more insperation

yes the saw tortures are defently something that inspired my london dungeon idea. not that i used any of the torture styles that they used in the film. i did use the idea of using torture themes to promote the london dungeon and i thought it fitted the style of a dungeon that mainly has torture in it and medievil deseaises and stuff.

3 last storyboards - burning scene, coffin scene and hanging scene

in the final film the coffin scene has 4 extra spikes that come into the coffin to make it a little more dramatic

ive finished!

yes one day early and i made it. i put togther my footage and did the sounds today. im fairly happy with it. It is really funny alot more so with the sounds really brings it together. i showed the other lads on the big screen in class and they thought it was kool a decent attempt anyway seeing as i was on my own. But i would of liked to added blood into the scenes but would of taken to long and i was trying to do it on after effects but it was a little to fiddly to do so i left it alone. soon i will upload it onto youtube and post it on here. oh and the final 3 storyboards will be uploaded soon when i get home maybe or at the weekend

rendering complete - sounds underway

well last week friday i finished the final film and got it renderd out. So all my short clips are renderd out now, i just need to put them into premeir to add the sounds and maybe some small editing. once that it done i will bring it into after effects to see if there is anyway to make it look better. ive also bee gathering sounds for gareths project to as i need those. tommrow when i come into college i will also rent out that sfx harddrive that i used in the first year for the storyboard project that i did.

but overall i guess i made it even though it did snow for a few days making it hell to get to college i thought id never finish these movies. But i did and im very pleased that i got it all done on time. its not as good as i wanted it to be though. if i had a proper animator working on it and i just did the modeling lighting and textureing that would of been nice. ill try burn the final cd by friday and get it also uploaded onto youtube so i can link it on here also for people to watch. im looking forward t my easter break now and when i get back hope to start the next project in full gear hopefully in a group this time also =)

i didnt have to much problems last week, well i did. when ever i tried to import moom ino one of my movies the whole maya would crash every time. so solve this i went home re put moom onto my memory stick and used it the next day and it worked fine. so i gues the old moom iwas using just errored out on me have no idea why though. but other then that was it. some lighting errors also on render farm. renderfarm was messing my my lighting on rendering when in maya render it was fine. so i didnt use render farm and used pc to render and worked.

the last to films

i think the last to films might be around 5 or so seconds, becuase not much happens in them. but i will see how it goes. just letting people know that.

some insperation i forgot about

yes i did like these books when i was younger, i think i had this one but im not sure if it have it anymore. but basicly i liked the style of this book and its drawings showing cartoon style torture to educate kids without being to graphic. i like the drawings in the book really simple and the colours to. so thought id post it

not that happy today

tried working on my 5th film the coffin one. and maya keeps crashing when i import moom into the scene. did this multiple time so i gave up and left college lol. but im at home now so i will re download the moom file and come back to tommrow and see how that works. also if it till happens i will try work on another pc. and good news im still working to my schedule so all is good still. i can still finish this project on time and make it look nice in after effects maybe and add some sound which is kool.

film3 animation so far

so far its looking good. proberly the best one so far animation wise. And its fun to animate to. So this will need to be textured tommrow and animated for render. wish me luck. hope you lot enjoy this one. will be kool when sound is done in final movie

vlad impaler scene in the works

random test image so far. looking nice.

film2 hostel scene complete

this is the second episode of my project. this is the final and last one i will show on here. The next ones i show will just be image shots, becuase i dont want to spoil my work of yet or let people know what happens

im on schedule

well yesterday i completed my second film, the hostel chair one. and i think its ok. The animation is not great at all though =(. maya was really laggy for me with 2 mooms in the scene and some props not sure why though. I put in some lightning though just a simple spot light over the 2 characters. i sent my project to be renderd on the render farm yesterday before i left college, but when i checked my email today it said it had failed =( so tommrow when i start the 3rd film i will have to set up the render for the film i just completed. now also tommrow i will post up the video of it or some images, as i dont want to spoil anything =P

progress report

last week i spent my time finishing of the 1st film which was the burning at the stake scene. i got that done. mid last week. thing is even though im on my second film, ive only got 2 weeks left! to get this project done so i am very worried that i wont finish it. i just need to stick to my plan and ill be ok. this week i am doing 2nd and 3rd film hopefully. other then that i am enjoying this project i just prefer working in teams becuase it pushes me more and i like to make bigger more harder projects.

film 3 in progress

film3 set has been complete. just need to add both moom's in and animate again. Also i need to texture but that wont take long lol. bIG thanks to stuwart for letting me use his models from our previous project the mansion. Its good to recycle good things that have already been made.

film2 complete!

now this is more like it!!!. im back on track. ive done the second film. renderd it today on render farm with no troubles im happy now. this is how all my 5 videos should be. this isnt the final video. more background sounds will have to be added, such as fire, drums, market sounds ect.

latest render. stake scene

latest render pic. all textured now i just need to finish the animation and add the fire then the 1st movie should be done. wish me luck tommorow. as then i will start the 2nd film

new work timetable revised.

