Got Bored Of Dissertation

So I digress a little.  I didn't model him don't be silly.  Just going to try and animate him being shocked - maybe... I haven't quite decided yet.  Practise animation.  Thats the aim of the game! lol

I know

Its been a while.
Today I've got a dissertation tutorial so I doubt I'll get much more done but I've been listening to different audio tracks for our film.  Found a few royalty free sits which may well be useful later on to give examples of what Sam and I want to hear.  If Lewis does do our audio it would be great as we have a great understanding between our group and his.

Couple of royalty Free Sites:

Royalty Free Music

Incompetech

BACK ON IT

The dissertation I mean of course... Its tiresome but I keep finding relevant material! Darn it!

Fundrasier

Well guys we managed to do really well selling the doughnuts - unfortunately I didn't even get ONE!!! I think we'll have to do it again some time soon.  Maybe order them in a week or so (so the order will come in about 3 or 4 weeks.  We managed to make about 100 quid profit taking away the 55 pound it cost to purchase them.  Which I still need to claim back lol

Tomorrow

We ... sell.... donuts!

PPD Pressure

I'm really finding that PPD is wasting my time I could be spending on my dissertation.  Instead I'm pretending to apply for fake jobs in all the same company and changing minor details of the job and details on the CV to make me more employable.  Just seems silly to me and therefore I have altered the Brief for the formative to make it more worth while for me.  Giving me a broader understanding of Jobs within in the industry

Monday

Sam, myself and Ferhan were in today.  Sam and I had a lot to organise when it came down to the Games Tournement.  Attempting to get permission and finalise advertising for the fundraising event.  We figured we needed help so we asked Max Saunders to give us a hand.  He knows all the IT guys anyway and they were more likely to say yes to him.  They did.  We have now booked out the Emerald Lab and the Lecture Theatre on the 31st March (Wednesday) at 4pm onwards for our tournament.  We are hoping to have Street Fighter happening within the Lecture Theatre (as it all happens on one screen) and then Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 happening on multiple monitors in the Emerald Lab.  If this is a hit I'm sure the following years may attempt such exercises.

Things

Things are moving quite slowly now... but hey.  What you going to do.  We have a dissertation to concentrate on which is really REALLY fun and exciting.  To be honest I'm not trying to leave it to the last minute but its difficult to concentrate when we have tasks such as PPD and other odd jobs to do at the same time.

Hm

CSC Contact

I heard back from Remy today from Chart Show.  He says he's currently on holiday however to remind him once he's back and he'll see what he can do.  Sounds promising so far... 

That was REALLY a long shot but at least he remembers me somewhat.

Blog Update

Just felt like NOT doing any dissertation again tonight... therefore I have given my blog its half way through the year make over :) Wooo
Also added a Schedule to the bottom of the page ... well its just a calendar however it CAN be my schedule!

Wednesday

Today Mike Smith came in and spoke to me. I was only in half the day but I explained to him how we were getting on and how well we were all working as a team.  I think we are working well as a team but we could always improve as any team could.  We are all fairly hard working - some more than others.  And we all make the effort to come in on certain days.  I hope that everyone else is getting their dissertation done with this time off that everyone has.  Only being scheduled in one day a week I think is giving people a reason to relax as they have nothing to show each time for a week at a time.  I'd like to see more progress with the film however the Dissertation has to take priority for some people at the moment which is understandable.  As long as we chug along slowly we'll be ok.  I think we have a few new deadlines to meet for Rave Live (Rave On Air).
I believe Rave Live (ROA) is on the 17th May and therefore if we could get a teaser trailer done by the 7th of May - this will give us a good starting point for advertising.  Also this could be used to send out to companies as a reminder.
Other things Mike knows about is the Merchandise available to Whack'd.  Let that one slip but I told him to stay Shtum.
Hope Sam orders the next set soon and we can all owe him some cash.


Mike Smith also brought up a couple of key points for me to take into consideration - although he seemed to think I had finished texturing :s.... he said that add a nice bump map to things.  And the wood finish seems a little bit TOO well finished for some boards that have been stuck up to cover a window on an abandoned apartment.  Which is a valid point.  May attempt to re-model the boards (same shape and size) and alter the model by adding some fraying areas on the wood maybe a couple of digs too.

