9-13-12 Post: Things are going well

The story is shaping up, the first part of the video has been roughly story boarded and part two is written.  Almost done writing, and I should be all set for the group critique next Monday!

And with those good notes, I leave with this.

Made from boredom last night:

BFA Contract

Chris Dike BFA Contract

1.

I will work on a short film or montage of clips showcasing visual effects and animation composited into live action.  It will be one video.

2.

The ideas behind this project are more along the lines of “What can I pull off, that will still be a challenge and show off what I can accomplish”.  The themes are unknown and will probably be deduced by the viewer.

3.

The aesthetics will be sci-fi, mechanical character and/or organic characters integrated into live action.
They may or may not be catered to support the concept.

4.

In the end, it will be a HD 720p video.  It can be played on a monitor or on a projector.

5.
This how the setup may look.

6.

I will need an HD TV or monitor, a DVD player or Laptop, a video cable to connect the two, something to put them both on separately or together, a power outlet, and possibly speakers or head phones.

7.

Production Calendar

Week of Dec-9  Prep for show

Week of Dec-2  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Nov-25  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Nov-18  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Nov-11  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Nov-4  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Oct-28  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Oct-21  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Oct-14  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Oct-7  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Sep-30  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Sep-23  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Sep-16  Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots, Animate characters, Visual effects, Rendering

Week of Sep-9  Model & rig CG characters, Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots

Week of Sep-2  Model & rig CG characters, Shoot video clips, Motion track current shots

 

CG Character(s) for BFA thesesis visual FX shots

So I finished modeling the character(s) I want to have in at least a few of my visual effects shot.
It's all subject to change.

Here's a render.

(I do intend to have a lot of the panels moving around as secondary animation.)