Short Film: Update #26 colouring completed!

So this week, I hit another landmark: I finished the colouring for all the shots I currently have outlines for (around 80 or so)- how exciting is that?! I exported the film and watched it through in full yesterday morning and I am quite proud of it so far, I must say! The colour finished, combined with around three quarters of the backgrounds completed really makes it easier to see the film as a whole, alongside giving me motivation to push through these final stages of completion.

It’s easier to see the story coming through now- or at least to me! Hopefully it’ll translate for other people as well. The edit definitely needs a few tweaks here and there which I’ll do on Monday, but it really is shaping up quite nicely. I one hundred percent feel better about it than I did a few weeks/ months ago! I guess it just goes to show that you can’t really judge something when it’s only half/ quarter/ third complete. Which is easy to do as a creative, especially if you’re as self critical as I am! And when working on something for so long, it’s frustrating when you’re not seeing the results immediately. You sometimes go though long periods where it feels like you might be doing all this work for very little reward, in case it doesn’t end up turning out how you want/ imagined, because it’s not always easy to see. But this is testament to the whole ‘just keep going’ thing and if you push through, and put in the work, you’ll likely get where you want to be. Plus, it’s not finished until it’s finished, so there’s that as well!

I’m still not sure about when I might get the whole thing finished- I think my deadline of April 30th is definitely a bit optimistic at this point, especially if I don’t want to rush it, so I’m thinking more the end of May. Which I’ll be happy about, but we shall see! I actually still need to film a couple of shots which involve extras and animate/ colour those as well. And I haven’t even organised those shoots yet. So I need to start thinking of that this week too. This is (one of the reasons) why I need a producer! One of the parts I really dislike about the filmmaking process is sorting locations and actors, because it’s not something I feel especially comfortable doing. But I’ve just got to get on with it in the case of this film and maybe have a producer next time around- fingers crossed…

My plan next week is to sharpen the edit somewhat, alongside complete the backgrounds for the remaining shots and get to work on some of the scenes with extras. I’ll be extremely happy if I can get the backgrounds finished by this time next week, but I’m not going to put pressure on myself or rush them, so if they aren’t able to be done by then, then they aren’t able to be done by then! At the end of the day all these deadlines I’m putting on myself are arbitrary and don’t actually matter! Like I’ve said before on here, I’m not going to cause myself unnecessary stress over something that isn’t even real.

That’s it for this week, see you next time xo