This is for shot 3, there will be a hand above Pip testing the strings before the monster ducks down near her. I'm fairly pleased with how it is going, I think the timing needs to be a bit quicker at the beginning of the movement.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Hand Sizing
In hindsight I should have done this before beginning to animate the strings to get a good idea of what angle they should lead up towards when pulled tight on Pip. However after doing some tests I think I got it close enough to not have to re-do the work.
That was the first point of testing the hand sizes the other is to keep a relatively correct scale between different shots and gage what size hands look best for both shot 3 and shot 5 (when Pip and the hand are dancing in sync together). In regards to shot 5 originally I had wanted the hand to be about the same size as Pip when standing on 2 fingers but now I am going with something bigger, I think it looks better and emphasizes the scale of the monsters more and it also helps the hands looking too small in shot 3.
Lastly when doing the hand scaling it made me think about the perspective of which I am to shoot the hand footage for shot 3. If the hand was lying out flat above Pip then it should be shot from slightly below however as the hand will be a smokey silhouette I need it to be in a position with a clearly outlined shape otherwise it ends up just looking like a blob. Its good this problem has come to mind before I have gotten around to shooting the hand footage as I now know I will need to shoot it from 2 different angles to see what works best.
Shot 3
Shot 5
That was the first point of testing the hand sizes the other is to keep a relatively correct scale between different shots and gage what size hands look best for both shot 3 and shot 5 (when Pip and the hand are dancing in sync together). In regards to shot 5 originally I had wanted the hand to be about the same size as Pip when standing on 2 fingers but now I am going with something bigger, I think it looks better and emphasizes the scale of the monsters more and it also helps the hands looking too small in shot 3.
Lastly when doing the hand scaling it made me think about the perspective of which I am to shoot the hand footage for shot 3. If the hand was lying out flat above Pip then it should be shot from slightly below however as the hand will be a smokey silhouette I need it to be in a position with a clearly outlined shape otherwise it ends up just looking like a blob. Its good this problem has come to mind before I have gotten around to shooting the hand footage as I now know I will need to shoot it from 2 different angles to see what works best.
Shot 3
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Animating the Strings
This was my first attempt at animating the strings on Pip. It went really well, it wasn't quick but quicker than I expected. I'm using a combination of frame by frame and tweens in Flash. The strings look kinda crap here as the video is low res, high res it looks great. I'm really happy with it.
Rough Edit of Footage & Backgrounds
Still have a long way to go with the edit but everything is basically about where it needs to be so I can start getting into the animation. We did well for shooting on green screen especially as it was my first time, extracting the green was quick and easy and the edge on Pip looks great.
Taking Jacks advice I got the camera up nice and high for the extreme long shots, it's not overly obvious watching this edit but with the monster in their drawn in perspective should help drive it home.
The edit so far
I took a range of photos of Pip in different poses as I have an idea for the DVD case. The front cover being this pose
and the back cover being the same pose but Pip in the other costume to show the 2 sides of her character. Obviously I'll get rid of the green and do something with the background.
Taking Jacks advice I got the camera up nice and high for the extreme long shots, it's not overly obvious watching this edit but with the monster in their drawn in perspective should help drive it home.
The edit so far
I took a range of photos of Pip in different poses as I have an idea for the DVD case. The front cover being this pose
and the back cover being the same pose but Pip in the other costume to show the 2 sides of her character. Obviously I'll get rid of the green and do something with the background.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Green Screen Shoot
I filmed the green screen shoot over the weekend. I set up the lighting and equiptment on the Saturday with Paul and filmed on the sunday with Pip (dancer), Lucy (make-up), Paul (camer/lights) Aimz (runner). The shoot went well, I got everything nessesary filmed, it was a rushed towards the end to get it completed in time but overall I was pleased with everything. THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HELP!
Shot 4
There where a couple of small issues whilst filming, the head peice that was stuck to Pips head would come off occasionally, some of the bulbs for the lights blew and I didn't have enough time for the planned make-up setup for the second costume (ballet costume) but going with somthing simple and quick worked fine.
Getting all the equiptment almost didn't happen, I convinced Collin to allow me to rent it as I proposed I be shown and signed off as being capable of using the equiptment by Anders before hand. I also needed to organise everything to be stored in the Holmesglen Security office as getting a car and coming to Melbourne on friday to pick up the equiptment and fit it in a car was not looking possible. So thanks also to the Holmesglen security staff for their help.
