11 second club follow up

My animation came in at 6 or so from the bottom.

Again.

But I'm okay considering with the amount of time I spent on it.

I just wanted to finish a project. Any project.

And that's what I did.

And I tried some new tricks in Sony Vegas and Toon Boom.

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I've done another 11 Second Club animation. I just needed to finish some little quick project while I'm working on my other projects.
The lip-sync seems to be off a bit. May have happened in the saving process.
Enjoy!
(I think the sound bite may be from the movie "Network".)

RocknRolla and Guy Ritchie

Just rented RocknRolla by Guy Ritchie and decided I want to write "The Next Guy Ritchie Film".

Can I call it that?

I also want to animate a Guy Ritchie synopsis using bumper cars to show how all the convoluted stories collide and connect.

So anyway, a review of sorts: The movie started sloooow for me. I had friends tell me to stick with it so I did. I picked up where I left off and finished it.

And it was good.

What was wrong with the first part for me? I guess I was looking for a main character to be interested in. And there wasn't one for me. I kept trying to make it One-Two's story. Or Archie's story. Or even Johnny Quid's story.

So that's what threw me off. That was my problem.

But the sequences were fascinating. The action was cool when the action started.

So I want to write "The Next Guy Ritchie Film" script.

Anyone want to write it with me? We could use Google Docs to write this thing. I have a situation and some characters in mind. But we could do something else.

Something crazy and complex and delicious and violent and sexy and visual and intelligent and silly.

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Dancing Girl

This is a girl dancing that I used in a 30-second animation for a commercial contest last summer.

I may re-use in a gallery scene in an animation I'm working on now involving a rookie photographer and an experienced figure model.

It will be a comedy or it won't get done.

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New Horror Short

Yes, the game is afoot!

I'm off and running on a new horror short for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.

2 minutes long. It's based on one of my ideas I wrote down for last year's festival.

So it's written and storyboarded.

Now to create my backgrounds using Google SketchUp!

I may reuse the evil scientist from one of the 11 second club animations I did earlier this year. I like the eyepatch.

I may reuse the animation girl I've been using the last couple of years. Just change her hair color and her nightgown.

I'm looking at other artist's work for layout and color ideas. I have a Maxfield Parrish book from the library. I've always wanted to do something with his vibrant colors.

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deadCENTER Film Festival

Finally got to screen my animation with an audience. The auditorium was nearly full. (It has about 400 seats I'm told.)
My bit was next to last. And the crowd stayed to the end of the venue. (Sometimes crowds leave early.)
And the animation looked good on the big screen. Clear and crisp. The audience laughed at the appropriate places. (My wife always laughs at the "wardrobe malfunction" of the lead character.) The sound was good. The flash of lightning was blinding as it should be. I'm pleased with how it looks on the big screen.

Next, I want to send it to Chicago and New York for their horror festivals.

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deadCenter Film Festival Begins

deadCenter Film Festival 2009 is here.

Today.

I began work on a small graphic novel of the short film. I've taken scenes from the movie and placed them in comic book form.

And I'll have postcards promoting the movie on the display tables at the festival.

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