Category Archives: progress

Third Exterior Shot Complete

This took about a week and a half, including the conversion to Maya. Render overrides are already breaking, but at least rendering is considerably faster on the farm (an hour instead of days). When renderlayers work, they’re very convenient, but … Continue reading

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Second Exterior Shot Finished

Things have been slow because we’ve been moving (and still are). Here’s the second shot. I’m starting on the third today, and then I’ll call it quits for this quarter. It’s been a good run, but things will really start … Continue reading

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Flea Model Finished – Dock/Assets In Progress

The hero ship is done (well it was done a week ago, but I’ve been blog-procrastinating). With the ship out of the way and definitely using Lightwave for everything but dynamics, I’ve started constructing the dock superstructure, drawing heavily from … Continue reading

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Flea Modeling and Texturing, Pt 2

The Flea model is divided up into three main parts: the head/cockpit area, the nacelles, the cargo pods and the landing struts. Everything is mocked up, and modeling is almost finished on the head/cockpit area, as well as the cargo … Continue reading

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Cockpit Shots Complete

About half of the film is done. Click below to view a compilation of some of the shots I’ve done so far.

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Near-Final Stills from the Film, Also The Pipeline is Pretty!

These are final, sans UI graphics.

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Update, Post-Grad App

Graduate application stuff is out of my hands now. On Thursday, I filmed several insert shots – specifically the close-ups of hands interacting with the touch screen panels. I still need to shoot about six more close up shots, but … Continue reading

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What’s done, what’s learned, what has to be done.

It’s been a little over a month since photography wrapped and the quarter ended. In that time, I had set out to build all three sets and key all of the composites. I haven’t built all of the sets and … Continue reading

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Photography Wrapped

On the 15th of November, principle photography wrapped on the Hamilton stage. Shooting there was a real treat compared to the cramped confines of Montgomery, which itself was a treat compared to the even more cramped confines of my basement. … Continue reading

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Filming Progress Update

After four shoots, I’m about 75 percent done with filming. Just one shoot left! The footage has been rolling in, and it looks pretty good. As with everything, what you get is ultimately different than what you had envisioned, for … Continue reading

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