been just working on the DVD cover at the moment. Got it professionally printed off for the tutors and seeing the work packaged is a really satisfying feeling. We are handing it in tomorrow and so the last two days have meant writing my evaluation because I don't really have another week to work on it. It's due June 3rd, but I'm heading to Poland! On behalf of the Encounters Film Festival and Calling the shots they want me to go to the Krakow Film Festival and give information and chat with newly joined countries in the EU. I'm so excited! I leave the 2nd so I have to get my evaluation done. Preferably today!
Been just working on the DVD cover at the moment. Got it professionally printed off for the tutors and seeing the work packaged is a really satisfying feeling. We are handing it in tomorrow and so the last two days have meant writing my evaluation because I don't really have another week to work on it. It's due June 3rd, but I'm heading to Poland! On behalf of the Encounters Film Festival and Calling the shots they want me to go to the Krakow Film Festival and give information and chat with newly joined countries in the EU. I'm so excited! I leave the 2nd so I have to get my evaluation done. Preferably today!
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Final One Sheet
As well as making a DVD, I have to create my final one sheet. I made a hand made one sheet (a.k.a a movie poster) where it had a 3d aspect to it. I felt since the character was painted on in a flat way, then having his hands attach the the 3d pocket of the trousers it would give an idea of what my movie is about. Showing that it's mixed 2d with 3d animation. Inside the pocket was the three life scenarios that Theo could experience. My tutors felt this would be hard to mass produce, so I've scanned the design as a normal insert for a DVD.
Filming Stop Motion
Was a lot easier then I expected! After about two hours of setting up, it only took an hour to film 10 seconds of footage. What took the most time was the bull mount. I had to find a way to make my bull bob up and down in a stable way. Thankfully my animation teacher Mary was able to find me a mechanism that popped into place. It was essentially a blue strip of joints all connected. It worked like a charm! I had to have everything controlled, from the set to each of the characters, for the tracking shot to work. Plus, with the addition of zooms and dramatic lighting, this was by far the most technical filming I've ever done in clay animation. Not a lot to do now, find music and voice over work and I'm finished!
Sunday 16 May 2010
Making the Clay Animation Sets
I got the idea for my set through my sketchbook. Since I can't print out color photos I've been filling them in with thick markers and I've appreciated the look of my book ever since. So when I knew I wanted my set to be simple like the Paddington bear set, I wanted to add another element so it wasn't copying it entirely. I'm adding a slapdash of color for excitement and since I can't move the camera, I'm going to have the set move towards the bull as if the bull was running. I've made hundreds of small patches of burnt grass to pass the bull like the intro to The Rescuers Down Under with the flowers. Here's the example I'm talking about:
Hope to be filming Tuesday!
Hope to be filming Tuesday!
Friday 14 May 2010
Rough Edit Done
And I couldn't be more pleased with it.
It was worrying me at first the look of the whole movie. The warm tones that I wanted throughout the film with the red didn't come together until I started working with the color correction program, Magic Bullet. It's incredible and in a matter of clicks, the whole film looks more professional. The saturation is warm without looking to ridiculous and so I'm excited to see the final outcome.
I've found that some of my transitions (my original idea was every scene would have a match point) worked a lot better when I took the sound from the last shot and connected it to the next one. The best example of this is in the final shot when the sister pushes the cart out of the frame and the next scene where she's pushing her brother in the same cart.
Still having problems exporting my flash film at the moment. It slows down too much so on Monday I hope to get help with that. Ian showed me how to make my cartoon in HD and for the hand drawn stuff, Mike Marchlewski helped with putting my 4:3 image into 16:9 without losing the quality.
Slowly but surely I'm getting there. Next week is all about the stop motion.....
It was worrying me at first the look of the whole movie. The warm tones that I wanted throughout the film with the red didn't come together until I started working with the color correction program, Magic Bullet. It's incredible and in a matter of clicks, the whole film looks more professional. The saturation is warm without looking to ridiculous and so I'm excited to see the final outcome.
I've found that some of my transitions (my original idea was every scene would have a match point) worked a lot better when I took the sound from the last shot and connected it to the next one. The best example of this is in the final shot when the sister pushes the cart out of the frame and the next scene where she's pushing her brother in the same cart.
Still having problems exporting my flash film at the moment. It slows down too much so on Monday I hope to get help with that. Ian showed me how to make my cartoon in HD and for the hand drawn stuff, Mike Marchlewski helped with putting my 4:3 image into 16:9 without losing the quality.
Slowly but surely I'm getting there. Next week is all about the stop motion.....
