Final Restorative Justice Film - Balance

Here is our final film and we managed to get it finished before deadline!

Now time to reflect. Personally if we could change anything about the film I would have really liked to have seen more colour and followed our moodboard, perhaps doing a more minimalized version of Shepard Fairey’s work. We decided against adding colours in the end because the whole idea about our film is that the figures are indistinguishable and by adding colours to them the audience could accidentally be looking for some sort of symbolism that isn’t there. Also, we were using After Effects and Flash to animate but looking back on the process it would have gone more smoothly if we just animated it all in Flash.

Overall the experience was a little stressful but I am proud of our group for getting it done in a week and I am happy with the film. I have learnt that it helps to be upfront with people and tell them exactly what needs to be done. It’s better to be clear than be left getting an unfinished shot. And to always be in contact with your group because anything can happen. There are a few glitches in the film that need to be fixed but due to time they cannot be fixed before deadline but they can be done after but I think the film did come out how we wanted it to.

VFX Shots 01 and 02 and Breakdown

Shot 01 Jekyll and Hyde/Hemlock Grove

In the end the shot is not as clean or sharp as I would have liked it, however there are similarities to the Hemlock Grove ad and I feel like I have managed to put across my intention for this shot. If I had more time I would have liked to have done a version with brighter colours and more emotions. I used a tutorial that I found online that saved me because I had no idea how to start it and it is exactly what I wanted my shot to look like, which can be found here.

Shot 02 Boom 

If I had more time I would have liked to have done more animation, rather than just a word it would have been exciting to see what a sentence or short paragraph would turn out. Despite its length I am happy with it, I just wish I could have done more to it.

Breakdown
Here is a video showing how all the shots have been put together.

Crew Work Final

Here is my final showreel of the work I have for the crew project this semester. I really would have liked to have done more but I just got overwhelmed with work and I had problems with the software licensing as only ten computers could use Toonboom. This was also the first time that I have used Toonboom and I gave myself a day to learn the basics so I could animate the next day. I picked it up pretty quickly and didn't have many issues with it 'animation wise'.

VFX 'Loving You' Finished Shot

After helping build the room I worked out that there would be seven out of 8 shots that needed to be worked on. Two were green screens, one where the reflection of a mirror is flipped upside down and the rest were clean ups to get rid of cracks in the ceiling, walls and floor from the build. The shots I worked on were the clean ups of getting rid of the cracks and the upside down reflection. I also fixed the shadows on the edited greenscreen shots so the model fit slightly better in the upside down room.

I enjoyed working on Alex's film and I cannot wait to see the finished project. I have definitely learnt some new lessons working on these three shots, especially what to avoid when working with a green screen. In general I am content with what I have made with this project.

RJ Final Animatic

This is oursixth and final animatic made by Elisabeth. After being told to make changes every time we showed our new one, this was the one. Slightly worrying now that we only have a week and a half until deadline to get it finished but it WILL get done on time! Positive thinking!

VFX 'Loving You' On Set - Day Two

Today was filming day on set. Holly and I booked out two portable greenscreens and set it up waiting for it to be used. A few tweaks were made and added to the room this morning. It was so interesting to see what happens on these sort of things; the lighting and camera set up and how professional it all was. 

Here director Alex is giving directions to the model on how to walk through the room.

Holly and me did have trouble with the greenscreen as no matter what we did there were shadows and wrinkles. Eventually there was nothing we could do but hope that when we come to do the edit the shots they would be okay and fixable. 

It was a really good experience being on set and being a part of it watching it all come together.

VFX 'Loving You' On Set - Day One

Today I was on set where my collaboration shot was going to be filmed. They started the build of the set yesterday, but unfortunately I couldn't make it until today. Basically Alex started with an empty studio and when I walked in this morning a room was partially created and it looked really cool. I helped by painting a few skirting boards and putting up the rest of the walls. There was a little bit of stress in the air as all the building had to be finished to day because tomorrow would be spent all day filming and the hardest part was to put the ceiling on. We only had until 16:30 until the studio closed but it was done. A few small things still had to be done but that can be fixed tomorrow morning. It was a nice change from being cooped up in the studio staring at a computer.