I AM NIGHTMARE Production Diary #10
I just finished animating the second sequence of the films nine- the sequence was 137 shots
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Shot files produced in the past two weeks
The 136 shots equal about 10 minutes of screen time
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Rough cut timeline- about 10 minutes of screen time
So when you add what I just finished to the films first sequence that I finished earlier this month I've produced 27 minutes of completed/edited animation from this month alone 0_0
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At this rate I'll finish the whole film in 3 more months- BUT the films ninth and final sequence is more complex than the entire film before it so I'm going to dedicate 1-2 months for that final sequence- but I have moved up my new target release date to late October
I could have done MORE this month but I took five days off of I AM NIGHTMARE to do an animated music video for Rabbit Junk which they'll release on the 5th
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As fast as I'm going the shots that take the longest to animate are ones like the above with multiple characters talking and interacting which this film has a lot of- it takes long enough to animate one character when their talking and miming etc- so shots like this take the longest BUT if their done well they help flesh out the characters a lot as you learn a lot about them watching them react to the other characters
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A few months ago I was contacted by an old friend who used to act in my crazy live action films I was doing 2001-2003 It's the guy playing the crazy annoying Brandon guy in this
We hadn't talked in maybe ten years? He found my site and contacted me through it- he was away from doing any acting for about ten years AND he was taking classes to do voice acting- there was one open role in I AM NIGHTMARE that I was going to do it myself but I thought it was meant to be that he contacted me so I gave him the role and he ended up nailing it and doing an awesome job- So I'm glad to have my friend Damon back on the strange team- well he was on the team before I was "M dot Strange" as I was just SomeGuy ^_^
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Speaking of voice acting- the voice actors are killin it! When ever I'm going through and editing their takes I'm smiling and laughing as they have done such a great job!
The music created my Mad Dashiell and myself fit the film perfectly! We've made some new tracks since I made the soundtrack available to pre-order customers- so I'll be sure to update it to the final version when the film is done.
I'm off to the Victoria Independent Film Festival on Wednesday to show Heart String Marionette and watch a few films.
So watch out for the new Rabbit Junk video this Friday the 5th- the song is boss and the video is pretty fucking crazy I must say- its easily the best music video I have done- I spent 5 days on it and I'm really happy with the finished video as it captures the energy and violence I wanted to express ^_^
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I want to do a nice making-of for the video- I was working so fast I didn't have a chance to screen capture any of the animation I was doing as I was doing it- but after the video is released I'll do a blog post about it sharing some techniques and the like.
Thanks for the recent I AM NIGHTMARE pre-orders! I'm going to draw and mail out your postcards tomorrow as I have a free day before I leave for the film festival.
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