Work Tuesday Again!

Guys Im at work 1-6 today but Im definately still gonna do some work tonight. Please can we have a repeat performance of last tuesday, everyone update their blogs with new work tonight at some point....

Much love

Edge X

Uv tests

The Uv's for the character are going very well, so once the final model is complete & given to me i'm very confident it wont take me long to fully UV him (I‘ve had enough practice as you can see).Here's an example of how busy ive been,
primarily whole of yesterday and early hours on this morning been spent on nailing some really good UV's


+ some examples of test maps

Bad News

My Photoshop has gone wrong guys, so cant do much texturing until i get it fixed, think i may need grigs to help me, so i may go back to some stuff i tried earlier like the bed etc or maybe the cable. i dunno im a bit anoyed was doing so well, i knew i shudnt have updated my comp oh well! I stil got a bit of unwrapping uv to do and can kind of work on the skin, but obviously need to do the textures and need photoshop oh well!

Well hope your having a good holiday!

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Well Played

Well the results are in. I think the day working at home proved to be a success. The only people who failed miserably were Alec and Phil.

Simon continued work on the machine, developed the texture and has almost finished UVing it out. He succssfully posted his work by 5.00pm.

Grigs made an awesome clothing texture and has informed us he's done more. He too posted to the deadline.

Spence posted early in the day to show how the UV mapping of Jed was going and I must say it looks pretty damn good.

I posted, granted, at quater past 5, my progress with the floor polisher model.

Phil and Alec did bugger all.

For those of you who did complete some work by 5, well done! You made our online class a success. Im really impressed with the work going down guys, so keep at it, I can genuinely feel a great film coming our way...

TOMMOROW CANCELLED

I know I said lets go in tommorow but check your mail and you'll see that the college closes at 12.30pm so theres no point. However everyone should have enough to get on with at home and so I suggest a mass blog session at 5.00pm tommorow. That way we can see what everyone achieved in the day it proves you did work!
Grigs I wana see 3 detalied, high resolution, boiler suit textures
Spence I wana see the UV's of the suit beginning to be mapped out
Si I wana see new texture tests for the machine, high res, and layered
Phil I dont wana see any of your bullshit
Alec lets face it we're not gonna see much from you, your a let down
I will post my dvelopments with Jed.

5.00pm I want to see blogs updated guysssssssssssssss

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Jobs

Alec requested I re-post everyones tasks this xmas, so here it goes:


-Grigs: Room bock out, Jed texture tests, Room texture tests

- Alec: Life Support Machine Model complete (pipes n all), Texture tests, Bed or Plug model blockout

- Spencer: Wall texture tests, Tile texture tests, any extra models

- Simon: Machine textures, objects textures, skin textures (important)

Please make sure we come back with most of this done.

Update blogs

guys, can we all make an effort to update our blogs please. At the moment it looks like we're producing no work. If you've tested something, no matter how small, post it. If not for grades then for team moral.

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request i think

not sure if you guys check im currently working on the machine its getting their, gona work on skin next week and other objects should be fine. but is their anything you want me t model? maybe my famous bed? or something as small as pipe? i dunno just throwing it out their if you need it.

lates

im gonna b in a bit late tomo, got an appointment in bed at 10.00 ;) X

A friend of mine suggested this clip from the film Airplane! Thought it was fairly similar to Polished Off in the respect the kid on the bed is suffocating while no else realises:

Smith Message

Alec, send that DVD pronto, Im in the mood to work on Jed. Remember to put 3 things on the disc:

- Maya 2010
- BBQ snaps
- Dissertation notes

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festival

As you were saying about festivals the other day Edgley, I think this one is a big deal, Shelley Page is on the judging panel.

https://www.encounters-festival.org.uk/

Done my essay

http://www.ukessays.com/index-nlbanner.php

Quickie

Boys, just to set the record straight - for friday bring in 2 folders, one for P.O, one for Splay - containing all your pre production work for this term.

Also Als if you wanted to do your shindig thursday night I can make it now, just not friday. Or if you want to stick to next monday thats cool with me aswell.

Im struggling with these essays guys...

