New Treatment and Animatic

Monday was T-day -- treatment officially due in to the powers that be. Most people complain a lot about the paperwork aspect of thesis, but I have to confess that I enjoyed writing it. Kind of cool, since throughout college I never really enjoyed any of the writing I had to do. And considering I was an English major, there was quite a bit.

I also had to present my thesis in Discussions class as a final project, so that was a great incentive to finally get my 3D animatic done. Sat down for a few days and cranked that puppy out -- I think on Friday I got through about 20 shots. Note to self-- get a more comfortable chair. I'll be in for most of the next semester.

Quite happy with the results, and the feedback from discussions class (from the few people who actually contribute) was overwhelmingly positive. I've still got to polish a few camera moves b/c I think I'm breaking the 180 degree rule at some point, and not in a good way. Also feel like some parts are still a bit rushed -- I was pretty intent on cutting this down to 2 minutes, but I think it's going to be a more comfortable pace at 3. Fortunately, I think the extra time is needed mainly on wide shots with little to no action.

Wish I could just focus , but I've still got several shots to finish up for our Bauhaus short, which is premiering at CADA's first film festival at Cantor January 19th. I'm getting slowly psyched -- it'll be the first short that I've ever written that I'll be seeing on a big screen. But I've got about two weeks of work left, and that's two weeks that I don't really have in my thesis schedule. We'll see.