Day 19 -- 1/7/2011 Friday

I got some comment from Steven on improving the previs. The Liberty shot was fast and can be slowed down. Too fast will not able to let people see how the cube form as it climbs up. I could do better. I also think that I could get all the camera angle right and timing from each shot to fit nicely now then later into production to struggle and waste time. When I opened my file to continue working on the previs there was this angle or camera movement show the close up of the liberty flame. Might use a expression to animate a line to have a flame movment to mimic fire movement.

Latest Previs V2 from Tanner Caelum on Vimeo.

Latest Previs V3 from Tanner Caelum on Vimeo.

In order to not messed up my current file's sequence animation, I will worked on the duplicate version. I will then copied the values use in certain keyframes/animation. As I was doing the previs, I will look at the rendered previs and used the previous shot as a guide to judge the timing and allow a better flow. I will also consider if  removing away frames to reduce that moment or to add a few more frames to allow the audience to digest. All this factors have to be taken into consideration.

For today, I spend time working on the previs and sorting out my files in my hard-disk. The previs itself took quite long. For the hard-disk sorting, there are many files. Files downloaded form Odforce, Houdini exchange, files from SESI lessons etc. Being organize means good work flow. 

Whille on Vimeo, I stumbled upon a video which was quite similar to my concept.

Cubism from Nyna Wee on Vimeo.

FUN

For lunch, we went to a bar-concept fast food cafe, Big Dean's Cafe. Located in the vicinity of the beach and a few minutes walk from SESI. The place was vibrant. People who patronize the cafe are the ones mostly finished having fun at the beach and dropped to chill out. The food was marvelous and the portion was huge. I ate their signature burger with grilled onions and buffalo wings to share. Got myself a beer..... I mean root beer.

We left work early to meet Steven at Costco at 6:45pm. Took a bus there. In Santa Monica, you will need to take public transport to almost everywhere. As the journey got delayed, we didn't have time for dinner. Stopped by a donut shop and grabbed some. There, we made our way to Costco. We met them at the Costco's car-park. Followed them in and buy necessary stuff for tomorrow's BBQ.