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Presentation

Everyone in at 9.00 tommorow to run through the P.O and Splay presentations. We're going to look like complete dicks if we dont know whose saying what and when!

Edge X

Guys

Are we ready for Monday? how did the rest of Friday go?

More Sounds...

Grigs - a list of further sound effects needed...

- bed sheets rustle
- teeth glistening
- swoosh
- inhale
- heavy breathing
- mirror sheen
- polisher engine
- footsteps on clean kitchen floor
- wheel creak
- metal frame clanging
- grunts
- hand grabbing plastic tubing

Theres more i just cant think of them at the minute, that should keep you going though. We need to start getting them in the final animatic tommorow.

Bit of Brandin'

Simon's Materials

- Rubber tubing for electrical cords
- Clear, clean rubber tubbing for breathing tube
- Stainless steel for "Lifted" switches with those lines.
- Slightly Rusty red metal for large valve
- Grey Plastic for ports, terminals and small electrical equipment
- LED lights. On/Off. Reflective.
- Tiled Floor uncleaned. Slightly reflective.
- Tiled Floor clean and reflective.
- Ceramic sink
- Dirty metal for taps. Not insanely dirty just "used"
- Back Lit plastic casing for the back of the dials
- Cotton stitching for the seat
- Wood for chair seating
- Ceramic for pot (could be the same as the sink)
- Paper/Card for the bed side card
- White, painted metal for the bed rims
- White stitched cotton for the bed sheets and pillows
- Florescent lights in the ceiling
- Ceiling tiles

SUNDAY NIGHT!

this weeks going to be mental with essays presentations and all that jazz, so any work you could do tonight would be greatly appreciated. Im going to thumbnail. Please guys, lets stay one step ahead, and hopefully someone will get gold star in the morning X

4 Als

Sounds Needed

- Pump inhale
- Pump exhale
- Heart Monitor
- Machine blips/chatter
- One clock tick (we don't need a looping sound of a clock tick for every second.) It's more of a paklunk than a tick
- Lights turning on
- Light switch turning on
- Doors flapping
- Foot steps on tiles
- Swoosh (as he walks past the bed)
- Plug coming out
- Plug going in
- Machine revving
- Polisher loop (engine loop)
- Finger click
- Foot tape
- Boom/Doof for headphone banging
- Boing for bum shake
- Swish (for camera warp)

Tasks:

Thought I'd remind everyone of the priorities for P.O over the next week or so...

Myself:

Model Jed
Music & Sound fx
Final dance move list
Pose board
Finish thumbnailing

Als:

Animatic
Sound fx
Finish thumbnailing
Finish machine

Si:
Splay
(If available for P.O then - further cloth, steam, texture and wire tests. Also could begin unwrapping finished machine parts?)


Grigs & Phil:
Splay

Note: these tasks need to be complete in the next 2 weeks, as well as anything Phil needs you to do :S.

Storyboarding for films

I came across this really simple tutorial in the latest Imagine FX magazine on how to create a storyboard. It may be for live action, but the same method is applied for film or animation. I've been meaning to put this up on here for a while. Hope this helps in some way for both projects...

For Grigs to Disect.....

Hi mate, heres the latest flash mov. Be as brutal as you can, because it really isnt working at the moment. The timing and feel just isnt right. I think your right, it starts off too fast paced. If you could make a list of what needs changing, shot by shot that would be wicked. I think you have a good idea when it comes to editing and camera rules etc. Also please try and think of shots you would add and remove. Cheers pal X

stuff

Simon that's cool, we don't expect you to do anything on the weekends if you have other stuff, same for Grigs as we know he works too.

I also think we are getting into a better rhythm of working, at the start we went off like greyhounds and spent the next 3 weeks trying to recover. The last few days have been more relaxed and I'm finding I'm more driven to work on the projects. You can't sprint a marathon from the start, you have to jog 3/4 then sprint to the finish. We also now have to start our other projects so keep it relaxed and enjoy it.

Oh and I found the list not Dan Fail Edgeless.