Blood Simple Ending Scene- Dust Reference

Cheers Jared - he gave me a list of bits and bobs to watch. This last scene has a great reference for dust in the light that I can use... as well as creating a perfect mood and amount of tension between two characters!

Studio AKA and Other

Studio Aka's Ren Pesci replied to my email today and said to contact her closer to the time and re-invite her. At least shes semi interested.
We did some fundraising bits and bobs today as well as had a meeting from the Graphics/Moving image guys about the designs etc. All looks pretty good so far however a few things came up which are bound to come back tomorrow at the meeting. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend considering I have prior engagements.

Beginning TO think

Shock horror.....maybe I should start texturing soon... not too much more modelling to go surely. And I may well have to model some of Stu's apartment now he's lost his usb... he will search for it tomorrow as he said on the main blog however if worst comes to the worst... I can always jump on board.

All Night Long....ALL NIGHT

From the first Image... didn't REALLY like the shadow I was getting off of the large light on the bottle...So I moved it into the corner for the second shot... which I think looks nice as well. Also notice the plug and wire.

Waltz With Bashir

Just watched this... The opening shot was awesome by the way!

Does it Need An Occy?

Interesting

Possible Way of Occluding INDOOR?

Ambient occlusion shader method
1. Save your scene as a new file to avoid losing any data.
2. Set your renderer to mental ray.
3. Set the background color to white and the global light to zero (everything is black).
4. select all the objects and give them a standard material, set it's color to white.
5. place an ambient/occlusion map in the self-ilumination slot (more samples for higher quality).
6. delete all the lights in your scene (they are unnecessary for this)
7. render.

Late Night Modeller

After going out for a few hours ... not doing my dissertation or anything I felt like I should come home and do some modelling. So I slapped some things together and got a few nice renders. :) May have to get rid of the top part of the paper falling off... not sure how easy this will be however I think it's a little too much on that wall with it.
I like the hole though.

Digital StoryBoard and Fundraising Traumas

This was supposed to be posted yesterday but hey... A day or two doesn't matter.
Today I've been doing a fair bit of ADMIN stuff... trying to organise fundraising and bits and bobs for the degree show - Simon Asked me to do a quick bit of texturing for some of the Graphics Students for the Pitch Tuesday. So I did. I have also been e-mailing James Norman about the best date to do the Fundraising with Krispy Kremes Doughnuts. He said that the week beginning the 15th February The FE courses are away on a reading week.... so thats a LOT less students. SOooo.... James Norman and I both kind of agreed that it would be best to attempt raising the money on the following Monday, the 22nd February.
Just hope Thats not too late

Wish I had His Brain

Johnny Lee!!! WOW!

Research is Always On Going

Dusty Room - Reference Images
Just a few to have a look at when creating DUST - Decided I'm not quite there

Dust.....Anybody DUST!

Yeh... so I boosted a BIG old file here... Long story how I managed it but you can see the dust. I'll show you in person when Monday comes...looks pretty pukka for a first attempt. Guna keep trying though.

Todays Renders

We got some good renders out today. it was only Sam, Stu and myself in from team Whack'd but thats neither here nor there. The room that I've modelled was causing a slight problem with lighting etc as we wanted it to be deep and dark to set a serious state, however I think Sam and I have almost got it... I believe there is one extra Shot that needs to be put in however I'm not sure what Sam thinks. I think it was a slight too much of a jump from one side to the other but I'll have to speak to the guys on Monday when everyone is in. Here are a few shots we were rendering today.

Sam and I worked on these shots together... His cameras... My lighting... I think the face shot will need to be closer mind you.

V Water Advert

Saw this in the Cinema and loved it. :) (Please note I didn't pay to see this in the cinema -it was a trailer before a film!!! :p

Tease

Just the shot I was working on yesterday for a bit.... figured it could look cool for one of the opening shots to have him in the background as he opens the door and walks by.

Research

Doing Research today. Reading up about Blend Shapes on the head... all seems quite complex however I am reading about it... so hopefully it'll work when it comes to it :s

References for Shots.

Saw this on Tv the other day... just thought I'd reference it for SLOW-MO shots if we are going to have any of them... not sure need to still clear this up with Sam... got a good idea for the ending again... but not sure how it would work just yet...