tirsdag 19. mai 2009
moving...
mandag 11. mai 2009
jack..
torsdag 23. april 2009
Digression, resemblance!
Fast fun fact in a stressfull time.
You ever seen the resemblance between
Lionel Luthor,(Smallville.) and harald magnus andreassen,(chief economist.)
Author Dan Brown and Actor Ralph Fiennes,(The red dragon)
onsdag 22. april 2009
Minor problems
We are at the start at the end of the establishing shot overlooking the city. The render times has been heavy but it works. Tried to remder 1 frame today, and on a quality of aprox 1/10000 of what we like, it took 11 minutes to render it out. I guess the problem is that our particle system that erupts one of the buildings 200 times, also duplicates the big textures on the building and makes it impossible to render, or something else i have overlooked.
11 min. render time on this picture
mandag 20. april 2009
Two days of color
Some earlier discusions made us look in the direction of a black and white movie, like Citizen Kane, but as there are few major contrasts in the coloring ofo the movie,(exept white and black,) we saw to Sin City, for more ideas, since the character The Yellow Bastard has a nice yellow color that realy shines through the black and white in the movie. The same type of stock continues through Frank Millers The Spirit and his co-producer Robert Rodriguez is also known to do new experiments to what looks good in the frame when it comes to color desicions, as seen in the movie Grindhouse, part 2 Planet Terror.
Now if NSB could just get the trains working so the rest of my group could get to school, we could start this thing, but all the trains has been incasipated until further notice.
onsdag 1. april 2009
Our movie got a name, sort of!
After we got some ideas, around the destruction of man kind,( whats happened before the movie starts,) and the death of Valkyrie in the movie, we tried to link that up to whats happened over the last 250 years since the Industrial Revolution and the way mankind is going at this rate. The theme about mankinds curiosnes being it's doom is a big hidden theme in the movie and that should be reflected in the title.
First word that we thought of was Downfall, but the meaning of the word did not comprehend totaly with our story, Definition: disgrace, ruin. So we continued searching and found the word Decay. At first it seemed like a short, blunt word with no "snap" in it. But after i saw the Definition: breaking down, collapse it could be the first draft of our movie title. Again it tells the historie about our real life now and were we are going, what happened before movie start, and what happend to Valkyrie. It's marveless=)
Heres the brainstorm chart we made
tirsdag 31. mars 2009
mandag 16. mars 2009
How strong is youre computer...
onsdag 11. mars 2009
Storyboard
Enviroment work
Been using "scanline" render for the past weeks, but thought i should try something new after i looked on a "mental ray" tutorial page. The light looked better and the render time dropped with 1/10 of the scanline.
tirsdag 10. mars 2009
Sharing on the web
mandag 9. mars 2009
People are genuine nice
The picture was copyrighted, and as a result we couldnt use it as part of our establishing shot. We desided to wright him an email and ask for use of it, hopefully we could just photshop the copyright logo away.
This is the response we got:
Sure, feel free to use my photo of Zhaoqing.
I've uploaded the full-sized version (size: 2 Mb) so that you can
download it from the folllowing address:
A better quality picture without his name on it. There are some genuine nice people in the world still.
søndag 8. mars 2009
Beggining of the end...of my city
As you can see i've tryd to get the steel structure somewhat intact as some were after the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Concrete and steele is all that's left. So with the basic modeling and a nice dirtmap made by a groupmember it should become the intended feeling of destruction and "silence".
onsdag 4. mars 2009
Down periode
In the pasing week i felt the "hole" of the project. With that i meen that it's harder to sit down an do some work, because i've been doing the same idea over and over again. My head just want to do something else. I hoped that 3D modeling production would be satisfying for me, but with tha last 8 months of school without any "school 3D", it's much harder to start producing in high volume.
With this slope down i tried to find some outer refrenses, to hopefully speed up my motivation, saw half of the top 250 list on imbd.com, tryed to even do more wrokout then i allready do but it didnt help. On top of all this my room mate moved out so started to try figuring how to pay my rent from next month. Thing just got bigger and bigger.
But in the end, it wasnt a guru from Nepal that made me turn around, was a team member who told me to get back up or she would kick me up there herself. That work magic and today i got a new "scene", establishing shot of a broken city paning down to a litle house, and working in 3D is almost fun again.
So i guess without people around you to help you get going, and back you up, things would seem a lot more difficult to accomplish.
Thanks for having my back!
søndag 22. februar 2009
1 week off
onsdag 11. februar 2009
Boooring
tirsdag 10. februar 2009
Animatic nr 3 done but..
