Aswell as VFX I have been working on written assignments so there has not been much in terms of updates on my online blog, so I will place few screenshots of my shots in progress below..

THESE ARE ALL WORK IN PROGRESS SHOTS. I am working on multiple shots at the same time so I can gain a starting point with nessisary roto work and tracking (2d/3d) and adjust shots based on feedback. Only one of the shots has had a grade added to it, more as a test, this is not a view of how the end product will look.





This shot below has had more work completed onit, due to the 3d elements where pre-done so it was more a case of tracking the shot (3d and 2d), roto work then position render and animating. I did also add a grade so I could present a wip with breakdown on a showreel of mine..

Test Colour Grades.
I have been doing some test colour grades, working with shots of band of brothers and saving private ryan to grade towards. I have also been working on tracking and actually getting some 3d into shots, so far I have tracked two main VFX shots am working on one aswell as doing other uni written work! I will most likley update when I have some actual VFX nicely placed into a shot which (hopefully) should not be too long!

Film Updates --------- Old Then New!!!
18-20-12 (saved as draft and not published for a bit!)

Firstly, I created this blog on what used to be blogspot and ovbiously got bought by google in the space of time in which I did not use it, so after trying to naviagte through the site I thought my third year film posts had been deleted..... This was not the case, I just located my blog on what is now called "blogger" so below I will link a blog entry that I did a couple of weeks ago when I thought blogspot had been deleted/ removed...

http://randomviper41.tumblr.com/


So for a new entry I will post 2 screen shots from my very recent shoot, this being where most of my time has been spent doing paperwork/ making purchases and scheduling cast and crew for the day, although ultimately this being my own project it has been a mammoth task for me.





I have currently finished tracking 2 shots and will start to integrate elements together for them due to a deadline, although I have been working on a few different elements, I have improved on the lancaster and have done improvements on the separate grenade explosion elements/ fluid which I should have in footage in the coming week(s).....

The bits I have been working on are within this showreel aswell as other elements that are not in the showreel but are more tests for understanding the look and feel of dynamics...

https://vimeo.com/55308086

password - herts

So I have been working on my third year film pre-production aswell as some 3d tests and things to see how my project will look. The basis of the film is a surreal horror in which a man is trapped in his own room knowing he is being looked for by a mysterious man/ creature.

Below is a render test of the texture for the pigmask and also partly a cloth test as the mask is made of rubber but I will also be animating the face a bit to give it a weird creature feeling.




Here are also some of the playblast cloth tests of the pig mask and then some camera tests for an establishing shot for the film.



To keep the model accurate to the actual mask I used 123d catch by autodesk in which I took multiple photos around the mask on the floor (which I stuffed a blanket into to give it a more rigid shape) then the software creates a dense 3d mesh from the information. After gaining the mesh I retopologised in maya and uv unwrapped and have done a texture test in mudbox from which you can see above.

Infugo Update

So another couple of week's later and the swing was finished, I modelled and UV-unwrapped it and a team mate Tim textured and rigged so we can animate its interaction in the film.



We also filmed our entire footage yesterday and will begin to cut it down on Sunday, so we should get a rough cut for a few days later hopefully!

Long awaited updated - Infugo (Film Project)

So I havent posted for a while as not only me but my teammates aswell have been focusing on other projects and deadlines but I do finally have more work to show for this film. I have been assigned to model and texture a swing for use in shot to interact with smoke. We also did a previs edit and have done a second previs very recently along with multiple smoke tests, meaning this project should be heading in the right direction!

Here's my swing seat (untexture)




HEre is the newest previs, edited by a team mate but comprising of video filmed by all of us. It does also include images with representations of the shots when needed but it gives viewers the general gist of the project..

Start of 2nd Year Production - InFugo

This will be my first post for my production blog. I am working with 4 other guys to make a film following a character who will be almost a visual representation of global warming. The film will be short and follow the character with visual changes in his environment such as smoke trails and dirt. Today we took some pre-vis images after drawing out some shot composition ideas and writing down some shot details. Here are some of the image tests, letterboxed to help visualize them as video.