Thursday 13 May 2010
Flash Done
Doing Boils took another day but it was worth it. It looks a lot better then some slapdash piece of animation. Next week is the stop motion and editing. Hope stop motion goes well!
Sunday 9 May 2010
Shooting!
A Great day of filming and now I'm aware I'm more then 3/4 of the way done! All I really have to do is finish some boils for flash and then animate the stop motion scene and I'm done. This week I'm in London for the day and then when I get back I'll finish my set. Then on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I hope to film my stop motion stuff and finish the flash stuff, leaving me two weeks to edit.
I don't think I'll need that much editing though, it looks amazing. Couldn't be happier with the actors or some of the shots we went with. The jib, which I thought would be our biggest issue, turned out to be relatively easy. Also my flatmate Iwan let us use his super dandy microphone for the voice over work. The store manager forgot about us in the morning so we were 20 minutes behind yet we still managed to finish my film an hour and a half earlier then expected.
Here are some still from the day.
I don't think I'll need that much editing though, it looks amazing. Couldn't be happier with the actors or some of the shots we went with. The jib, which I thought would be our biggest issue, turned out to be relatively easy. Also my flatmate Iwan let us use his super dandy microphone for the voice over work. The store manager forgot about us in the morning so we were 20 minutes behind yet we still managed to finish my film an hour and a half earlier then expected.
Here are some still from the day.
Friday 7 May 2010
Adding Boils
My flatmate Iwan always uses a technique for his animation which make the lines move constantly so it has a hand drawn feel to it. This technique has been called adding a "boil". First you have to draw your character then add two more layers of retracing it. The lines never are exact but it is another step in staying away from making it look like flash. To me, most of the work is done in trying to make your piece look like it wasn't done in flash.
Most of my inspiration for my film has been through Rainbow Club's "Smokey the Monkey". You'll see that it has the boil effect throughout the entire thing.
Most of my inspiration for my film has been through Rainbow Club's "Smokey the Monkey". You'll see that it has the boil effect throughout the entire thing.
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Rehearsals
Rehearsals went amazingly well. It works out that Jasmine was able to show up early and so we got right to rehearsing. Jasmine nailed her lines immediately and so it took only 45 minutes to get it done. The actor is just the character in the way that he day dreams and is just a natural. I just needed today to see how everything going to flow and the actors got along great too.
Tuesday 4 May 2010
One Scene Done!
Have all my layouts done and the silhouette scene done! Flash is so easy!
Theo with Tupperware in Dressing Room
Posh Men Sniffing Tupperware
Theo with Tupperware in Dressing Room
Posh Men Sniffing Tupperware
Saturday 1 May 2010
Using Flash
Arranging a meeting this week with the two actors to get them to rehearse. I feel it'd also be a nice chance for the two of them to get to know each other. Got my work done early so I went to Bournemouth to stay with Josie. Amazingly, there was a fabric store near her house so I got the red curtains for the changing room for less then five pounds.
Started messing around with flash and I am now addicted. After doing so much hand drawn stuff I see why it is so popular. It's very easy once you get the hang out it and the biggest relief is it saves you having to redraw everything, even stuff that isn't going to move.
Just did some drawings of the posh men who open Tupperware filled with burps. A cross hatch look gives it a lot more quality to it then simple cartoon. Will try to get all the flash done next week while preparing to film!
Theo on Bags of Money
Started messing around with flash and I am now addicted. After doing so much hand drawn stuff I see why it is so popular. It's very easy once you get the hang out it and the biggest relief is it saves you having to redraw everything, even stuff that isn't going to move.
Just did some drawings of the posh men who open Tupperware filled with burps. A cross hatch look gives it a lot more quality to it then simple cartoon. Will try to get all the flash done next week while preparing to film!
Theo on Bags of Money
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Actress Found!
Finally!
I heard back from Max Creed's girlfriend and she said she can't do it, so I went into a made scramble for the day. Finally I remembered that there was a good actress used for my friend Mike Marchlewski's film that I worked on who is perfect. I emailed her today and got an immediate response that she can do it! What a load of stress off my back, especially during this week and writing my visual culture paper. I had just rewritten my script for the final draft so I gave it to her. Plus, she lives near the Motel clothing store! So easily done. Last minute props and I'm good to film. I just pray Max 2 checked out the camera equipment.
Jasmine Smart
I heard back from Max Creed's girlfriend and she said she can't do it, so I went into a made scramble for the day. Finally I remembered that there was a good actress used for my friend Mike Marchlewski's film that I worked on who is perfect. I emailed her today and got an immediate response that she can do it! What a load of stress off my back, especially during this week and writing my visual culture paper. I had just rewritten my script for the final draft so I gave it to her. Plus, she lives near the Motel clothing store! So easily done. Last minute props and I'm good to film. I just pray Max 2 checked out the camera equipment.
