Update Holidays Week 1

My blogging is super slack at the moment. I really need to get back into the routine of blogging at the end of every day.

But lets recap the week!

Monday:

I worked on some of the starting scenes getting there timing right. I think SC1 is basically complete. The only thing i have really struggled with is SC1 SC3, the lighting is really had. I think its because i didn't really light it in PS so now trying to light something from scratch is tricky.

Wednesday:

I decided to start animating Emmett's faces. There are 15 shots that require facial animation, but unlike the rest of my production i thought ahead and made his face as simple as possible. Basically what i have been doing is drawing them frame by frame in flash, exporting them as a JPEG sequence and importing them into AF. Only problem i have encounter thus far is keying out the white sometimes doesn't work when changing the blending modes. I need some help with it but i'm not going to let it hold me back as i can always ask when we get back. I think i will construct a list of things i need assistance with.

Thursday:

Was a pretty slack day to be honest. I just fiddled around with little things.

I began animating the Vixens tail again. I think it looks a bit but she still seems to be slamming it down like she's pissed off.

SC3 originally had 3 shots. I have since combined and cut it down to 1 shot. I also had it zooming to reveal and wide shot of the window, but i have fiddled with it and think with the focus pull it looks much better with it zooming in to a close up. This shot still need work, but its coming together. I think the timing may need to be extended to probably 6 seconds to get the full impact of Emmett first siting Atticus.

Emmett's reflection has been a little tricky but now after changing the scene around i think it will be easier.

Last Friday:
I forgot to blog this, but Jack and i created the puzzle in Maya. It was really simpler and saved me so much time. Now i just need to animate the girl in the puzzle and we can add that as a texture to the pieces, which can be moved individually. I don't have maya operating at home so i am going to leave all that for when i get back.

Holiday to do list:
--> Re draw Puzzle girl/prepare her puppet for animating

--> Finish Emmett's facial animation.

--> Draw Atticus front/prepare puppet and animate in appropriate scenes.

--> Finish sound Edit.