Short Film: Update #9 with clip- finally!

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare, the shadow in the… and so on. I’m back from the excellent Manchester Animation Festival and I had an absolutely wonderful time- mostly watching films(!), but also catching up with a load of people and chatting about projects and animation and all that good stuff! So, same time next time then. Ps. Go watch Adam Elliot’s ‘Memoir of a Snail’. You will be better for it. That is all.

My oh my the weather this week has been pretty bleak, hasn’t it?! Though miraculously the skatepark I frequent the most stayed dry, so I was able to get several decent sessions in. In true northern fashion, I layered up and got on with it. Have to put the hours in to keep improving…

Ok, small talk over. How is the animation going?? I’d say another productive week, considering I had a few other commitments going on. I managed to get 3 full shots complete and finished the big one I referenced last week (it ended up taking a whopping 18.5 hours). I also prepped the next shot ready to animate. I’ve actually nearly finished all the stuff I shot about a month ago, so there isn’t a whole lot left to animate without shooting more footage. I’ll check back here next week with a clearer idea of steps going forward as I might well have completed it by that point. Hopefully.

I think at that stage, I’ll export the film again and see how it’s looking with a significant amount of it animated. I’ll be able to see clearer where the holes are in the story and get an idea of how it’s all flowing. I already know at this point there’s a few shots which need changing the location of, so I’ll need to re-board those I expect, or at least in a loose way. I have also identified some gaps where a scene or two needs adding- some of it feels a little disjointed and I feel I need more of a thread to tie it together. So, the coming week I’m to focus on animating what’s left of the footage and I imagine the following week will be more of a troubleshooting/ ironing out stuff kind of week.

You know what, I’m in a good mood, so here’s a little clip:

Obviously it doesn’t have a background or colour or anything as I haven’t got to that stage yet, but it’s nice to be able to share something from it as it’s been absolutely ages! Enjoy!

I think that’s about all for this week- though this post feels really short like I’ve forgotten to write about something, but meh, maybe not. See you next time xo