2 days to go and summary

there's 2 days to go. My folders are ready (pretty much). i really can't gage how well i'm going to do. usually i can guess what mark to expect but i really don't know what to think.

i feel like i have done as much work as i could have considering the time i've had. my first project being cancelled really didn't help. looking at how much i have managed to achieved by cracking the whip i feel like if the first project wasn't cancelled, we could have definitely had a good chance of getting the film done. but oh well, that's all in the past now.

i want to specialise in pre visual work but unfortunately i don't think i have been able to focus enough on that as i would have liked.

my main folder is artistic. i feel like i have a healthy chunk of work in there but i would have liked to have been able to spend a little more time on developing the pre vis work and developing my skills even further.

in terms of the film. i have 2 shots rendered and 4 more almost ready to render. then after that 3 more to go. i know i wont have it ready for hand in. thankfully we don't get marked on the film it's literally something to show for our grad exhibition. I think i have an alright chance to get things done in time for final hand in for the show which is 23rd June. if not then there is also another chance to exhibit work. this is the skill set exhibition which hopefully i will be chosen for then i can show my work there.

if i can get a rough version ready for the Ravensbourne show then a final rendered, polished version for the skill set show i would be really happy and feel like i have achieved soemthing this year.
at the moment i don't feel like i have achieved somethign too great when it comes to quality but i think i have done pretty well organisation wise. being able to have a project canceled then have half a year and no dedicated team to come this far with the amount of work and the quality i have been able to achieve in some areas i am very proud. against all odds i have managed to get a decent amount of work done.
in producer terms i am quite happy with this and proud of myself and the freelance members i have been able to get help from.

i am very thankful to all of those that have helped me, and my tutors not giving up on me (no Dan this isn't me sucking up). i owe my fellow students that have worked on this with me everything. without them i wouldn't be anywhere near as far on as i am. you guys are the best!

rendering rocket outside

so i recently finished this scene and i have waited till now to render it. so here it is.



i'm pretty happy with how it's come out. i mean with a bit more time i could tweak things till i was 100% happy with it but hey ho. time is of the essence!

rocket scene

so for exterior rocket shot it is flying through the sky. like i said a few posts ago after experimenting with clouds i dont want to go down the realistic route.

so i have decided to just do a simple matte painting.



hopefully this will work nicely.

only down side of this is when the ship moves the clouds will only be behind. so i will export the cloud layer from the mate painting and in premier when i put the frames together i will place the clouds over the top, turn the opacity down and set key frames so they move past in foreground.

E&E

SUCKS. wasting my time!

poster

cheeky little poster i knocked together.




the date is the date of the skill set exhibition. the deadline i think i will most likely be able to hit.

folders

just been concentrating on making my folders as strong as possible.

i really should have doen this from the start, getting a little tedious having to sift through all my files to find the ones i want to include.

it's actually quite time consuming.

some beauty shots

here are some beauty shots i rendered for joe to put in his portfolio/blog or something. look kinda nice.