Today we got some feedback from the tutor, and he basicly said it was good, but we need to photoshop all pictures and have more animation in the animatic. BACK TO WORK=)
søndag 8. februar 2009
animatic tomorrow
onsdag 4. februar 2009
torsdag 29. januar 2009
trat v1.03
Treatment v1.03
That's right, I can't get enough of punishment. ^^ Last draft for now.An advanced AI android finds an old Computer. The android is trying to start a conversation when the old system crashes.
Begynnelse
ANDROID shadow shape, elegantly designed and structured appears on rusted and dusty ruins. The area around has an aura of gloom and decay, cracks in the wall reveals a postapocalyptic outside. (sound of steps) (camera)
Android sits down in front of OLD MONITOR, with the text CONSTRUCT embedded in upper left corner of the plastic. The Android waits while the machine boots, reading the text as it flashes by. When the process seems complete, the android SPEAKS with a female voice.
”Hello. I am VALKYRIE, serial number 7CH13. What is your designation?”
There is no response. Valkyrie wipes dust off the name on the box with a smooth silver finger.
“I shall address you as Construct for the time being.”
The android finds a dirty, mildew-covered keyboard. She shakes it slightly to let debris fall off.
"Your interface is outdated, but adequate."
Midten
Valkyrie presses a series of keys at high speed*. The screen suddenly CHANGES COLOR and layout, showing only the words:
*Fatal error has occurred. Press any key to continue. If error persists, please reboot your Construct.*
Valkyrie tilts her head and asks: “Why, Construct, do you wish to continue, when the error has proven fatal for your operational capacity? Preliminal analysis does not suggest a reboot as a viable solution.”
* Press any key to continue* LINE BLINKS
The androids hand glides gently over the box and she say: “If you insist, Construct, I will try to repair your operating system.”
Valkyrie puts the keyboard down, reaches over the monitor and tips it slightly forward. She pulls out a cable from her temple, connects it to Construct. (Digital sound) Android picks up the keyboard and starts typing rapidly. CUT TO BACK OF ROOM Focus shifts between layers of rubble illuminated by monitor and android. Sound of keyboard tapping and humming Construct.
*Driver appears to be out of date and could cause a problem if you choose to continue and run the program. Strongly recommended to update.* *Continue?*
Android continues. During progress, error messages occur.
*Updating*
*Error code=0#10000100*
*Updating*
*The operation completed successfully*
"I see you contain video files. Please play them now." Construct starts to load a file.
At first video looks innocuous, then escalates into scenes of greater and greater violence. Switch between monitor and Valkyrie’s facial expression.
Slutten
Valkyrie begins to shake, an error message appears on-screen. ”Construct, I detect a virus or corrupted file in your system! Warning! Warning!”Androids voice has a monotonous tint.
Construct: *Downloading program UT63584_0045*
Valkyrie continues to shake. Her system short-circuits and sparks start coming out of Androids temple link.
" Detect a corrupt… …video files. Please pl.. Why, Construct… do you wish to… Hello."
Valkyrie's light dims and she collapses to the ground. FADE
FADE IN
Construct reboots, weak light from monitor shines upon Valkyrie. Short message remains on display:
CAMERA ZOOM IN FROM BEHIND, FOCUS ON SCREEN
onsdag 28. januar 2009
Storyboard
tirsdag 27. januar 2009
Paraleller
Etter at vi ble 4 på gruppen har person nr 4 også gjort "dialogen" i treatmenten mer steril, slik at det stemmer mer overens med slik vi ser for oss en androide.( altså en robot som etteraper menneskelige følelser og tanker.)
Treatment 2
ANDROID shadow shape, elegantly designed and structured appears on rusted and dusty ruins. The area around has an aura of gloom and decay, cracks in the wall reveals a postapocalyptic outside. (sound of steps) (camera)
Android sits down in front of OLD MONITOR, with the text CONSTRUCT embedded in upper left corner of the plastic. The Android waits while the machine boots, reading the text as it flashes by. When the process seems complete, the android SPEAKS with a female voice.
”Hello. I am VALKYRIE, serial number 7CH13. What is your designation?”
There is no response. Valkyrie wipes dust off the name on the box with a smooth silver finger.
“I shall address you as Construct for the time being.”
The android finds a dirty, mildew-covered keyboard. She shakes it slightly to let debris fall off, then boots the Construct.
"Your interface is outdated, but adequate."
Midten
Valkyrie presses a series of buttons at high speed. The screen suddenly CHANGES COLOR and layout, showing only the words:
"Fatal error has occurred. Press any key to continue. If error persists, please reboot your Construct."
