pinball_w1zard in space

I cant belive it

2009-10-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

Shooting is finally over... after all the drama and chaos (mainly my own fault) cant wait to start editing and keying the final batch and start putting it all together.... props to Josh who took time of work and is in the middle of packing to leave for the states and came down to help a brother out!

trouble in deep space

2009-10-22T22:38:00.000-07:00

sooo..... my main actor is being sent over to America(for work) on Wednesday. have the studio booked Monday and Tuesday and am praying he isn't to busy packing and such...

asparagus forest

2009-10-18T06:08:00.001-07:00

second day of filming pt2

2009-10-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

capturing now.....

second day of filming

2009-10-14T14:53:00.000-07:00

about to leave for tafe... not as excited as i should be

quick update

2009-10-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

Back to tafe tomorrow, cant wait to book the studio and finally get the bulk of my movie shot with my main actor (josh) i hope i can get it done in one day but more realistically i will need two or three, that doesn't leave much time for editing....scary

Stop motion smoke

2009-10-04T01:13:00.000-07:00

a rough test of some stop motion (cotton wool) smoke. Mind the glitch.

Alien terrain-Orok

2009-09-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

after a trying many different tests and scrapping all of them i think i have found something that best achieves the look i was after and is easy enough to do. I have settled on building the sets in photo shop importing the psd file into AE then move the objects back or forward in a 3D space and then scaling them up/down so that they appear to be the original size of the psd

Alien terrain test

2009-09-24T00:33:00.000-07:00

eye track

2009-09-21T06:10:00.000-07:00

Oroks Chamber - test

2009-09-21T03:48:00.000-07:00

2009-09-21T00:02:00.000-07:00

Editing

2009-09-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

Made some place holder images for the shots i haven't shot yet and am finally editing my first scene

pics from the first studio shoot

2009-09-11T01:29:00.000-07:00

studio sesh with king orok.... or is it hitler?

2009-09-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

filming went reasonably well with Jake who plays the alien king, a few issue that neither of us could control got in the way but i cbf ranting about it here (although that's what blogs a for) Jake delivered a stellar performance, improvising the majority of the lines including the final scene (an epic speech) which i somehow managed to lose the script for.... a page that he had never read. the kid is a shoe in for an oscar... or at least a bacon deluxe on me. The footage is all logged and most of it captured but as always with importing footage (so i have found) something goes wrong so i have have to dude the rest in class tomorrow. looking forward to begin editing.

eco friend, out

good and bad news

2009-09-04T19:20:00.000-07:00

GOOD:
booked the studio, lighting kit and camera

BAD:
my actor begins filming on another project the same day

resisting the urges to use the most annoying 3 letter acronym on the interwebs... but i will say

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Oroks 3rd eye test

2009-09-01T01:26:00.000-07:00

alien egg shells

2009-08-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

comp test

2009-08-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

still haven't painted the eggs yet

sets n scenery photos

2009-08-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

scenery and sets

2009-08-30T21:36:00.000-07:00

so the last week or so has all been about scenery and sets. since i am broke, i am using random things from around the house to create model sets.... egg shells, bark, tissue boxes, guitar strings and such.... pictures soon

rocket test

2009-08-18T07:34:00.000-07:00

looks a lot better in HD... it is hard to tell the the rocket is actually swinging on the fishing line here.

prop time

2009-08-17T20:38:00.000-07:00

painting the chair the alien king will sit on... while that drys i an going to get parts for captain Stanleys ray gun

More AE tests

2009-08-15T21:20:00.000-07:00

beach location

2009-08-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

Costumes and puppet

2009-08-11T04:45:00.000-07:00

thanks mum :)

Captain Stanley Theme song rough mix

2009-08-10T19:50:00.001-07:00

written, composed and sung by my slightly retarded but genius brother

Theme song rough mix 1 by pinball_w1zard

Costume update

2009-08-10T19:33:00.000-07:00

getting the material for the remaining costumes/puppets today.. mums gonna help me start work on them tonight

Blue screen

2009-08-09T00:17:00.000-07:00

blue screen test

2009-08-09T00:09:00.001-07:00

four hours of work.... doubt any of the footage is usable.... hmmm

Costumes

2009-08-08T19:24:00.000-07:00

Organized the first (captain Stanley) of a few costume i will need today... now onto the worm

After effects screen cap

2009-08-08T08:40:00.001-07:00

test shooting

2009-08-08T01:08:00.000-07:00

So i went to the secret beach earlier today to get some footage. all went well until i tried to capture it. f*cking final cut wont connect

3D worm model

2009-08-08T01:06:00.000-07:00

Model alien building

2009-08-07T01:21:00.000-07:00

Unpainted

Painted

blue screen LCD test.

2009-08-06T02:43:00.000-07:00

too much light coming from the tv

(potential)Location shots

2009-08-03T20:39:00.001-07:00

worm puppet

2009-08-02T03:54:00.000-07:00

planet made in photoshop

2009-08-02T03:29:00.000-07:00

link to Greg Martins tutorial

update

2009-07-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

so far... i have finished my proposal, written and re-written a few pages of script, written a few more characters and designed a rough logo. going to take a few location shots on the week end. soon onto story boards

2009-07-28T22:33:00.000-07:00

Ideas

2009-07-28T02:18:00.000-07:00

Captain Stanley's Model rockets paint job

2009-07-28T01:33:00.000-07:00

Dry brushed bolt gun metal and a bit of tin bitz around the details

Captain Stanley's model rocket

2009-07-27T00:58:00.001-07:00

Initial idea

2009-07-27T00:40:00.000-07:00

My idea for my management project is a short film in the style of an episode of a campy sci fi series (Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon) so far i have a celtx file full of characters, props, locations, special effects a basic plot treatment and about 3 or 4 pages of script. i have also decided to use models and green screen instead of 3D/digital effects. Working title so far is:

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN STANLEY: IN DEEP SPACE!