Monday, June 13, 2011
back to work
I want to explore my Parker Pawn story, and make some better versions of it, as well as sequels. I am back to work part time, so I will, hopefully, still have time to continue some of my projects. The novel has been on the back burner for a while now, but i'm re-examining it, and making some changes to the language. My brother wants me to smooth out the sentences, and improve the rhythm a little.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
back to my Art
I have been too busy the last couple months, but I am trying to scrape some time together to do a few projects while i'm still off of work. I would like to write another short story or two... and I would also like to improve my pilot episode of Battle Galaxy, and to write more on my novel.
Today I worked for a bit on rebuilding my lost data from the Battle Galaxy project. I'm also going to do some unstructured writing on the Parker Pawn project.
Today I worked for a bit on rebuilding my lost data from the Battle Galaxy project. I'm also going to do some unstructured writing on the Parker Pawn project.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
I am quite pleased with where things are right now for Battle Galaxy, and excited to finally be seeing some results.
I have much of the rendering completed for a lot of the show, and am mostly ready to start sync'ing it to the soundtrack. That is the most exciting development. The only missing visual elements are the animated fight scenes, and I will probably want to animate the mouths during speech eventually as well, because at the moment close-ups are simple still renders.
Sekwaw Matthew, the assistant, dressed up all the characters. That was awesome, because texture-less characters would not have looked as good. We will spend more time on the textures in the future, pending additional funding, but for now I think we have done well.
It's mostly up the the soundtrack now. The rough soundtrack is recorded, and the better soundtrack is on the way, but was not included in the current funding. After this contract, I will be volunteering time to make the soundtrack, and get it perfect. I will take that slowly, however, because I need to focus on my family that has been needing me desperately.
When I sequence some of the shots, I'll share a little bit of the show, perhaps. Maybe make a little trailer for it, if I have time.
I have much of the rendering completed for a lot of the show, and am mostly ready to start sync'ing it to the soundtrack. That is the most exciting development. The only missing visual elements are the animated fight scenes, and I will probably want to animate the mouths during speech eventually as well, because at the moment close-ups are simple still renders.
Sekwaw Matthew, the assistant, dressed up all the characters. That was awesome, because texture-less characters would not have looked as good. We will spend more time on the textures in the future, pending additional funding, but for now I think we have done well.
It's mostly up the the soundtrack now. The rough soundtrack is recorded, and the better soundtrack is on the way, but was not included in the current funding. After this contract, I will be volunteering time to make the soundtrack, and get it perfect. I will take that slowly, however, because I need to focus on my family that has been needing me desperately.
When I sequence some of the shots, I'll share a little bit of the show, perhaps. Maybe make a little trailer for it, if I have time.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Hired an assistant for Battle Galaxy
I have reworked the budget to include hiring an assistant for 3 weeks. Sekwaw Matthew will be taking on some of the job of creating materials and textures for the characters, and possibly some of the environmental elements to make them prettier/cooler.
Other than that, I hope she'll have time to help me set up the frames for the final rendering of the animation, and that way I can focus on special effects and sound effects to make it super cool.
I'm struggling to figure out what to do f
I have reworked the budget to include hiring an assistant for 3 weeks. Sekwaw Matthew will be taking on some of the job of creating materials and textures for the characters, and possibly some of the environmental elements to make them prettier/cooler.
Other than that, I hope she'll have time to help me set up the frames for the final rendering of the animation, and that way I can focus on special effects and sound effects to make it super cool.
I'm struggling to figure out what to do for the music aspect. Some of it should be traditional Secwepemc music, of course, but I'd like some upbeat modern music as well. Which will also have to be in Secwepemctsin.
Later, I'll post a rendering from a possible scene from the starting sequence of episode 1.
or the music aspect. Some of it should be traditional Secwepemc music, of course, but I'd like some upbeat modern music as well. Which will also have to be in Secwepemctsin.
Later, I'll post a rendering from a possible scene from the starting sequence of episode 1.
Other than that, I hope she'll have time to help me set up the frames for the final rendering of the animation, and that way I can focus on special effects and sound effects to make it super cool.
