I AM NIGHTMARE Production Diary #8
Two weeks into production I just finished animating the films first sequence which was 200+ shots and equals 17 minutes of edited footage- Here's some screenshots of the damage M dot does in 2 weeks these days ^_^
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Cinema 4d content browser filled with shots
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Cinema 4d project files on disk
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edited sequence in Premiere ProNow if you've been following along you'll know that I'm not editing with final rendered shots- I'm using hardware renders to do an offline edit- once the entire film is animated I will then go through each shot and render out the final version- so I am NOT doing final lighting OR final rendering right now just ANIMATION and temp renders for the offline edit.
I must say that the voice actors for this film are making it great! And they are making animating to their voices really fun! I'll introduce you to the I AM NIGHTMARE cast as soon as all the voice acting is done! I'm really lucky to have such a great cast!
I'm actually amazed at how fast work goes when you are JUST ANIMATING- it just flies by when you don't have to worry about lighting or the look of the final render- I'll do that later- I'm just enjoying making the film right now ^_^ Animating the film IS making the film- if it doesn't work in this preview state all the fancy lighting/rendering in the world won't help it- So I'm just making sure the animation and visual storytelling is legit- then I'll come back and shine it all up- which I also love to do btw ^_^
So as of right now the film is ahead of schedule- I intend to push the pace so I can have it ready for release by Xmas- NOW this is only the first sequence out of nine BUT it couldn't have started any better ^_^
Backup note: Every day after work I use Allway Sync to back up everything I've done that day- then when I finish a sequence like I did today I do another manual backup to a different hard drive- so I'll have three copies of my work at all times.
Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.