May 2009 Blog Posts (9)

The Producer’s Report #70

Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:

Number remaining: 122

Number in progress: 10

Number completed: 401

Doom: Phil's new glasses. (calculated by Ian)

Projected date for completion of all VFX:

17 September 2009 (based on projected time estimates of all tasks)

30 October 2009 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)

This week’s recommendations:

Ian:… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on May 28, 2009 at 7:15pm — No Comments

Memorial Day Road Trip

Today, I picked up Ian at 5am(!) to grab some pickup shots (stills) at three locations around town. It was a beautiful morning. We had the roads to ourselves.

First, we drove to Ballard in search of vistas that would serve as a reverse angle shot looking out from the tunnel that leads to the hideout of The London Underground. We found it, and a lovely shrubbery on Queen Anne Hill.…

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Added by Phil McCoy on May 25, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

The Ian Report #453

Finished a shot of the Goose landing in the lobby today; a cool shot, and cooler because of the sheer number of folks involved with it. Dolf modeled, textured, and rigged the Goose, Paul made the lobby, Kovacs animated the Goose landing, Vegdahl rigged the small replica of Jerry in the cockpit, and helped me set up a "fly papers" simulation.

Looking at the final shot, it's a rad culmination of all those efforts.

Michael Gallon did… Continue

Added by Ian Hubert on May 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

The Producer’s Report #69

Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:

Number remaining: 129

Number in progress: 9

Number completed: 401

Doom: 25.6% (calculated by Ian)

Projected date for completion of all VFX:

14 September 2009 (based on projected time estimates of all tasks)

30 October 2009 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)

This week’s recommendations:

Ian: "Symphony No.… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on May 21, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

The Ian Report #452

Another good week!

I finished up most of the big lobby escape scene, which was the last big effects sequence that had to be done, excluding the big finale. The only remaining shot is one of the Goose coming in for a landing- fins extended, skidding around- which Peter Kovacs just finished animating excellently. I just need to render it out! It's the perfect cornerstone for a pretty rad sequence.

Nathan Vegdahl is getting his… Continue

Added by Ian Hubert on May 17, 2009 at 8:14am — 2 Comments

The Producer’s Report #68

Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:

Number remaining: 133

Number in progress: 11

Number completed: 395

Doom: Overly delicious tall mocha milkshake (calculated by Ian)

Projected date for completion of all VFX:

22 September 2009 (based on projected time estimates of all tasks)

29 October 2009 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)

This week’s… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on May 14, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

The Ian Report #451

And so concludes the first week of work sitting next to Nathan Vegdahl! He's spending a few months working with us after leaving his last job working in video games- I'm more than a little pumped. We keep up each other's motivation.

Tracy sent in some new slides for the expository "crazy history" scene- looking good!

A lot of work is being done on Subject C, from a bunch of fronts: Nathan Taylor's working on sculpting out the rest… Continue

Added by Ian Hubert on May 9, 2009 at 10:24pm — 2 Comments

The Producer’s Report #67

Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:

Number remaining: 139

Number in progress: 10

Number completed: 388

Doom: 2AM (calculated by Ian)

Projected date for completion of all VFX:

29 September 2009 (based on projected time estimates of all tasks)

31 October 2009 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)

This week’s recommendations:

Ian: "Narcolepsy" by… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on May 7, 2009 at 7:47pm — 1 Comment

The Ian Report #450

Ka-BOOM!

SUCH a rewarding week. There are 5 animations that Nate Taylor did months ago for the big "Breakin'-'Em-Out'ta-Pris'n" sequence, that have just been sitting around gathering dust waiting for their day to be rendered- that day is now! Huzzah!

Paul Spooner got me the fantastically detailed front lot scene, and I've been going render-crazy completing shots of the Tankbots firing, rolling around, and the Boulderwake smashing… Continue

Added by Ian Hubert on May 3, 2009 at 1:10pm — No Comments