Birth of a Knight

Well, that was entertaining... This last week has been a roller coaster ride through obstacles both typical and totally out of the blue. With the prep work culminating in the Friday shoot, inertia had built up to a point where the show must indeed go on. Suddenly, thirty minutes from call time, Becca texts that something unforeseen had come up and she couldn't make it. The ball was already rolling, and people were on their way, so a quick phone call and crash course later Elizabeth had taken on the role of the Knight, and we had divided into two teams to get the shoot rolling.

Team A went to a local graveyard to set up the opening scene, whilst Team B stayed behind to do the makeup work for the Knight.

 

 

After that, we met up again and set out for the second location, a forest trail that would backdrop the fateful meeting.

 

 

 

All told, even with the unexpected recast, we finished on time, with only an average number of issues to fix in the editing suite. Another shoot has been slated for Friday night, but with the impending rain, it remains to be seen if that will happen.

Well, that's about all for this week. Until next time

Fire and Blood

Okay, over the top title notwithstanding, this week had some notable milestones. With the blades finished...

 

We turned to preparing for the next couple shoots, from blocking out scenes, to costuming the actors.

One of our crew members has been working on perfecting her injury makeup, so we're definitely looking forward to seeing that in action. All in all, it's looking like a wild week. See ya on the other side!

Just 'Round the Corner

Greetings one and all! It is with a good deal of joy and relief that I announce that the lightsaber blade animations for the LCC are almost completed! The blades proper have been finished, but we still need to mask out where they pass behind the other combatant (which is quite frequently in this section,) animate the clashes, burns, and the occasional Force blast. After that it's all sound and music.

 

We finally cast our lead characters for the promo short, Becca playing the Knight, and Sidney here playing Callie. (Below, the beginnings of a costuming session.)

 

 

Props have begun to arrive, and are being experimented on to give them the "Chaosverse" look. (Title not final, obviously.) The tentative schedule has been set, with the principal shoot taking place Friday of next week.

Well, that's about all for now. Until next time!

We're BACK!

After a month of plodding, we've finally got something on the docket to shake things up a bit. On top of the usual animation work, this last week we tried several people out for parts in an upcoming promo short. We'll be reviewing the footage later today, and hopefully have our final decision by the end of the week, but I can say right now that I was pleasantly surprised by some of the performances.

 

 

Much like "Chaos," this will shortly be followed by a whirlwind pre-production phase and a blitz shoot schedule. Highlighting one of the strange joys of a filmmaker in the digital era, we are having one of the key props 3D printed. If all goes well, it should arrive on or around the 10th.

Well, that's about all for now. Until next time!