Layout
We had a layout meeting yesterday. 6 hours. A group of 4-7 people (our numbers fluxuated as time went on) sat down in our theater and went through our entire film shot by shot. We talked about acting and story, setting up a three act structure within each of our 7 sequences, camera moves and shot timing, mood, lighting, set up, framing.
IT WENT GREAT.
Nobody got their feelings hurt, everyone understood that cuts were being made to trim the story (I am ALWAYS fighting to keep this film closer to five minutes) while we decided which segments of story needed the most attention. I was worried about a couple people but everyone really went at it with a team attitude ( a HUGE relief to me) THis means we'll have final timing on our shots within the first two weeks of school which means we can turn things over to our composer right away which gives HIM time to get the score written by New Years so we can get the BYU philharmonic (YESSSS) to record...
Things are moving along. My only HUGE worry right now is we don't have a rigger (someone who puts the skeleton inside a built 3D character. We NEED a rigger. HOwever, the only person who is interested is currently modeling a significant part of our machine. If I can't find a rigger by the end of today, I'm going to ask this kid to do it but...I mean, he's never rigged before and this is our main (and only character) who needs to do a SIGNIFICANT amount of acting.
Fingers crossed and remember our little film in your prayers, please!
IT WENT GREAT.
Nobody got their feelings hurt, everyone understood that cuts were being made to trim the story (I am ALWAYS fighting to keep this film closer to five minutes) while we decided which segments of story needed the most attention. I was worried about a couple people but everyone really went at it with a team attitude ( a HUGE relief to me) THis means we'll have final timing on our shots within the first two weeks of school which means we can turn things over to our composer right away which gives HIM time to get the score written by New Years so we can get the BYU philharmonic (YESSSS) to record...
Things are moving along. My only HUGE worry right now is we don't have a rigger (someone who puts the skeleton inside a built 3D character. We NEED a rigger. HOwever, the only person who is interested is currently modeling a significant part of our machine. If I can't find a rigger by the end of today, I'm going to ask this kid to do it but...I mean, he's never rigged before and this is our main (and only character) who needs to do a SIGNIFICANT amount of acting.
Fingers crossed and remember our little film in your prayers, please!