Hi!

I started shooting my film.I posted the trailor here once.
Right now I'm animating interior shots and I filmed in Rotterdam.
It's looking fine but if anybody wants to help with some 2nd unit shots I would be very happy.
There are just some shots I can't make here in Holland cause at the end Holland is flat and boring to me..LOL.



Please email if interested.
I'm looking for shots like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cF4qdAGeGxY

This goes well with the film cause it's a bit futuristic.
You can use any camera..just remember most shots are without movement and dollys.
Just keep it steady and make a nice composition.
You will be in the credits and be posted if it's screened anywhere.
Hope I get some replies!
Thanks!
[Edited 4/24/08 2:16am]

Some designs I made today for the bad guy with 3d software.
Got one person colaborating with me already.

I remember the preview well, Emile...
Looked like a fun adventure...
What was the date again? July sometime?
Colaborating would be fun, but I ain't got the skills
you'd be looking for...lol
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to the finished product....
Bad guy....sounds like a cowboy movie...lol

emile57 said:

i don't have the skillset for that but the best of luck, love M

obsessed said:

Hi Karen,
I don't think I'll be finished by July.
Lotta work still ahead.

missmad said:

Thanks Missmad!

emile57 said:

ur welcome honey

Well..I did some cool dolly shot in a prison envirement and animated my ass off.Also some shots in the woods.
Sometimes working 20 hours for a 3 second shot with animation..LOL..but thats cool.
I got one pic.I'll post a youtube video soon with some raw footage.

emile57 said:

this is gonna be cool.

I remember the trailer too.

nice progression Emile.

Thanks T!


Here is some test shots I made.
The animation at the end is one of many animation shots I'm working on at the moment.
I can't wait to do the music and sound fx mixing..I like doing that.
The hardest thing is to find a bunch of folks willing to be covered in mud and walk through the desert.

tony23k said:

Hi T!
Check out this animation testreel!They can almost talk now.

emile57 said:

That's very impressive.
What software are you using?
I'm using AnimeStudio5,for certain applications.
It works fine,but I'm looking for something more intuitive.

Oh,
and you were right about MediaFire.

tony23k said:

Thanks again T!
I use different stuf.Lightwave,photoshop,adobe package.
Sometimes there are small 3d modeling software(free) that helps.
You can get a free 3d program called "blender".(good to check out if you want to start 3d stuff but I don't use it caus I have always used lightwave.
In youtube you can see tutorial videos.

Yesterday I designed hair and smoke.
Here are some pics.

17 sec raw model setup:

emile57 said:

Wow your work is awesome, I basically just watched all your clips. Good luck with your work.

2elijah said:

Thanks for watching 2elijah!
Every day the characters get better..I'm reading a 900 page book now.
I also got to work with demo software used for lord of the rings.
To bad the software is 17000 dollars..LOL..wow..and 3000 dollars to update every time.
Well..I'm going to work 24/7 now.
I'll be back in a couple of weeks.
Aloha!

emile57 said:

I just watched "Beowulf", and 0:6-0:9 brought back memories of Grendel.

emile57 said:

This film of yours was fascinating...I really dig what your doing...looking to seeing big things from you!

FrankAxtell said:

Thanks so much Frank!!

Today I experimented with making a crowd scene.
Making a good walk cycle without motion capture takes alot of time.
Preparing the model (rigging/bones)to moves it's legs etc without screwing up the model took most of my time.
It's for a crowd scene in the desert.
I tried the same technique with animating birds.
Very raw short animations tests:

emile57 said:

I can't wait to see the results.

What an exciting process to watch! Continued good luck with all that!

emile57 said:

Looking again at the process, I can see why...
Hey, the process is as much fun as the finished product...
sometimes

I took the youtubes away cause the animations are getting better and better.
Here's a little film poster..this is my leading lady..she is still in the making.
I'm offline for a while here.Gotta work hard on this project..it's super low budget and people are already treating me like shit for making it..LOL..but that happens when you live in a country that almost never make or surport films.
They are to busy here trying to piss off the muslims with their political propaganda films.It's really sad.
See you soon!

Lookin' good!
Good luck with all that...whatta they know? lol

You'll be missed....but when ya wanna get things done,
sometimes ya just gotta quit messin' around on websites...

I got a job as a film teacher in Portugal.Moving out of Holland.

I will finish my film there.Live in the nature,eat organic food and quit smoking weed.It's a farm where they paint,film and do ceramics and spiritual workshops.I will make clay animations with children and teach basic film and 3d.
There will be good equipment and facilities.
The nature is amazing..some of the best parts in Portugal.

I'm very happy.This is going to be cool and I can finish my 6 month "learn how to play like Django" course.

I'm leaving in a week and I'll keep in touch.

Até a proxima!
(catch you later)

Some experiments I'm working on:





Cyber space bee model I'm working on:






For the kids: