VERY VERY ROUGH EDIT - 1st pass at animation

This is my first edit after animation. I obviously need to fix a lot of things, like reanimate a couple of things or edit the timing on the current shots. I'm missing a few filler shots that I need to animate this weekend. Color correction is out of whack but I'll get to that when I re-import the high res stills. The camera move at the end is doing weird things and I still need to edit the end to be a little more smooth. I could keep going with the list of things to do. . . . . but here it is.

animatic - revision

For some reason the animatic below did not upload the ending of the film which is one of the most important parts I was trying to show. So here is another shot.

animatic

So, I decided to take this animation back indoors because the other method wasn't giving me the results I wanted. I also decided to simplify, using only two materials for my animation, stone and leaves.

For the end I revisited an old idea of building a city from nature and creating an integration. I'm still working on the details on that part but I am open to opinions and suggestions.

new footage from Memorial Day weekend

So I shot this on Sunday and Monday; some of it is redundant b/c I shot it more than once in a different location. There are things I think are fun and things I don't really like, like the brown leaves forming the squares. Definitely throwing that one out. Anyway, I have some new ideas that I am going to explore tonight and tomorrow through some rough storyboards, and maybe time it to music. I'll upload those as soon as they are done.

One of the biggest issues with shooting on location is that I get really tired from being in the sun all day and then it becomes hard to stay focused; also, it is kind of windy in Ca right now so anytime I need something to stay put, like leaves for instance, it is next to impossible to get things to move the way I want. So, I'm thinking about setting up a sandbox and lights on my kitchen table and shooting that way. I think this will give me more control. However, for any lower camera angles, I will be loosing the background of nature and I will no longer have the direct sunlight effect from being outside. So, these are a couple of problems that need to be addressed. I welcome any advice on this matter.