It's finally over.. . .. ... ..SUBMISSION!

*SUBMISSION TODAY!*

Wow!

Still can't believe the course has ended today. . .. .. so weird!

Jessica got most of the renders and the effects completed - even though there were still some things to do such as some changes of the soundtrack - the important thing is to hand in the whole story of the animation for submission today. At least Jess still have 2 more weeks to get some things finished for the Degree Show.


*Personal thoughts about the course*
After 3 long years - its finally over. It was a shame that my project group got canceled - but in a way it was a good thing. The reason is because I was able to work/experiment on different areas with other people's projects. For example, I got good feedback on the use of colours for the backgrounds which I really enjoyed working on; I got to work on animating - I realised that animating was more complicated than I thought. And finally, I never thought I get to work on Sound Designing - I did enjoyed that and glad that I made good progress with it.

After working/experimenting on different areas during this course and I would say I want to specialise in modeling - I find animating quite difficult so I'm planning to stick with the modeling and designing areas. I still need to work hard on my skills if I want an animation career, I would say my skills are intermediate level, but I'm not satisfied with it. I still need practice!!!


*What's next?*
For the time being, I'm going to enjoy my summer holiday and then I'll work on a new project for myself - one reason is to brush up my skills and the other to show something as my portfolio if I were to look for work experiences/ jobs.

I'm defiantly will miss the people from my BA Class.. .. .. *sniff*. LOL - but I'm sure we'll still be able to see/contact each other (most people uses Facebook anyways!) and who knows, we may be working in the same company!

Well for the people in my BA Animation Course:

"I wish everyone best of luck for the future! -
Hope we'll still be able to see each other or even work at
the same company some day!"

*HUGS*! ^_^

Soundtrack found!! Just some adjustments!

Jessica decided on using Soundtrack 18.

Just some small adjustments:

1. Original sound - the violin plays just when the camera focuses on the little girl on the window.
2. Changes - move the sound a bit earlier so the violin starts early.

1. Original sound 2 - there's a 'eeeep' noise which starts just before the moon falls down.
2. Changes - the 'eeeep' noise is moved forward to when the moon falls down.

^_^

Soundtrack FOUND???

Other than helping Jessica with some rendering for the past 2 days or so - I made 2 new soundtracks:

Soundtrack 17

Soundtrack 18

Jessica liked Soundtrack 18 and it looks like we'll be using it for the animation! The title of the music I've used seem to fit quite well with Jessica's animation (well to me anyways ^_^):

• NAME: (二泉映月) Moon Reflected on the Erh-Chuan (Also know as: The Moon Mirrored in the Spring)
  
• ARTIST: 俞丽拿
• ALBUM: 小提琴协奏曲梁山伯与祝英台及中国小品 (The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Other Chinese Pieces)
• GENRE: Classical

Still rendering + more echo effect

I am currently still rendering!

Made another echo effect on one part of the animatic - here's the sample (used soundtrack 5):

Rendering, rendering, rendering... ...And soundeffects! :P

Going to try to experiment as much soundtracks for Jess's animation as soon as possible.

I am currently helping her to render out some scenes (taken quite some time - at least 3 hours or more or each scene!) so on the safe side, I will not work on anyone else's group project.

Rendering.. .. .. Rendering.. .. .. !

Here's edit soundtrack 5 with some echo effects:

Granny playing Chess

I got an email from Rachel on Tuesday and it turns out that the Old Lady/Granny that's playing Chess will still appear in various shots of the animation. So I've been asked to animate the character a bit longer (only in specific shots that could focus the granny).

Rachel sent me the shot list and she highlighted the shots which would show the granny playing chess. Here's what I've done (NOTE: The videos shown below are NOT the default cameras that would be used in the film - it's just to show the front of the granny playing chess):

From Frame 50 - 100 (would be used in Camera2) -
The right hand was a bit difficult to animate!:


Frame 200-250:


Frame 475 - 575 AND 575 - 626 combined
(2 different cameras):


Frame 775 -875:


Frame 950 - 1075:


Frame 1225-1350:


Frame 2050 - 2100:


Frame 2200 - 2225:
(Nothing Special here - just making as if the
Granny is slowly considering her next move -
its a very fast shot anyways):


Frame 2400 - 2425:


Frame 2500 - 2575:

Frame 2900 - 2975:

*The Moon's Smile* - I've also been helping Jessica with some rendering. I'm still looking for songs/music for her so hopefully we will have the music done soon!

More Soundtracks!!!

I've found new music on the Internet last night, here's the weblink:

http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/chinese-music
/html/mp3.html

...and manage to edit 5 new soundtracks for Jess:

Soundtrack 12

Soundtrack 13



Soundtrack 14
(This is the first soundtrack I've included music with someone
singing - I personally like it as it got a nice touch/feel
(very traditional I thought), but it's just an experiment so
I'm not sure what other people will think!):


Soundtrack 15


Soundtrack 16

Almost forgot that I need to summit my PPD (version 2) - by this coming Friday! Need to work on that maybe tomorrow... .. ..

Almost done with the animating

I've made some changes of the Old Lady/Granny watching TV:

Been slow for the past couple of days - I am aiming to get the jobs I got from the Grim Reaper project done by the end of today.

Woo Hoo! - finish animating the Old Granny playing Chess.. .. .. by herself! Weird I know! But I haven't received the Old Grandpa model so I'll see what happens. I've already sent the maya files to Rachel - just waiting for feedback.

This is Camera 8 from the animatic - I'm not sure why
there's a weird movement on the Granny's shoulders when
I first play blast this scene....

This is more better:

This is the perspective view if the camera were to
focus on the Granny's face: