Wow I haven't updated...

So to follow My brother in a fun little venture of reviewing this year up till now.
So let's see... oh where oh where did I leave off.. Oh! Shovelove haha...yeah.. Well we made it!
It was the longest weekend of my life and about the fastest I've ever lost any weight. But I won't trade it for the world nor the people who made it happen. As for now it is an on going process of getting the film put together bit by bit. The editing process so slow, because...well for the most part it is me. See not like the school backed projects like Advanced Productions, Independent study films have to find their own crew and facilitate their own post-production crew which is very hard seeing it is the school season now and everyone has a million other projects (including yours truly) to worry about. But yeah... That's coming along...
VFX for Dennis Yeap's Film, From The Ashes, were finally locked and I will say I am truly happy with some of the work, possible reel pieces?? But yes... Moving right along this is looking to be a pretty lively year. I'm talking a wopping 4 classes, however, all extremely intesnive into my Digital Arts Major. I feel more and more like an actual artist as a creep away to my dark and dreary cave in the back of my apartment and sit before a glowing screen for hours at hand without any real human contact. Life is good...kinda. But I do feel the conflict of interests as I slave away at my work and feel suddenly so cut off from the 9 other people essentially living with me. Think to myself what am I doing here in front of this computer screen all day when I could be outside breathing the fresh air, or conversing and having marry ol' time with the cohorts of my apartment. But as I come to this realization and break my longing gaze from the glowing outline of my shut door to the bustling sounds outside and turn to my computer screen and see the beautiful images I've slaved over and marvel and what I have created and brought from my mind into a living space. Then I realize I'm being a sappy emo bitch and hit render and bounce off towards the party to only wonder back incredibly intoxicated to find I misplaced a key frame and have to render all over again...FML
ALl and all I'm beginning to find my nitche in this crazy world, a passion you could say for what I'm doing and where it all fits in. I can see the means to an end I hope to fulfill someday and realistic goals that..well are realistic to say the least.
So as I hammer away at my sorry attempts to become a better 2d artist and 3d master, and wrap my brains around the inner workings of both the animated and live action mediums while some how finding the time to work on developing a video game pitch for my next level design class and maybe stumble into an editing bay and sit as AVID laughs at my failed attempts to edit my first live action short...all I can say is life is a mother fucking mystery, "Meh."

The ball is rolling

So I just got a professor to back my independent film this summer, which is needed in order to even have a greenlight meeting. Which means I have some where out there that actually feels I could do this, sweet! But now I need to get the script to a place me and Dan are happy with and THEN have a greenlight meeting, which could entail working on the script till it makes the school happy...God that sounds so backwards...Anyway Things are in motion, and I jyst need to follow closley behind this rolling ball and make sure it dosn't crash into my dreams and hopefully softly lands beside it. Metaphors are fun.
Oh god, not to mention Dennis Yeap's Thesis I'm doing VFX for. I need to lay out what I'm going to bring to the table, oh and haha, actually have the time to do them come post-production AND pre-production for MY film. I hate to state any presidence, which I'm entitled to, but I need to set some SERIOUS priorities soon before I find myself stretched to the narrow with work and have it become just mediocre all across the board.

I can't freak out.

Ever have the moments when you suddenly realize the full extent of what your trying to achieve in life in what that actually entails?
Yeah those are good times...

Late Night Brooding.

So yet another late night under the pulsating glow of my computer...
So what's going on? I missed my first class back from break...Turns out the class was delayed for a lecture by Dave Masters from ACME. What's worse is even after the fact I still did not go. Really should have, but I have the programs at home, but yet another assignment being pushed aside. Not to mention this rig is getting close to finished, but still so far away.
Gave the script to Jay to read, not sure I agree with some story points, but we'll talk. What was more important was the breakdowns and logistics he brought to the table, with a team like this not only will it be made, but it will be made smart, and for the cheapest I can get. With the illumination that I may not need $600 insurance, it means more for other departments. If I can get this made, and get it out their than I have something to show for once, something to say. That I ACTUALLY have some proof of skill in this industry, lets hope I don't fuck it up.
I'm really going to pour myself into this one, and get to writing more for myself. I feel I used to have a sense of structure and storytelling on paper a long time ago, I've just put so much of that behind me in these last months, hell maybe even year. I'm realizing more and more of who I was when I yearned to go to film school and create, and who I became when I "was a film student." I've been so caught up in making sure I become what I set out to do, that I forgot you have to actually do it at some point.
So here I am again ranting about filmmaking and while staring down my T-Posed Linguini wondering what the fuck I'm doing. How long can I straddle these mediums before I end up flat on my face...Only time will tell.

Shovelove (CONT.)

Well revisions have been done, and it's shaping up to look like a" pretty funny flick if I don't fuck it up." in the words of mister Kevin Smith. Anyways I'm guessing the next stage to look into is producing this fucker, a budget would help and getting Mrs. Michelle Kennedy to greenlight it at my lovely little Film School. I need to start a pitch package...
Anyways the night is young and my character rig is knocking at my door again...God sometimes I wonder what I'm really doing working on getting a Live Action Script greenlit when I have a 3D model for my Digital Arts class collecting dust. Am I trying to be a Jack of All Trades, a master of nothing? Or am I just misdirected in my interests and my area of study? Only time will tell...Did I mention I was drafting an outline for a Video Game Design? haha....I'm fucked.

Shovelove

So... a long time ago in a Backroom many years...in the past, there was this reading for a script that unfortunately never made it to the celluloid. Quite frankly the film fell flat it's face by poor planning(No pointing fingers), and I'm actually glad it did not get made because now, We're making it better. Thanks for the vastly improved writing chops of my bud Dan @millsmusicman, I have in my hands a script that is feasiable, and not to mention damn good. With a little snip here and there I think I may be ready to throw this puppy into production soon.
And by soon I mean this summer, mid July maybe? Anyways, I will use this blog as a Production Blog for the next couple of months for Shovelove! So keep tuned in, y'all...and by that I mean...no one. YET!

My Blog goes Live!

So here it is, my first entry.

Today I started working on my rig again for my Intermediate Maya course.
I modeled the character earlier this semester and moved onto the character rig. Finished up the skeleton and moved onto the controls...
I will admit, I have grown a fine appreciation for Riggers...This shit is HARD. I enjoy the animating a lot more...But hey, you have to know a little of everything nowadays...