Making Of

A behind the scenes look at the film. As part of the submission we had to produce a 'making of' film documenting the production process. A few folk have expressed interest in seeing it so I've uploaded it.

This was made right at the end of production when I was pretty worn out, so much as I tried, I don't sound very alive. Maybe I'll hire a narrator to re-do it...

Me

Hey there folks! I'm noticing some people are linking to this blog, which no longer updates (the film's finished!) so here are some links to some more current work:

My sketch blog

My portfolio

Trooper in Higher Quality

If you're going to see the film then you might as well see it in quality, so here's the Vimeo version!

Trooper from Mark Haldane on Vimeo.

Film Available Now!

I finished Trooper about 3 weeks now (seems like 3 days) and the Degree Show is now open! You can see Trooper and all the other films from my year on the website!

http://artanddesign.dundee.ac.uk/degreeshow10/animation/trooper.html

Or visit the Degree Show here in Dundee to see all the films in superior sound and picture quality.

Final Poster

Done done done.

The Film is Complete!

Trooper is complete! And I'm just finishing off the "making of" video just now. So I have time to do stuff like this.

Animation Complete!

Nothing left to do on the film now but finish the sound!

Poster Design

A super quick concept painting for the poster to experiment with layout and colour. What do you all think?

And coming up to the Finish Line...

One for the log. Today I got the final music for the hand in from Hans Zimmer's secret love child Sarah and it's getting added to the film with along with the sounds Tom and I recorded tomorrow. I've nearly finished scene 2B, which would only leave scene 43B. However, I've now divided that into scene 43B and 43C - so I've given myself an extra scene to do but actually reduces the amount of animation required while at the same time making that part of the film work better. These should be finished tomorrow too. Then I just need to piece together all the components I've collected for the making of reel and Bob's your Uncle, Fanny's your Aunt, I'm ready for the hand in! Then it's putting together the folio and preparing for the degree show and getting some much wanted sleep. The end is in sight.

Bouncy Bouncy

48 down, 2 to go

Steady...

43 down, 7 to go.

Smashing!

I have so many fecking camera angles of this chamber and room it's stupid. More to go, too.

I don't want to upload the scene but it's one of several recently that have really pushed what I though I could achieve with my animation. Just by doing the stuff I planned with software like Maya and After Effects I've inadvertently learned so much. I'm looking back on my early shots and I can't believe how timid and simple they are by comparison.

38 down, 12 to go.

Wuh-oh!

37 down, 13 to go

Scene 37

32 down, 18 to go.

Scene 31 Sneak Peek

25 down, 25 to go

Production chart and storyboard pages so far (minus two additional scenes that haven't been added).

Updates

No media to post, just some words for the log. I've finished all the paper animation and as of tonight it has all been scanned in. I'm going to spend the next couple of weeks killing my eyes staring at a computer screen as I animate, clean-up, paint and composite like crazy. So far I've got 20 scenes 100% complete and another 30 to go, all at varying stages of completion. I've also been to the recording studio to do some foley and get my actors recorded. Trooper now has a voice!

See you in summer!

Explosion in Progress

Went back to work on the explosion scene tonight. This bit was painstakingly drawn frame by frame, with a little blur and glow effects added after. Still some other elements to add to the explosion so this isn't the final thing.

Scene 44

One of three scenes finished today and my first attempt at animating Hollywood-style electricity effects.