To do list

Check out this document I found on moodle:

3rd YEAR FILM PIPELINE


1. DEVELOP IDEA

2. SCRIPT WRITING

3. ASSEMBLE TEAM

4. STORYBOARDING

5. RECORD SCRATCH TRACK

6. CHARACTER DESIGN

7. ANIMATIC (ROUGH - WEEK 5)

8. VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

9. PLAN PRODUCTION FLOW

10. BREAKDOWN SCENES – TASKS

11. MODEL CHARACTERS

12. MODEL/SETS/PROPS

(WEEK 9 BLOCK OUT ANIMATIC)

13. BUILD IK SKELETONS

14. PAINT AND SCAN TEXTURES

15. LAYOUT SCENE AND SETUP CAMERA

16. BLOCK - ANIMATE CHARACTERS

17. WRITE SHADERS

18. RENDERING TESTS

19. FACIAL BLEND LIP SYNC

20. RECORD FINAL DIALOGUE AND SOUND TRACK

21. ANIMATE CHARACTERS – (START WEEK 5 TERM 2)

22. FINAL EDIT DIALOGUE AND SOUNDTRACK

23. ANIMATE EFFECTS

24. LIGHT SCENES

25. FINAL RENDERING – ENTIRE SCENE OR LAYERS

26. COMPOSITING

27. REVIEWS/PREVIEWS/FIXES AND CHANGES

28. EDIT IMAGE AND SOUND

29. FINAL OUTPUT

30. QUALITY CONTROL AND RELEASE

ALL FILMS WILL BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED BY JUNE 15th

ANY INCOMPLETE ELEMENTS SUCH AS ANIMATION – SOUND ETC WILL MEAN THE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE UNIT.

( FINAL RENDERING PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED)

ILL

guys, im really sick. been in bed all day, and missed work. I'll do my best to come in tomo for formative. sorry

Gold Stars all Round

Right, tommorow everyone better come in with something that's gold star worthy. I dont want anyone saying they did nothing over the weekend, cause it wont be funny. Sort your lives out and come in with something that will amaze, and hopefully it will be the first ever gold stars all round day. Work boys, work.

P.S Phil Ive got your sore throat.

Flash File

Here's the Flash file you wanted Edge. Hope this works:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=59LQ462I

I third that

It's kinda late so I'm not going to go into specifics but I agree with what everyone else is saying. I'm really proud with the team and everyone's pulling their weight. The enthusiasm shown is a awesome and........

...that's all I can think of for now.

But the race is long guys, the finish line is beyond the horizon and we don't know if we're going to win yet. If we want to win the race guys, we need to run.

Fucking run.

Agreed

You've all done seriously great work so far, and have been putting in a lot of your own time, (which hasn't gone unnoticed) and we appreciate your patience when we try to explain something we envision to look like. I suppose I should write something nice about Edgley as he can't write it for himself.

So far you've probably already drawn about 3,000 decent images for your characters and environments, most people would be happy with a few to the quality you achieve. You're closing in on a style that is undoubtedly you and have made leaps of improvement in developing your film. I know you feel it soul destroying to think about having to change something you already thought you'd finalized, but remember this was always suppose to be hard, otherwise anyone could do it. I've no doubt you'll finish this film to a standard that excels most others, driven by your fierce determination and natural flare.

Edgleys Moral Post

Ok. I know I was in a bad mood today, things on my mind, Ed pissing me off etc. Anyway I want to say a few things...

Simon:

Mate, you've slotted into the team so well. You've been in everyday, sorting stuff out and getting on with it. Concepting was never your thing, yet you've churned out some awesome designs which take pride of place on our board. Recently you've become R&D man which is a job I never really thought about, but its vital. Figuring out all the technical problems we will face in advance is not just clever on your part, but will save us immense time in production. The wire tests look sweet, so keep at it man!

Grigs:

Again, perfect team member. You've become realiable and hilarious to work with. The work you've been producing is to a proffessional standard mate, and to be honest I never thought you were capable of it. You need to have more belief in your abilities because I couldn't do half the concepts you've done. You modellled, textured and lit a ward in 3 days! Thats unreal. Okay, you textured and lit in PS, but even so it looks stunning. I dont even need to mention the amount of work you've put into Splay as well. Plus you provide cans of drink and mum jokes every day. Keep going grigmeister!

