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Things that never made it.. Thursday, December 18, 2008.

This shot never made it into the final edit of '...Francis Cooper...' but it was one of my favourite backgrounds. Nevermind. I also did a spinning bike wheel and a kitchen floor. Here they all are...

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posted by Felix @ Thursday, December 18, 2008 1 Comments

Problem #1. Monday, December 15, 2008.

When I put my car in with a basic unfinished house shape it doesn't work anymore.

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posted by Felix @ Monday, December 15, 2008 1 Comments

toy car.. Friday, November 28, 2008.

Finished the outside of my car and moved it around a bit. Needs lights.

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posted by Felix @ Friday, November 28, 2008 3 Comments

composition: move car around - day 1. Monday, November 24, 2008.

Started on my After Effects car today. It is four wheels and a base so far. The front two wheels move together when you rotate them. So they can go from this:

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to this:

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and even... to this:

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posted by Felix @ Monday, November 24, 2008 0 Comments

Proposals again. Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

Been mostly working on pitches at the moment. Some for developing TV seriessss and others for adverts which have been quite fun. Last Monday was the deadline for submitting a Digital Short again so I decided to do a proposal for that. Mostly as an excuse to put things in my head in a way I can look at them. I did a character design (right) and built something in After Effects to go along with it (below). I'm getting quite into using After Effects since doing Francis Cooper.... This film if it ever gets made would be more like Keith Reynolds and be set in America again. Think it was my trip to Chicago that did that. Will keep working on it on and off this week I think. I want to build a car in 3D space so will see how that goes. Trying to make good use of my time off at the moment.

Encounters Film Festival 2008 in Bristol starts today so I'll hopefully be going along to that a lot too. Err.