The sketches I have done of Sofie during the weekend. For some weird reason I can't log into the Group Blog. I will ask the group today if anyone else is having problems, maybe we have to change the password. Josie liked nr 1, Wan, me an dPatrick likes version 3, Me, Wan and Raphael also really likes version 4 but everyone wanted to see her with the other hairstyles.
I checked the animatic that Patrick sent me. I can see now that we need to explan and show more in Scene 3, Patricks and my scene. That scene shouldn't be to dramatic but we have to establish that she doesn't want to be in that world, that it is painful and we have to establish the goog bye and " its time to let go" moment with her mother. I don't think we are doing that good enough right now. Scene 4 is still going a bt to fast I think, what happened with this girls journey and where are the creatures that she can see in the new world of the dead? Tomorrow we will have a meeting and then everyone will have a look at the animatic so that we hopefully can get the real storyboard and anmatic developed within 1- weeks, I don't want to rush it, it is bloody important and it's hard. I am a bit stressed and worried but I feel that eveyrone started working harder last week so hopefully we will be okej. If not, then I guess I will stop working on so many films and focus on my own. It's just that I really enjoy concept work and we are doing all that stuff this term so that's why I am really busy right now.
I have done some color research but have to discuss what we are going for with the group on our Monday meeting. We all like and decided to go for wamr and tone down colors and use a lot of grey as in the "I lived on The Moon" musicvideo. But I think I want to intergrate more warm colors as orange into the dead world to more clearly with the help of color establish that this is the world that the girl wants to be in. Lighting will be very important, cold and sterile in the hospital and soft and warm in the Deadworld.
Almost everyone was an hour late to the Monday meeting. I don't want any more of that, it pisses me off as we have shit loads to do. Okej if a train is late but otherwise everyone knows we start at 10 and I do think that we all should take our last college year seriously. I think that Joise and I have been bad producers so far, we are behind so we are doing something wrong but we really try to inform everyone about everything thats happening and making sure that each one of us know what we are expected to do every week. Mike said the thing, " I need to see more amount of work". And thats exactly what it is! If you are gonna work on the trainstation, the girl, Bobo, the hospital room etc - I wanna see more then 1-2 sketches, I wanna see research. Oh my God, if I had only done 1-2 girls per week then we would never ever finish!
So I am gonna ask all concept artists to NOT bring 1 or 2 sketches ( but i think I already did on the Group Blog ?) but atleast 5-10. I am worried and stressed about the pace we are working in. So Josie and I have to be tuffer from now on. Otherwise there will not be a film cos this is the most important term, this is where we set the foundation of this film.
Was I stuoid when I was democratic and let everyone had a say about this film? Should I have sticked with the octopuss idea?
I think 6 brains should be better then one so we will stick with the train, but offcourse, in my head I see the girl swinnimg with a octopuss.
Jono hasn't replied for days now so I am not going to priorities working for his film right now, I need fedback and I need to know what's going on first.
Monday evning and I am trying different hairstyles and colors on the 2 girl designs that everyone liked:
Tuesday. I have posted a wake up call on the Group Blog, cos we are getting more and more behind. I will talk to Josie as well, we have to be much tuffer producers from now on. I also e-mailed everyone and asled them once again to start using the Blog and to give the rest of us fedback so that we dont always have to wait for the next meeting to get everyone's opinions but can make changes before and speed things up. If they don't start using it, I will pick the final designs.
We don't have much time now.
I am pushing everyone about the animatic and is trying to develop it and the storyboard further, I find it really hard to think within frames but I am slowly starting now. I watch so much film but I never really think about the angles and the camera moves etc.. I had an idea of shooting from inside the train and seing a creature sitting on the back seat, watching out through the window where we can see bobo and sofi running trying to catch the train and maybe zoom in on them a bit. The people in my group liked the idea, Raphael took a look at western films as we didnt like those old shots, so we took a typical front western film shot from the wild west and added to our film :) I am re drawing stuff and e-mailing to Patrick so that he can make the final animatic. Here are some of the shots/scenes that I have done so far.
well, this is Sofie now. Can't waith for the rest of the group to vote. I begged them a week ago to start leaving fedback on the blog so.. During the weekend I will make hers and Bobo's modelsheets.
Thursday and I am staying home today, had migrane last nite and my head is still no back in order, my eyes are a bit funny right now as well so I can't sketch or draw today, will get back to bed. I did the colorschemes though and updated the group Blog. Talked to Josie the other day, we are appearantly doing something wrong as producers as we are a large group but so behind. I told her tat we have to make sure we give fedback to everyones research and sketches cos thats the only way to get some where, I missed that when I put my first six drawings of the girl on the table and no one said anythg and I said " its concept, what features do u like and what don't u like, what should i keep and what should change" and then I gat some fedback. I am slowly learnng how to be a producer, I am good at pushing things forward but I am not good at making all the decisions as I have been wanting to be so democratic and wanting all the people in the group to be a bg part of the film. have realsed now that that is not working. If they don't say anything at the meetings or ar the group blog- then they appearantly don't have a opinion and is fine with it. I am really happy about the people in my group, they are all very nice, laidback and creative, but Josie and I should have told them weeks ago that one or two sketches of something isn't enough work to produce in a week. So, we should take the responsibility for that, learn and get better.
Its friday today and my head and eyes are back in full function but I am stressed about the film. I am really bad on life drawing and I am making the girls modelsheet, maybe not a very good decson but I think I found a short cut. I e-mailed the school where I used to work as a teaching assistant and asked if there's a 7 year old girl in normal size for her age who wants to be our body referance. Cos then my old colleges can take pictures of her and e-mail them to me and my drawings will be less cartoonish :) They haven't replied yet. I did some pigeons for Jess yesterday, and actually, I think two of them has something but my eyes don't work properly after migrane, get really sensitive to light and color.. but if I get the time I wll draw them better and develop them. I am disapointed in Jono for saying that he loves my drawings and wants to see more and then i do and a week later, still no fedback or reply. I could have spent that time on my own film.
I checked the blog yesterday and Wan and Josie are my angels, they are working really hard, thanks to that w emight even have the train design and the hosptal room design on Monday, that would be wicked, then we slowly start catching up.
Now I'm gonna drink coffee and try not to panic :)
Did some new pigeons for Jessica's film.
Like the some of the top ones, but I am not very proud about this ones, drew them on Thursday when my head n eyes still was a bit weird after the migrane. The new ones above are better. But i really enjoyed making them! Wanna do some more.
I hate making model sheets. HATE. I need to do lifedrawing everyday for like 5 years before I can understand and start drawing perspective and realistic. Usch.
peace n luv,
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