Valkyrie tilts her head and asks: “Why, Construct, do you wish to continue, when the error has proven fatal for your operational capacity? Preliminal analysis does not suggest a reboot as a viable solution.”
Valkyrie pauses for a moment to reflect over the situation.
" Press any key to continue"
The androids hand glides gently over the box and she say: “If you insist, Construct, I will try to repair your operating system.”
The only noise heard is the quiet humming of the aging Construct. Valkyrie reaches over the monitor, tips it slightly forward. She puts the keyboard down, pulls out a cable from her temple and connects it to Construct. (Digital sound) Android picks up the keyboard and starts typing rapidly.
"Driver appears to be out of date and could cause a problem if you choose to continue and run the program. Strongly recommended to update." "Continue?"
Android continues. During progress, error messages occur.
"Updating"
"Error code=0#10000100"
"Updating"
"The operation completed successfully"
"I see you contain video files. Please play them now." Says Valkyrie and Construct starts to load a file.
At first video looks innocuous, then escalates into scenes of greater and greater violence.
Slutten
Suddenly an error message appears and Valkyrie begins to shake:”Construct, I detect a virus or corrupted file in your system! Warning! Warning!”Androids voice has a monotonous tint.
Construct: "Downloading program Undertaker63584_0045"
Valkyrie continues to shake. Her system short-circuits and sparks start coming out of Androids links.
" Detect a corrupt… …video files. Please pl.. Why, Construct… do you wish to… Hello."
Valkyrie's light slowly dims and she collapses to the ground.
Construct reboots, weak light from monitor shines upon Valkyrie. Short message remains on display:
CAMERA FOCUS ON SCREEN
"Press any key to continue"
FADE
mandag 26. januar 2009
linje
tirsdag 20. januar 2009
søndag 18. januar 2009
Weekend work!
torsdag 15. januar 2009
Første utkast av historien til prosjektet
An advanced artificial intelligence finds an old Computer. The android is trying to start a conversation when the old system crashes.
Construct
Android er i ruinert bygg. Hun ser seg rundt og får øye på en gammel datamaskin. Androiden går mot maskinen (Camera fra side). I en sprekk i veggen ser vi landskap av ørken og ruiner. Referance Fallout 3). Det er post acopalyptic ftemning.
OLD MONITOR, with the text Construct embedded in upper left corner of the plastic, LIGHTS UP. An ANDROID waits while the machine boots, reading the text as it flashes by. When the process seems complete, the android SPEAK with a female voice.
”Hello. I am Valkyrie, serial number 7CH13. What is your name and serial number?”
No response.
Valkyre wipes dust off the name on the box with a smooth, silver colored finger.
“I shall address you as Construct for the time being.”
The android finds a spotted, mildly decomposing keyboard. She shakes it slightly, letting debris fall off.
“Your interface is outdated, but quite adequate.”
She presses a series of buttons at high speed. The screen suddenly CHANGES COLOR and layout, showing only the words:
Valkyre bobs her head and ask: “Why, Construct, do you wish to continue, when the error has proven fatal for your operation? I do not believe a reboot will eliminate the error.”
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The androids hand glides gently over the box.
“If you insist, Construct, I will try to repair your operating system.”
The android pauses for a bit. The only noise heard is the quiet humming of the aging Construct. Valkyre reaches over the monitor, tips it slightly forward. She lets go off the keyboard, pulls out a cable from her shoulder and connect it to Construct. (Digital sound)
Valkyre strekker venstere hand mot tastature igjen og begynner å taste fort. Beskjed på sjermen popper opp mens Valkyre fortsetter å jobbe.
Valkyre: “I see you have some video files. Do you want to play it now?”
Construct starting to load a file. En random apokalyptiske video spiller av(5th element som reference. Bider forandrer seg fra avisutkliupp til photo som forklarer oss hva som skjedde med verden). Ansiktsuttryk til Valkyle forandrer seg etter som video blir mer og mer voldelig. Suddenly an error message appears.
Valkyle starting to shake.”Construct, you have a virus in your system! Warning! Warning!”
Construct:
Valkyle fortsetter å riste. Kortslutning. Gnister kommer ut av hennes ledd.
Mens livet slukner sakte i Valkyle, hennes program fortsetter kortslutte.” Why, Construct, do you wish to continue….. Why, Construct….. do you wish to….. Why….” Valkyle faller sammen og hennes lys debber ut.
Construct booter opp etter en liten stund I total stilhet, kaster svakt lys over deler av androiden og blir stående slik.
The end