Short Film: 1/3 Blocking
This last week we had to block out the first third of our films. With the way I’ve divided it that meant the first 622 frames. Crazy.
Yes, yes, the snowflake will be smooth and twirling, but there’s no sense in tweaking that just right until I for sure have the character’s movement set. I’m having a lot of fun working on this. This go around I’m pushing to work with the little things more — spending time doing work on the shoulders, more work on the brows, little finger movements, and all that jazz. This is only the first pass on this section for the term so it’ll definitely get sweetened up. More to come as usual.
Class 6 is going great so far — had my first Q&A with my new class and Justin. The group is excellent — so full of life and excitement. It’s going to be a great term.
The two lectures we’ve had so far this term have been great. It’s all been about process. Carlos Puertolas talked about the process of his short film Bath Time and how he ended up getting a job at Dreamworks, and then Victor Navone talked about his process of making Alien Song which lead to his current job at Pixar. It’s really cool to hear about the process they went through and see how it relates to just what we’re doing. 
This week our lecture is with Pete Doctor and I’ll just leave it at: another amazing lecture.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
hi alexis, just checkin on your progress, looking good, wish everyone else had their stuff on the blogs so i can see what some of my old classmates are up to…if micheal wurman is still there tell him i said hi and hope hes doin well…tell justin i say hi too
April 8th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Roger! Thanks for swinging by man — it’s been a long time. Mike’s short is looking awesome!! He’s got a big thing with a mime that is actually hilarious.
It’s going to be great. I’ll give him a holler for ya!
April 12th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Lexi! Your stuff looks awesome!!! I actually feel sorry for the guy in your film! But I love it! We gotta get together some time! I miss your guts!