Study Task 1 (Week Commencing: 09/12/19)

This is the last week I have at University before I go home for Christmas which means I have to make it count.

On Monday I re-exported the close up shots of the hand and face as .png sequences to remove the edge halos when I added the background footage.



From here, the lighting and dirt layers need to be added; then they will be completed shots.



On Tuesday, I added the colour to the bird shot.

I also messaged another classmate who wants to gather experience for their voice acting portfolio, to arrange a time they could help provide a voice over. Stacey booked the sound booth on Wednesday, so I let him know the time and place, and he was available. Stacey will book the booth once more over Christmas to record the foliage sounds.



Once I was done adding the colour, Joseph updated the bird shot by adding the background and lighting. However, there was a problem with outline, which I pointed out, as when the bird's wings crossed over it's body, or when it flew in front of the branches, the outline was okay but the parts that weren't overlapping disappeared, so he will refine this over Christmas.

Meanwhile, I continued to outline the shot of the man's back morphing into the beast. This took up most of the week.



To break this practice up, I added the colour layer to the shot of the foot transforming as looking at the same shot all day, every day, became a bit tedious.



Once done with this, I finished the outline of the back and then went on to add colour to this shot.



On Friday, I finished refining the colour and added the background Kate animated. She then presented the weekly. Comparing what I saw from the class weeklies overall to what we have so far, it looks as though we are on track. Although over Christmas, I will continue to check up on my team as while I won't be at University, I am still the producer, so need to keep on top of my teammates.



Based on the animatic from the weekly that Kate put together, and the updated scenes Joseph and I completed in class, I edited together an updated version and sent this to the musician to work on the final soundtrack. He said most of the visual cues from the first version match up with the latest version so it shouldn't take too long to refine.



I also updated the production sheet and uploaded it to Drive so the team will be able to access it over the holiday.