I'm struggling to figure out what to do f
I have reworked the budget to include hiring an assistant for 3 weeks. Sekwaw Matthew will be taking on some of the job of creating materials and textures for the characters, and possibly some of the environmental elements to make them prettier/cooler.
Other than that, I hope she'll have time to help me set up the frames for the final rendering of the animation, and that way I can focus on special effects and sound effects to make it super cool.
I'm struggling to figure out what to do for the music aspect. Some of it should be traditional Secwepemc music, of course, but I'd like some upbeat modern music as well. Which will also have to be in Secwepemctsin.
Later, I'll post a rendering from a possible scene from the starting sequence of episode 1.
or the music aspect. Some of it should be traditional Secwepemc music, of course, but I'd like some upbeat modern music as well. Which will also have to be in Secwepemctsin.
Later, I'll post a rendering from a possible scene from the starting sequence of episode 1.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Minor Changes to Parker Pawn
I am really struggling with this story, but I have made a couple new changes to it. I know I promised to give it a break for a while, but I kept thinking about it. The changes are VERY minor... I'm just trying to polish up my opening.
http://download.cweth.com/parkerpawn.pdf
http://download.cweth.com/parkerpawn.pdf
What is Battle Galaxy?
Battle Galaxy is a 3d animated movie being produced by an Aboriginal language immersion school called Chief Atahm. It has been my project since the beginning, but the progress has been slow due to time constraints on my part, and budget constraints on the school's part.
It was written by myself, and my then 5 year old son. He wanted to draw inspiration from two of his favourite shows, which were Star Wars, and Dragon Ball Z. So the script is reminiscent of Dragonball Z style stories, where the plot is about a very long drawn out battle with a single opponent that takes a long time to resolve. The characters, and universe are like Star Wars. An evil empire is ruling the galaxy, and a band of magic wielding knights are there to fight them. The Teqwilc (which, in Secwemepmctsin, means wizard / priest / spirtual leader) train young warriors in the magical arts, and in wielding laser swords in hopes that their army can defeat the oppression caused by the evil nintse army's occupation.
Target audience is probably about 5-9 year olds.
I have 5 episodes written in English, and one translated into Secwepemctsin already, I have the first episode recorded into a rough soundtrack, and I have all of action storyboarded, and broken down into what keyframes scenes and objects are needed. So i'm ready to place all of the objects and create a rough draft of the animation that will be choppy picture to picture animation, and I'll fill the action in later. Before that, I will cut the final soundtrack, and add sound effects and stuff. Then I'll bring it to funding sources and seek the money I would need to complete the project.
I do own the domain http://BattleGalaxy.net , but I have not posted a website up there yet. When I do, it will probably contain a blog if you want to follow my progress.
It was written by myself, and my then 5 year old son. He wanted to draw inspiration from two of his favourite shows, which were Star Wars, and Dragon Ball Z. So the script is reminiscent of Dragonball Z style stories, where the plot is about a very long drawn out battle with a single opponent that takes a long time to resolve. The characters, and universe are like Star Wars. An evil empire is ruling the galaxy, and a band of magic wielding knights are there to fight them. The Teqwilc (which, in Secwemepmctsin, means wizard / priest / spirtual leader) train young warriors in the magical arts, and in wielding laser swords in hopes that their army can defeat the oppression caused by the evil nintse army's occupation.
Target audience is probably about 5-9 year olds.
I have 5 episodes written in English, and one translated into Secwepemctsin already, I have the first episode recorded into a rough soundtrack, and I have all of action storyboarded, and broken down into what keyframes scenes and objects are needed. So i'm ready to place all of the objects and create a rough draft of the animation that will be choppy picture to picture animation, and I'll fill the action in later. Before that, I will cut the final soundtrack, and add sound effects and stuff. Then I'll bring it to funding sources and seek the money I would need to complete the project.
I do own the domain http://BattleGalaxy.net , but I have not posted a website up there yet. When I do, it will probably contain a blog if you want to follow my progress.
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