Alec:

S***bag! As a producer, you are sorting us out so far mate. You've been hammering home deadlines and keeping us all on track with the schedule. As well as getting on everyones back, you have been jumping between projects and giving your classic advice and wisdom. I honestly think both projects would be completely different if you weren't around. Splay would be about circles falling in love, and mine would be about a fruit slinging maniac. Decisions are so important, and luckily for us, you love to deal with them. Add concepting, animation tests, thumbnailing, and flash animatics to the list and you've got a pretty damn good team member.

Phil:

Sometimes I wonder, what have you done for us, especially with no gold stars under your belt until today. However, you have done moreeeee than enough! You touch the keyboard and out comes a concept, its scary. You were born to direct Splay, its your baby, and its shaping up mighty fine. I think everyone is working to create the vision in your head, and your doing a great job guiding us. You worked harder than any of us on your project over summer, and filled half the board on the first day with concepts, I really dont understand how you failed to achieve a gold star until today (of course I'd never admit that to your face - I want one). Seriosuly Brooks, carry on like this and you're going to have to splash out serious amounts of cash entering Splay into every festival out there, cause it will win.

Spence:

Working on 3 projects must be hard pal, but some how your dealing with it! You seem to knock out these top quality paintings for both of us regularly, so well played man. All I can say is keep at it mate, your portfolio next year is going to be ridiculous! Im looking forward to gaining your help with texturing in production, as I think you know exactly what Im going for now. Thanks for all the effort so far mate. Help hitman now, they deserve some of your magic touch!

I wouldnt be a good director if I didnt tell you guys what I think. This post was meant as a thankyou, a pep talk, and hopefully to restore some moral. Keep going guys, Im grateful.

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Edge

Intresting Stuff

hey guys been doing a bit of home work this weekend, got some ideas for polished off in terms of final look, so render layers etc and also been looking into some new stuff i was telling you about SSS. Ohhh dont worry Phil may have something to show and tell you.

Lil bit of help...

Ok guys and gals (grigs), if you have any more ideas on how poor lil Ed can communicate with Jed then please post them. If you can think of any other ways he could grab his attention, without going too mad then that would be mighty handy. . .

Also Spence, for the nightime lighting in the ward, refer to one of those interent pictures grigs researched, as I think dark blue works. But for when the lights are on, try and create a cool light blue atmosphere with white tiles. Refer to "lost and found"s subtle patchy textures with very slight dirt. I know you got 3 films on the go, so whenever you find time mannnnnnn

MUCH LOVE XXX

Link

Hey guys a link below is to a website i have been keeping track on its really useful for what we are doing this year an animatic is on my blog from these guys just a heads up for us i guess.
http://gypsycartoon.com/default.aspx

Colour choices?

Hmmmm Im thinking pink or purple? Whats your feelings guys?

Storyboard Blog

Karen J Lloyd is a storyboard artist and she set up a story boarding blog offering advice. The great thing about this blog is that it's not story boarding specific; there is some great advice on portfolios, composition and other advice.

http://karenjlloyd.com/blog/home/

This pretty much needs to be in your favorites.

What a start!

Today "Polished Off" was green lit, and I can safely say - the feeling was almost better than sex with Alecs mum. I want to thank everyone who voted for it, and also wish all the other directors in the class the best of luck - especially Phil. Not because he's a dick, but because we are collaborating to produce 2 films. Yeah thats right 2........

"Splay" was also chosen, and so not wanting to give one up, we hired a trusty team to help create both - Alec, Spence, Simon and Grigs. The plan is as follows - Phil will obviously direct his. Alec will be producer for both - ensuring that the production pipeline runs smoothly, and that deadlines are met. The rest of the guys will freelance between the two, specialising in their skilled areas.

If everything goes to plan and jobs are spread evenly and effectively then I am confident we will produce 2 of the best animations ravensbourne has ever witnessed.

So without further a due - welcome to the Polished Off Blog - guys start blogging!

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