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...

Scene 2

Simulated Lens Flare

I've been making and collecting various elements to build a good looking lens flare for my title sequence. The final thing won't be this intense or realistic mind you, this was just testing out the elements to see if they could create something more real than simple shapes or filters. The final one should be simple and subtle, probably only noticeable when the camera moves.

Scene 2

Scene 2 Playblast

Just need to sort the textures and lighting and then this baby's getting rendered!

Trooper 3d shots from Rob Connor on Vimeo.

After that I just need to composite the 2D animation to the window on the ship and then add engine and cannon fire effects!

Fornax Chemica

Wouldn't mind doing the poster for my film like this...

Blueshift Turnaround

The Blueshift

The fruits of tonight's labour. I'll need to look at it tomorrow with fresh eyes but I'd say it's pretty much finished. Just need to finish off the pirate ship and we can start animating!

More Toon Shading Tests

A few little bits in the models to fix so the lines draw properly and we're nearly done! Just a few textures to be added then we can animate!

Updates

A few updates. Some stills, concept art, the works.

Rob's been doing the 3D modelling for me based on my designs. I'll update with some better pics soon, these are pretty early.

Turnaround:



Turnaround:

My first experiments with the toon shader on Rob's models:

Spaceships

Designs for the two spaceships in the film, The Blueshift (Trooper's ship) and the pirate ship - possibly alien! The Blueshift, like with the character Trooper, is also part of another project I've been working on.