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AVE ICA complete at last

AVE ICA complete at last

So here is the result of the past months work, from idea to storyboard, previs to film shoot, modelling to compositing. Hope it isn’t entirely hopeless

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It’s been a while

It’s been a while

So it’s been a while a few weeks a couple of months.

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This week in AVE

This week in AVE

Another week has come and gone – way to quickly as usual.

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Rough cut complete for the AVE ICA

Rough cut complete for the AVE ICA

This week I’ve delved further into Vue, figured out how to undistort and redistort my plates properly in NukeX and chosen and cut together the takes I’ll be using for the final scene.

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Green screen shoot complete

Green screen shoot complete

As mentioned in my last post, I shot the footage for my AVE ICA this past Wednesday. That was the plan anyway. Turned out we overshot on time with a lot and only got three out of five shots before the day was over.

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AVE previs ready

AVE previs ready

Christmas is long gone and I’m back in Middlesbrough after a refreshing break. The first thing I had to focus on when I got back was to create a presentation for Advanced Visual Effects where we were to present a storyboard, previs, schedule and a couple of other things regarding the ICA. As I still [...]

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Storyboard for Advanced Visual Effects Module

Storyboard for Advanced Visual Effects Module

After Bjørne helped me come up with a new idea for my AVE ICA (Advanced Visual Effects In Course Assessment, quite a mouthful) I’ve been meaning to create a storyboard so I can start test-shooting in the sound stage.

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Let me stitch that for you…

Let me stitch that for you…

Having recently acquired a digital SLR, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around concepts such as hdri, tone mapping and photo stitching lately. So far, I’ve been climbing the local hill a couple of times to get some footage to play with. I’m still at the stage where I’m experimenting with applications and workflows, but I liked [...]

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Aftermath

Aftermath

At long last, the project is almost over. Less than two days away as of this writing. After delivering the final film a couple of weeks ago, I’ve spent my time relaxing, creating a short “making of” with the rest of Green Spill, writing stuff on this blog and a self assessment document. The self [...]

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Speed compositing: 64 shots in 4 days

Speed compositing: 64 shots in 4 days

Having finished rendering and vfx shots, and with a little more than a week to deadline, compositing was next on the list. Beforehand, I had estimated compositing would take a day or two. I had already test comped nearly one third of the shots and thought I could use those as templates for the rest. [...]

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