Week 13

Worry and panic is setting in. All the animation is complete and I believe while it’s not 100% and I can always go back and fix it, and in the time I completed (Seon having done the modeling), the final result is OK. I realise that on most production the sheer length would be done by a multiple number of people, so I should be proud of myself.

This week, final voice recording of Jess as Molly occurred. She did such a great job and can’t wait to hear them cleaned up in the next day or so. Unfortunately during the session, while I did direct her, I believe I was far too quiet, and the sound guys took over. I think the reason for this was nervousness, intimidation, being overwhelmed and lack of experience. When looking back at this, I am quite ashamed and embarrassed that I didn’t speak up enough and direct Jess enough. I put this down to lack of experience and I hope next time I will be better. My main concern is that some of the lip sych and an animation will need to be modified as to reflect what Molly is saying and how she performs it. I believe that I have left this far too late and I can only blame myself for this if the film fails to be finished in this department.

This week, all the animation has been wrapped up, (including final tweeks), however the focus was on Doctor John. With him only being in two shots, the rigging and painting was conducted as fast as possible. I was trying it keep his animation simple, but keep a little bit of eccentricity in his performance. This was achieved by a lean back and forward within the same sentence.

Finally, apart from the above, this week was to finalise the final draft copy of the film within premiere. I few changes here and there myself and instructed by the teacher, and I believe the final film will flow well and garb people’s attention.

The main focus now is on lighting and rendering, this is my main concern (along with changes in the lip sych) as I believe I will run of time and the film will not be completed by the required deadline. Generally, all of these problems stem from my lack of time management, management and task allocation skills.  I hope things improve in the next three weeks.