Jasmine Smart
Monday 26 April 2010
Booked to film at Motel
Went into Motel again to give them more details on what I am doing. So I have the clothing store to myself from 9:30 to noon on May 9th. From there we'll film the stuff in the alleyway. I STILL NEED AN ACTRESS.
This week I have to work on my visual culture paper while building the rodeo clown and set for the clay animation scene.
Well, going to mke a third draft of my script then give my character to Mel.
This week I have to work on my visual culture paper while building the rodeo clown and set for the clay animation scene.
Well, going to mke a third draft of my script then give my character to Mel.
Thursday 22 April 2010
Progress on Live Action Segment
Definitely see the end in sight, or at least I see a schedule now leading to the end.
The parents for my child actor had some great questions about the content and how maybe the character sounded to old in the voice overs parts. They were deciding what to do so it gave me a chance to reflect on the character more and explain how the voiceovers about his life in the future do connect with the child. Basically, in movies like Annie Hall and Amelie they talk about their childhood and how it formed them to who they are as people today. I wanted to reverse that for my character where the kid reflects on how his childhood could effect his future. The parents agreed and I felt clearer about the point of the film.
After that I started doing some discount shopping for the clothes that Jose would wear. I found a massive white beanie which I'm trying to dye red and I found the neon trousers! I couldn't believe it. I went to H&M and they were 15 pounds but I saw that if I kept the tag and receipt, I could return them for my money back within 28 days. So basically, free trousers for the film! I'm thinking that I might ask the pool I go swimming at in Bedminster could let me borrow one of their red changing room curtains and then that would be sorted. Now I just need my actress to confirm (although she's very busy!) then I'm pretty much ready to film on May 8th as my cinemaphotographer is going to check out a jib.
The parents for my child actor had some great questions about the content and how maybe the character sounded to old in the voice overs parts. They were deciding what to do so it gave me a chance to reflect on the character more and explain how the voiceovers about his life in the future do connect with the child. Basically, in movies like Annie Hall and Amelie they talk about their childhood and how it formed them to who they are as people today. I wanted to reverse that for my character where the kid reflects on how his childhood could effect his future. The parents agreed and I felt clearer about the point of the film.
After that I started doing some discount shopping for the clothes that Jose would wear. I found a massive white beanie which I'm trying to dye red and I found the neon trousers! I couldn't believe it. I went to H&M and they were 15 pounds but I saw that if I kept the tag and receipt, I could return them for my money back within 28 days. So basically, free trousers for the film! I'm thinking that I might ask the pool I go swimming at in Bedminster could let me borrow one of their red changing room curtains and then that would be sorted. Now I just need my actress to confirm (although she's very busy!) then I'm pretty much ready to film on May 8th as my cinemaphotographer is going to check out a jib.
Tuesday 20 April 2010
1 Actor Down
I feel so much more relieved.
After going to work at St. Michael on the Mount I finally finalized my child actor for the live action footage. I printed out a script, release form, and personal letter to his parents to ask for permission. By chance, I ran into his parents and could talk to them in person about what to expect. It all quickly fell together so with two weeks left I just need my actress, who I feel will say yes.
The most useful part of the day was the release form! This book is so useful:
They have storyboard layouts, budget sheets, and release forms for you to easily fill out. I was probably able to save an hour with it. Tonight I will keep animating the 2-d stuff and now that my flatmate Iwan is back, I can look at what makes for a good flash movie.
Slowly getting there.
After going to work at St. Michael on the Mount I finally finalized my child actor for the live action footage. I printed out a script, release form, and personal letter to his parents to ask for permission. By chance, I ran into his parents and could talk to them in person about what to expect. It all quickly fell together so with two weeks left I just need my actress, who I feel will say yes.
The most useful part of the day was the release form! This book is so useful:
They have storyboard layouts, budget sheets, and release forms for you to easily fill out. I was probably able to save an hour with it. Tonight I will keep animating the 2-d stuff and now that my flatmate Iwan is back, I can look at what makes for a good flash movie.
Slowly getting there.
Monday 19 April 2010
Update (Hand Drawn, Live Action, Clay Animation)
Ugh...
Two weeks, 85 frames, sixteen characters, and 8 pencils later I am finally done with the family photo scene of my animations. All I have to do for hand drawn work is finish the shopping cart scene and that's it. I've decided to put the whole animation in a family photo album with the red "Ren and Stimpy" background behind it because the thought of cutting each character out of my animation and putting it on a kooky background would be impossible.
Check one off.
