Ok...I know i've been lazy

Yes, I know i've been really lazy and not posted in ages. Theres been a lot of things for that really, the main one being "oh i'll just wait till I get this far in my work and then i'll update the blog". So...no more of that, I will be updating as regularily as possible.

Lets get started on this then, it's gonna be a long one.

The current working title for my film is "What a Storm" and the synopsis is as follows:

During a storm, a young chap is trapped in his home by the weather and tries to find ways to occupy his evening.

Not very interesting I know, but as James Manning said on friday, I must "make something uninteresting, interesting". So that is my challenge.

So what have I done work wise thus far I hear you ask....well, i'm going to try and link some of that now. I've written my first draft script (which is undertaking amendments as you read this, wonderful suggestions made by peers!!) You can read it HERE.

I've drawn up my 1st full draft storyboard, again this is being changed constantly; You can view the current version (without notation) HERE.

I have designed my character, to the most part, although his body is still debatable. You can see some of the preliminary to final face designs, and a character bio HERE.

I've modelled a clay version of my characters head, just in a stationary position. I've started a second showing a happy emotion, but that is still a work in process. I'm also hoping to make a full body model for reference. You can see pictures of the first model HERE. I did film a lot of the making of it, for documentation purposes, so when I have time to edit that down, i'll post a link. (You get to see me go a bit doolally at 2am in the morning, yay!)

I've started my animatic, which i'm hoping to have finished by the end of this week, again, that will be posted on here as soon as possible.

Um...I've started a few concept art pieces to try and get a feel for the lighting and appearance i'm wanting for the film, as soon as those are finished in colour they'll be up here. Also did some dynamics tests in maya, just breifly, to see if it was a plausible idea for me to have heavy rain. Didn't come out too badly considering it was a quick attempt. Made a time management sheet; notes on props and sounds that i'll need. Oh, and spoke to some people about being the voice on the radio (as long as that part of the film stays in of course).

So yes, sorry for the long update...and the long wait for the long update. It won't happen again...I hope.