Movies, Movies, Movies

Hey! How's it going everybody!?  Is it just me, or is it crazy to think that it's already the middle of August? I'm definitely not looking forward to the end of summer. I absolutely HATE the cold and dark winters. I can appreciate the first month or two of the cold, but once Christmas and New Years is over, I'm done with the cold...

Life's good right now. I'm "RAM Previewing" my motion graphics project right now. The feedback from my brother was mostly positive. He seemed to have enjoyed the visual style of it; which is great news because starting from scratch would be draining. There are a few issues with timing, titles, and camera motions. I edited the last segment of the animation a decent bit because I wasn't happy with the animation and visual aesthetic. I'm not finished yet with my changes, but I'm close. I'm definitely excited for the final edition! I'm going to redo a splash sequence that ties into this video better than the one I created a month and a half ago. I just want this to be great. I know eventually I have to cut my losses for the sake of time.

Where are you from?

I have a few future projects in mind. They're going to focus more on compositing, motion tracking, and cinematography. I'll go into more detail in the next post or two after I have more detail written out to share.

I saw Ant-Man last night with an old friend. I really have to admit, it was a lot better than I expected. The special and visual effects were amazing! Movies like this influence me to work my ass off. Those animators, modelers, compositors, designers, engineers, and hundreds more of employees put in thousands of hours into the film. I'm butchering how good the movies was. It's beautiful, and the story and characters were relatively good as well. If you haven't seen the movie yet do yourself a favor and see it. Pay special attention to the visuals too! This movie is how you do CGI right. Well done Marvel and Disney.

Scenes from Ant-Man.

Seeing this movie has helped me a lot with understanding the direction where I want to go in my career. The idea of assembling a world on the silver-screen calls to me. People don't realize it, but every scene is a movie is moderately edited: with sky replacement, glares, day-to-night conversion, color correction, green screens, and of course 3D objects.

 That's pretty much it. I wanted to keep this short because I'm extremely tired and my render is done. I really do hope everyone is experiencing a paramount summer!

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." - Dr. Dre

Peace,
Andrew Rose