I've gotten a lot of progress on my clay animation character today. I bought the latex to make the "muscle" for his body and George is going to bring in leather for the outfit. I'm either going to send my naked character to a fashion designer to add the clothes, or make the outfit myself with latex-dipped scrim to make it like cloth.
I've also finish the hands for the character. They are pretty massive but I feel it is necessary for the matador cape. Finally, I got the tinfoil-tape cape and now I just have to wrap it in cloth and paint it.
As for live action stuff. Max's girlfriend is still ont he fence for filming on May 9th. Hopefully she can do it or it changes a lot of things. Also Max is going to check out a jib for me and the camera equipment, also the sound equipment. He's definitely saved me on that. Since he's done so much I wanted him to be my cinemaphotographer, so hopefully I'm making baby steps to the end goal.
Okay.... done for the day..
Two weeks, 85 frames, sixteen characters, and 8 pencils later I am finally done with the family photo scene of my animations. All I have to do for hand drawn work is finish the shopping cart scene and that's it. I've decided to put the whole animation in a family photo album with the red "Ren and Stimpy" background behind it because the thought of cutting each character out of my animation and putting it on a kooky background would be impossible.
Check one off.
I've gotten a lot of progress on my clay animation character today. I bought the latex to make the "muscle" for his body and George is going to bring in leather for the outfit. I'm either going to send my naked character to a fashion designer to add the clothes, or make the outfit myself with latex-dipped scrim to make it like cloth.
I've also finish the hands for the character. They are pretty massive but I feel it is necessary for the matador cape. Finally, I got the tinfoil-tape cape and now I just have to wrap it in cloth and paint it.
As for live action stuff. Max's girlfriend is still ont he fence for filming on May 9th. Hopefully she can do it or it changes a lot of things. Also Max is going to check out a jib for me and the camera equipment, also the sound equipment. He's definitely saved me on that. Since he's done so much I wanted him to be my cinemaphotographer, so hopefully I'm making baby steps to the end goal.
Okay.... done for the day..
Thursday 8 April 2010
Locations for Live Action
The last random amount of work I've done is get my locations for my live action shoot. I'm a little worried I won't be able to check out a jib because I haven't had a lesson at UWE on them, but I hope there is still time to schedule a lesson. The locations are for when the brother and sister walk into frame and talk, and then the clothing store they try trousers on for. I got SO lucky with the location for the clothing store. Thanks to my angel known as Becka Maskell I have been able to get a film-friendly store called Motel, which was used for a couple episodes of Skins. I just need a red cloth for the dressing room and figure out some of the angles for the room as it is quite small.
It's going to crane down from the wire by the light to the characters then have a tracking shot for the rest of the scene.
The exterior of the clothing store.
Interior of the clothing store.
Interior of the changing room.
It's going to crane down from the wire by the light to the characters then have a tracking shot for the rest of the scene.
The exterior of the clothing store.
Interior of the clothing store.
Interior of the changing room.
Clay Armature
The reason I'll need to make a strict schedule is because I have done all my work in kind of a scattered "do a little bit in every category" style for the last couple of weeks and now that one animation is almost done, I can focus on finishing the other three parts of the film in some sort of order.
I've pretty much made my armature for the clay character. I had a class with my teacher Mary on how to make more stable armatures which is probably the best knowledge I'll get out of this semester. Joe Collins gave me some small wire which was a life saver and the fashion designer I did a music video for in the first year, Mel Lunn, will hopefully make the matador outfit. The tie ins on the bottoms are one of the most useful parts of the character. By using a product called "polymorph" I can boil water until it make the white beads into a putty, then when it hardens it's unmovable. Before it settles, I put screw in the bottom of the feet so that I can control the feet to a metal-mesh table with holes in it. The muscle is made of latex with memory foam. Yes, memory foam, the mattresses that you can put a glass of wine on and as much bouncing as you please, will not knock it over. I've finished the head but I need to finish the body so the last thing I need is more latex, which I hope to buy next week.
I've pretty much made my armature for the clay character. I had a class with my teacher Mary on how to make more stable armatures which is probably the best knowledge I'll get out of this semester. Joe Collins gave me some small wire which was a life saver and the fashion designer I did a music video for in the first year, Mel Lunn, will hopefully make the matador outfit. The tie ins on the bottoms are one of the most useful parts of the character. By using a product called "polymorph" I can boil water until it make the white beads into a putty, then when it hardens it's unmovable. Before it settles, I put screw in the bottom of the feet so that I can control the feet to a metal-mesh table with holes in it. The muscle is made of latex with memory foam. Yes, memory foam, the mattresses that you can put a glass of wine on and as much bouncing as you please, will not knock it over. I've finished the head but I need to finish the body so the last thing I need is more latex, which I hope to buy next week.
