Animatic

Revisited Scene 2's Animatic. It just didn't feel right so I did what I should have done right from the start and acted out the scene with a stop watch. Well the initial 34 seconds turned out to be grossly short (probably why it didn't feel right)

New Laptop

AM is a little graphics heavy so I needed to update to a PC with a reasonable amount of Graphics memory. Came across a cheap Acer Aspire with an i5 chip, 4gb (expandable to 8gb) RAM and a 1gb ATI video card (that can borrow more - up to 2.5gb) from the main RAM. Seems to wizz along with AM and I can get virtual real time playback in the Chor or Action windows - will save me all that rendering out to see my progress.

Working on a Scarecrow of Oz scene to hone my skills and determine the best screen layout and setup before moving back to the Animatic. My Mentors and Critics still have some changes for me (Script and Scene 2) so I want to iron those out before moving to the next scene.

Animatic

As I previously mentioned I am bypassing the storyboard and going straight to the animatic. That work started a couple of days ago and is progressing well (I think) but I am going to have to rely on my mentors to keep my camera movement and timing on track.

The movie will essentially have 6 sequences(The Opening Sequence, The arrival, The Journey, The Main Event/Climax, The Ending and The End Credits) and I have finished the first cut of the animatic of Sequence 2 - The Arrival (~34 seconds). Most of the movie is taken up in Sequence 4 - Main Event/Climax where the dialogue alone runs to ~ 2.5 minutes.

Anyone know any good free voice talent :)

Project Planning

Busy building the Project Plan for the movie. Nice package available for Windows (and OSX I think) called OpenProj (and it's free) that mimics MS Project (which I am used to and use daily at work).

The worrying fact is the end date keeps moving to the right.....