Greetings, one and all! Well… turns out it can take a week to animate a lightning bolt. Okay, so it was chain lightning, and multiple shots, but still… But yes, the biggest feature of this week was the trial and error process of animating a lightning bolt as it streaks through various targets. As the shots are different distances from the subjects, it was largely a process of getting the bolt to look like it was moving the same speed between shots. Of course, in reality the bolt would only be a frame or two per shot, but that’s not cinematic enough, or really even particularly clear to the viewer. So it was a week of art direction on a lightning bolt to make it look good to the audience, if not realistic. Next up will come the sound design…
Anyway, next up was the stunt team, where we taught the newbies the art of
basic choreography, followed by a classic exercise…
So, despite the new parent exhaustion, we’re still making progress. A surprising amount, to be frank. Though this last weekend certainly took it out of us.
Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!
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