Passing Dreams

Le Fin

Simon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:04:08 +0000

Thanks to everyone involved and all those who had a chance to catch the screenings. Above are some photos (courtesy of Jeremy C) from the Fed Square screening. For more photos, see the 24 Bits website. See ya round.

-Simon

Screening!

Simon — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:24 +0000

All done and ready to go… well, I mean I would’ve loved to have kept going, but you have to let go and finish at one point :)

So come and check it out Tuesday night, 7pm at RMIT Storey Hall. There will also be selected animations screening at Fed Square on Wednesday afternoon at 3pm and then again at 5.30pm. I believe Passing Dreams may just get a gig. More info at aim2009.net

Good Times

Simon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:23:33 +0000

Yeah. The Finder window just said “Zero KB”. I tried to take a screenshot, but obviously my computer wouldn’t let me. So I closed one of the windows and took the screenshot above. Needless to say that applications can’t seem to “unpause”. Luckily nothing much was lost.

‘Scopin’

Simon — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:14:57 +0000

Here’s a rotoscope/track and matte. I know it’s a little rough around the edges right now, but let me tell you, it looks great in motion.

This is going to be the craziest week of my life.

And They’re Off!

Simon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:49:53 +0000

It’s that time of year, so I had to get a horse racing pun in here somewhere. Anywho, I’ve started animating the title sequence today…

And here’s a sneak peek at the early stages of animation…

Traaacking

Simon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:10:53 +0000

My Hero

Simon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:18:36 +0000

I was mucking around with some effects last week, much to the dismay of one of my lecturers. I added some colourful streaky things that I mocked up in Photoshop, hoping to replicate in After Effects.

Then Benk showed me some clips from Season 4 of Heroes that used a much more subtle effect. Something like this may work nicely when Kim boards the tram.

Tell me what it looks like…

Simon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:09:34 +0000

Simon Bull wasn’t impressed with my lack of updates, so here we are. This one is for you SB.

I’ve decided to change the look of the film from standalone bubble on each character, to their thoughts manifesting throughout the tram carraige. Here’s a before and (concept version of the) after:

Also, here’s a concept frame and what may be a final frame of the film:

Ed.ıting…

Simon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:22:52 +0000

Benk, you’ve been a terrific teacher and a tyrant :)
Kate + Chris B have also been these today.

Shoot: Day 2

Simon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:32:26 +0000

Day two of shooting. Monday, 21st September, Southbank Tram Depot.
Photos by Rellya. Thanks.