I've put the footage into a rough edit and keyed out the green roughly as well to get an idea of how everything is fitting together, it seems to be coming along pretty well. At the moment I'm just refining the edit and keying a bit and next I will export an image sequence of the edit to take into flash so I can begin staging out the monster and having a go at working out how to animate the strings from Pip to the hand.
I also took some photos on the Sunday that I might use with the DVD cover and extra's with the pack we need to make, taking photos of the shoot in progress and the set-up was a good idea to include as extras in the DVD.
Some pics from the shoot
Shot 4
There where a couple of small issues whilst filming, the head peice that was stuck to Pips head would come off occasionally, some of the bulbs for the lights blew and I didn't have enough time for the planned make-up setup for the second costume (ballet costume) but going with somthing simple and quick worked fine.
Getting all the equiptment almost didn't happen, I convinced Collin to allow me to rent it as I proposed I be shown and signed off as being capable of using the equiptment by Anders before hand. I also needed to organise everything to be stored in the Holmesglen Security office as getting a car and coming to Melbourne on friday to pick up the equiptment and fit it in a car was not looking possible. So thanks also to the Holmesglen security staff for their help.
I've put the footage into a rough edit and keyed out the green roughly as well to get an idea of how everything is fitting together, it seems to be coming along pretty well. At the moment I'm just refining the edit and keying a bit and next I will export an image sequence of the edit to take into flash so I can begin staging out the monster and having a go at working out how to animate the strings from Pip to the hand.
I also took some photos on the Sunday that I might use with the DVD cover and extra's with the pack we need to make, taking photos of the shoot in progress and the set-up was a good idea to include as extras in the DVD.
Some pics from the shoot
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Continuous Spinning Test
This is a test I did on the holidays to see how easy/tricky it would be to continuously loop Pip spinning on the spot. This was my first attempt and it worked out pretty well.
It is a bit jerky but considering I didn't have this test in mind or re-film multiple spins of Pip to get the best footage for the spin I'm happy with it. The jerk that is seen on the initial transition from the footage of Pip into the first part of the loop is too jerky for my liking but I plan to avoid this by changing the camera shot on the completion of the dance (which finishes in the spin loop) and cut out to a wider shot where Pip will already be in the spinning loop.
It is a bit jerky but considering I didn't have this test in mind or re-film multiple spins of Pip to get the best footage for the spin I'm happy with it. The jerk that is seen on the initial transition from the footage of Pip into the first part of the loop is too jerky for my liking but I plan to avoid this by changing the camera shot on the completion of the dance (which finishes in the spin loop) and cut out to a wider shot where Pip will already be in the spinning loop.
Changes, Filming & Backgrounds
Changes
Due to limited time with Pip I have cut my film down from 3 songs to 1. I wasn't keen on cutting out so much of the film but it was the only way to make it possible to film, the bonus to this is it has also cut down my work load.
Filming
I worked out the dance with Pip last sunday and I am filming it this coming sunday, I have been learning how to use all the equiptment I need it has been a fair proccess organising a crew of 4 the equiptment hire and green screen room, luckly I have managed to get it all together in a very short amount of time. I had other arrangments made before this but they had fallen through.
Chereographing the dance went well I am pretty pleased with it, I have input the footage into my running comp.
Backgrounds
As the film has been cut down to just the one song the only backgrounds I now need to make are a gradient of dark blue to black, I have created them all and they are also now in my running comp.
Due to limited time with Pip I have cut my film down from 3 songs to 1. I wasn't keen on cutting out so much of the film but it was the only way to make it possible to film, the bonus to this is it has also cut down my work load.
Filming
I worked out the dance with Pip last sunday and I am filming it this coming sunday, I have been learning how to use all the equiptment I need it has been a fair proccess organising a crew of 4 the equiptment hire and green screen room, luckly I have managed to get it all together in a very short amount of time. I had other arrangments made before this but they had fallen through.
Chereographing the dance went well I am pretty pleased with it, I have input the footage into my running comp.
Backgrounds
As the film has been cut down to just the one song the only backgrounds I now need to make are a gradient of dark blue to black, I have created them all and they are also now in my running comp.
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