Week Plan 17/12/2012

Hi folks,

It's the last week of college this week, just about time for a long awaited holiday. So heres a quick update on things.

My Graded Unit Planning Stage document has been marked and I have a one to one meeting to find out my mark and expected grade. Hopefully I don't have to remediate as I don't think I have the energy to re write something like that... I would still do it though.

Week Plan 17/12/2012

• Major Project Pitch - Tuesday 18th is the day for pitching major projects for my class. We have to present our film idea and discuss budgeting, treatment, technical requirements etc to get 'funding' to use to create our films. I have looked out to Prezi once again. This presentation can be viewed on here.
• Finish off any work which hasn't been completed yet. This will allow me to start 2013 with a clean sheet.
• Major Project: continue working on developing characters, continue searching for actors, continue developing VFX shots to be created in Post Production.

Cheers

iMac

Hi folks,

I have purchased a new iMac to use to edit and composite my major project and several other projects with!!! I find this information so important, that it deserved a post of its own.

The mac I have purchased is the 21.5 inch quad core i5 with a very powerful graphics card and a cool mouse. The screen is 5 mm thick?! where does the computer go?

Anyway, can't wait to begin using it for creative purposes. This kit is definitely a good start to my editing/VFX hub.

Cheers

Major project pitch

Hello again.
I have a new deadline to work to... on Tuesday 18th of December, I have to pitch to the class and my lecturer for funding my major project. So I have taken to prezi yet again to deliver this pitch. The only thing that needs work is the speaking bit.  Hopefully my very hefty budget will be taken relatively seriously...
This pitch is the last thing before the Christmas break. Excellent.
More updates to follow.
Cheers.

Week plan 11/12/12

Here's this weeks plan:
- complete design of presentation on prezi
- practice presentation.
- purchase iMac for better compositing.
- complete 2 shot breakdowns for presentation - I am currently working on a still image of princes street which I will take into after effects and composite into a disaster. The other will be handheld footage of Edinburgh from a different angle where I will do similar techniques, the only difference will be 2d motion tracking to keep the elements I include to the shot locked in place.
Anyway. That's all for just now. All this media will be broadcast on vimeo soon.
Cheers

Planning stage and Major Project update

Hi

After three weeks of typing, citing and referencing, my planning stage document for my graded unit is handed in. I found this exercise will be useful in the future. I intend on printing and binding this document as it will look good as part of a paperwork portfolio.

It's now time to move onto the next phase of the graded unit, major project and promotional material development stage.

For now its just a quick update on the delivery of my major project:

In short, I will be using a tapeless workflow for the following reasons:

- it is easier for capturing and ingestion onto an editing suite.
- most storage methods are SD cards and HDD drives, both of which store a large amount of data.

So that's one major decision out of the way.

I also have been in contact with potential crew for my major project, but nothing is set in stone until my finalised shooting schedule has been completed.

Many more updates to follow

Cheers
Mike.

Planning Stage Deadline and Week Update 04/12/2012

Hi,

With the deadline for the planning stage of my Graded Unit this Friday, I will be spending most of my time sorting out any problems with my document before I submit it. This excercise has been a difficult one, but I reckon will probably help me in the future...

Here is the week update:

• Complete Planning Stage Document.
• Write a Treatment for my Major Project to be filmed next year.
• Start designing logo ideas for the Sky Arts animation competition.
• Print Planning Stage Document to keep for further reference.

There will be more updates once I have completed this section of my Graded Unit.

Cheers
Mike