18 - 19 feb - finish film 1 - burned at the stake film COMPLETE
20 - 24 - finish film 2 - hostel chair theme
25 - 27 - finish film 3 - vlad implaer pike scene
2 -4 march - finish film 4 spiked coffin
5 - 10 march - finish film 5 - hanging scene

10 - 13 after effects + film editing and burn to cd ready for hand in on the 13th of march

wish me luck. i know i can make it. im sure this post will keep me on track

new lip sync test

wahahaha. getting there. next eyebrows and eyes and should be ok good enouugh i hope

My formative assesment

last week i had my formative assesment, that i think went rather well. last terms formative assesment went alot worse becuase i didnt have much work on my blog to show jared. Which resulted in me getting fails in my assesment criteria. but it didnt matter becuase at the summative assesment my blog was loads better and i ended up getting a good grade for it. So im sure this term i will step it up alot more with my blog and pull it through again i know i will. when my ass gets kicked in gear i usally get on with it.

but to make my blog better i need to relate my work more to the industry and other ideas that ive gottern my themes from. also need to put more learning things onto my blog that ive found. also my storyboards that ive done i will put up 2. but just in general fill my blog up alot more. so this is the start more to come.

Lip sync test. for burning at stake scream *work in progress*

storyboards

Vlad the Impaler, pike scene
Hostel Chair scene
French Guilioten scene

I'm currently working on the Burned at the stake scene at the moment. next one will be the vlad the impaler one. these storyboard where just basic guidlines for me to follow in my films, as they are so short. the last 3 storyboards will come soon

a little teaser

ok this first film was only a few frames. its very short so i dont think i will use it as one of the films, but use it at the end to close the movie of. i might ask jared if i can do 5 films instead of the 6 now, as this one is so short and not worth one film at all. also i might ask jared if i can range them between 5 to 10 seconds long. becuase of the heavy snow last week not much work was done but atleast i got this done

progess is being made

progress has been made today, i textured and renderd out the first film. I even edited it a bit in after effects which is good. its very short the first film i think its under 20 miliseconds which is not good as they were ment to be around 10 seconds or less each. the next films i will try to make longer

straw test pic

straw texture test, the final one might get bumped maped but not sure yet. i have got all my textures ready for next week for the 1st scene now

not good start =(

well both monday and tuesday has been snowing alot, so the college has been closed. Plus the roads are so bad down my area i would never even get my car down my drive lol. so this has put me behind on work quite a bit, as monday and tuesday was for rendering =( grrr so i will have to re think my plans now.

last week was going good work wise, but other things came up like going to london to see musion which was a total let down by the way. Also last friday we had to film footage for another small project that we have been set =(. so last thursday and friday was animation for my first scene. i got a bit done but no where needed what was ment to be done. today im at home gunna look for some textures and get them done

test drop

new renders and test drop

Bioshock Torture scene

My Project TimeFrame

these are my dates that i will be trying my best to work to

jan 23rd to 25th do 6 quick storyboards - to get the idea and camera shots done.
jan 26th to 30th - finish film 1
feb 2 -4 - render film 1 and after effects
feb 5 -9 - complete second film
feb 10 -12 - render second film and after effects
feb 13 - 17 - complete 3rd film
feb 18 - 20 - render 3rd film and after effects
feb 23 - 25th - complete 4th film
feb 26th 27th - render 4th film and use after effects
march 2 -4 -complete 5th film
march 5 -6- render 5th film
march 9 -11 -complete 6th film
12 -13 - render 6th film and use after effects

Guillotine Model so far on maya

looking good so far for the first small movie. Just need to add top and blade, and then the main thing for the scene is done muahah.

also i will add a hill in the background maybe some boxes and a basket but it will be simple. and i have moom ready aswell for animateing.

next up will be my progress timetable. so all the dates that i will work towards

Guillotine Research

here is some research to help me model my guillotine, im going to do something simple like the ones above but something that looks epic and scary

sky test

this is my first sky test done today. its to fast but i can slow it down easily. also the colour and style might be alot differnt to the final one. i might make the sky a dark grim red colour to make it more in the theme of the london dungeon

My areas of intrest & the Idea!

The areas of intrest that i have chosen for this project are as follows:

a) Character Animation
b) visualisation (texturing and rendering) MAIN FOCUS
c) visualisation (and modelling) MAIN FOCUS

THE IDEA:

I have 3 main focus points that i wish for my project to achieve

1. Make it fun: i dont want my shorts to be so gory and upsetting, i want them to have some comedy to them.

2. keep it simple: My sets will be simple but to the point so everyone understands whats going on.

3. Brand Awareness: I need to make sure that on every short that i make you see the london dungeon logo at the end or in the entire duration of the clip, so that people understand its for the london dungeon. ALSO make the shorts educative to people who dont know much about torture devices and the types of tortures that people didnt know about

The theme of my short clips will be based on torture, so for example the french giloteen. ( sorry cant spell it lol) and i will use the moom rig which was taken from highend3d.com to animate with. so far i have 4 ideas for the films just need 2 more ideas.

1. french giloteen
2. vlad the impaler spikes
3. hostle style chair torture.
4. spiked coffin
5. maybe the hang
6. maybe the rack or being bricked up alive.

also from the last project that i did, i will be re using some of the props such as the hostel chair, table and maybe the saw and axe, but i must get permission from stewart first. the style of the shorts might be cell shader or just full on textureing im not sure yet. there are a few tests in maya that i would like to try such as moving sky.

A few grim pictures from the London Dungeon.

The Brief??

ok my brief is to make 6 short animated indents for the london dungeon, instead of the original breif which was on the national gallery. The short films will have to reinforce the identity which is the london dungeon.

i will have to do a storyboard and research the london dungeon.

if anything gets changed i will edit this post.

The London Dungeon

Well hopefully The London Dungeon can be my theme for the Project. if not i have other back up ideas. But lets just wait until next week to see if the tutors give me the go ahead.

new year.....

well its been a nice xmas break but its back to work at college. A new project has been set and my mind is now focused on that.

more to come soon