a short film demonstrating the effect of today’s decisions on tomorrow’s outcomes…
I’ve always wanted to do something with blender that requires some thinking and creativity.
So I’m making a short film. :yes:
Hopefully I can use this thread as a pre-production thread, and when I’m happy with it, abandon it and start a more serious, high-quality work thread.
I want one thing from you guys: Honest critiques and suggestions that you think will improve the work I post.
Thanks,
Sam
One thing CG animators tend to do, which I highly recommend, is set up their scene first with low poly proxy objects, and animate. that way you can see how things flow, before commiting too much time into a scene. If something looks wrong, it’s easily corrected, and when you start animating higher poly textured ray traced objects, you won’t have to worry if it will turn out after 20 hours of rendering a scene, or whatever it takes.
Thanks for the tip!
Here’s a WIP render for the third shot in the film. It’s a resturant, so there are going to be a few more tables/chairs, and eventually some people :).
Sam
What’s the basic story?
I’m just moving into this area and found this book interesting…
Directing the Story
Basic story is something along the line of a pre-apocalypic world. I was orignally just going to have a series of shots, something like the third and the seventh, but i think i’m going more along the lines of a person explaining what life is really like in “the future”, cut in and out with shots of citys, wars, animals etc. All terrible terrible things. (Do you want more info?)
On the topic of the book, is a good read? I’ll have a few full-animated characters, lots of closeup shots of the main character talking, lots of camera movements(zooming in/out, panning etc.) Will I benefit from it?
Sam
That books about developing a screenplay and deepening plot and visual subtext. If your after camera work then one of the few that I like is “Film Directing Shot by Shot”.
Cities, war, animals, bars, etc, sounds like a lot of work…
P.S. In the book I liked the bit about semiotics, oh and the bit about Bugs Bunny hypnotizing Elmer Fudd! But that’s a bit of a passion of mine.
Since what i have in mind is going to pretty heavily dependant on the story and visuals, i think i better get it.
Looking good. Would you allow me to write a score for this project when you have it finished? I’ll only do score composition (because I don’t want to have TOO MANY projects to do.).
Musical examples: http://soundcloud.com/tws-soundlab/
Enjoy.
Sure thing! (is score compostion just the writing?) Do I send you a pm when i’ve finished the film, and ready for the score?
On the subject of progress, here’s an update.
score composition is me writing the music for this (and orchestrating and directing and making the music as an audio file). yes. please do send me a PM when it’s finished.
Okay, thanks. Ignore the pm i just sent you:)
sorry, accidentally answered:o
^ no worries 
New update!
I’ve decided to focus my attention to the restaurant scene, so it will be the one of the first scenes finished.
todo list: add door, make the rubbish bin clearer(it’s the sign saying “push”).
Please critique honestly and harshly. You probably wont hurt me 
Sam
edit: lighting is a bit dim, i’ll fix it. It’s meant to be a perfectly white, clean room.
it looks very good (i’ve always liked futuristic designs:)).
Have you got any designs you particularly like (like concept cars, robots etc). I would love to know them :yes:
Hopefully i’ll update my pathetic laptop into something useful, so this thread may be unconscious for a while 
I’ll show a few things i’ve done soon.
Little update on another scene. The second shot in the film.
I’ll come back to the restaurant scene after i get this new computer and octane renderer.(hopefully, i can render the film out using octane)
p.s still on the look out for futuristic designs(cars/robots/war machines etc…) if anyone has any particular favourites, please let me know.
Lookin’ good, but when I think future I think lots of glass and big windows the size of the whole wall, and the chair seems not so futuristic…are you going for like a crossover style with modern/high tech and vintage?
For this particular scene, it is going to be an old, abandoned, dusty room with lots of rubbish, paper etc, looking out into the futuristic city. (the camera will move from the current position through the window out into the city). It is the office of the main character, who despises the future, wants to stay with the old ways. sort of a old genius guy who realises that life is getting a bit out of hand.
Anyway, when finished, it will be full of dust and paper and look very old and abandoned.