Animating 2D
Oh God...
After my Easter holiday I've just been working hours and hours on redrawing my characters. I've stupidly made it more complex as I've continued the work but I if I take the next two days to be completely free for animation, I feel I can get it done. That's only the drawings!!! From there, I need to retrace every image in black ink and then cut out each image. I've made an example of the look of the final 2d animation. I've done more of a water color of red on a sheet of animation paper and will place it behind each drawing I've made. I think after this I'll set a more strict schedule to meet all my deadlines.
After my Easter holiday I've just been working hours and hours on redrawing my characters. I've stupidly made it more complex as I've continued the work but I if I take the next two days to be completely free for animation, I feel I can get it done. That's only the drawings!!! From there, I need to retrace every image in black ink and then cut out each image. I've made an example of the look of the final 2d animation. I've done more of a water color of red on a sheet of animation paper and will place it behind each drawing I've made. I think after this I'll set a more strict schedule to meet all my deadlines.
Saturday 27 March 2010
Animatic
I've been working diligently on finishing my animatic for our pitches we had to present last Thursday. It definitely gave me an idea of how music helped keep the story going, which I hadn't even considered. Also it easily showed me ways to cut down a lot of the dialogue. I especially liked how some of the cross fades are going to look when switching from animation to the live action stuff at the beginning, middle, and end. I really look forward to the cross dissolve from the old, wooden look of the bull fighting gate to the dressing room. Since it's just an animatic, I used myself and my flatmate Sophie as the voices until the actors are hired.
Oh. I've also gone with the title of the film, One Leg At A Time.
Oh. I've also gone with the title of the film, One Leg At A Time.
Style for Hand Drawn
Been working all week trying to make an animatic and start getting designs for the clay animated section of my film if I want feedback on how to improve. The clay animation will be the biggest risk and will take the most time. I have the central style for how I will do my hand drawn stuff. I want to have the colorful splatter backgrounds that I saw a lot in Ren and Stimpy.
I want the background to be so colorful and detailed so that when the characters are simple black and white drawings like Don Hertzfeldt's work, they are more noticeable. I will do the opposite process for flash, by having simple backgrounds and colorful characters. This way it has a mixed style so everyone can have something they like. Or possibly hate.
Don Hertzfeldt's "Billy's Balloon"
I will be hand drawing the entire section of 2d animation over my Spring Break, so since internet is scarce I want to stay as far away from computers for this process. Instead of loading each image into After Effects to recolor it, I want to draw the simple characters on paper, then cut each frame out and animate it in front of the colorful background. The process of cutting each character could take just as long as After Effects, I would just prefer to have as little work on the computer because I know how much time will go into attempting flash.
I want the background to be so colorful and detailed so that when the characters are simple black and white drawings like Don Hertzfeldt's work, they are more noticeable. I will do the opposite process for flash, by having simple backgrounds and colorful characters. This way it has a mixed style so everyone can have something they like. Or possibly hate.
Don Hertzfeldt's "Billy's Balloon"
I will be hand drawing the entire section of 2d animation over my Spring Break, so since internet is scarce I want to stay as far away from computers for this process. Instead of loading each image into After Effects to recolor it, I want to draw the simple characters on paper, then cut each frame out and animate it in front of the colorful background. The process of cutting each character could take just as long as After Effects, I would just prefer to have as little work on the computer because I know how much time will go into attempting flash.
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Jose Line Test
Did my first practice animation of the 2-d hand drawn stuff for one of the scenes. In the scene Jose is pounding on the glass of a family photo album so this was a way to practice it.
Monday 22 March 2010
Flash Story for Jose
One of the three different animations that the film goes into is the life path where Jose makes millions by selling aged burped tupperware to rich men. It's done in flash and I attempted the final outcome of Jose with his money in flash. Definitely will add more depth and layers so it doesn't look so cartoonish.
Friday 19 March 2010
Hello Me.
Finally got going on my Blogspot after having it for quite some time. Thought it'd be a great way to organize the incredible amount of work I have and can see my development along the way. I'm working on a trousers/life film about a boy shopping for clothes but ultimately he ends up trying on different lifestyles instead. It's going to be live action up until he tries new life styles then it goes into different animations. I've made more work for myself because I want to get the most out of animation and take what I learn into my final year.
Thinking of ways to save myself time on animating and Mary helped me immensely today by showing me this Marmite ad with Paddington bear. It will save me building sets for my stop motion stuff and still keep it looking pretty cool.
Here's the commercial:
Here's how they made it:
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