I'm excited to take what I learned and apply it to my next project. And for those who have asked, yes, that's my voice for the sounds :D
Showing posts with label storyboards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storyboards. Show all posts
1.27.2012
TellTale Cinematic Test
I finished this right before Christmas and can finally post it. I feel good about the test, I enjoyed working on it and finished the test under 20 hrs.
I'm excited to take what I learned and apply it to my next project. And for those who have asked, yes, that's my voice for the sounds :D
I'm excited to take what I learned and apply it to my next project. And for those who have asked, yes, that's my voice for the sounds :D
1.22.2012
The Hudsucker Proxy Breakdown
A new term has started at AnimC and part of the first assignment is to study a film and breakdown the shots. Focusing on visual progression; meaning cutting, continuity, line quality, line closure and finding basic shape progression.
8.05.2011
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead
It's difficult to stay positive with all the things going on in our country and around the world. But I absolutely love the era in which I live. Never have we been able to communicate so easily with people all over the world and help someone.
This year has been my best yet at staying healthy year round. Every year I make it a goal to do better in some way than the last year. This year my goal was to finally eat correctly and learn more about food and nutrition. So I dedicated and kept myself accountable by letting close friends know what I was doing so if I slipped they could call me out.
I've been reading lots of material and signed up for news letters like Thrive in 30 and just consuming everything I can, especially documentaries. (I watch LOADS of documentaries.)
About a week ago, I was surfing Neflix to watch a new Documentary and I unexpectedly found a gem. It's called: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead I liked it so much I decided to make a little comic about it!
What I found pretty incredible in FS&ND was the fact that Joe and others were barely exercising. They were walking and that was about it. AND they were losing incredible amounts of weight, and granted as some of them lost more weight they started to exercise more because they finally felt like they could!
And I thought this diet would help jump start my pops into getting motivated again. You would think I was a cars salesman or a pyramid scammer. He just didn't want to watch it. Then finally one night he did! And then he wouldn't shut up about it!
And one night at work, my dad was telling a buddy and he said I'm gonna tell my sister about it, she's been pretty sick. They watched it and now they are starting it!
My one quip, is the use of the word "FAST" - When most people think of the word fasting they think of not eating, they must drink a supplement or something to "restart their metabolism". I think that's dumb, just like I think the Cabbage diet is dumb, counting calories is dumb, the point system, Atkins and last, these new pills or droplets that you take while only eating 500 calories. STUPID.
To me this diet should rather be called a cleanse, OR as Joe and his team now call it a "Reboot" - The movie has caused such positive impact that Joe and his team created a website called Reboot Your Life. And this sounds much more appropriate to me.
Too many people have a negative thought association with the word "diet" or "fasting". But really the bottom line is, they just don't know better. I've personally only trained a handful of people but each person reached their goals and learned the proper information about working-out and eating.
LOTS of people think, if you don't eat you will loose weight! WRONG! - That mindset drives me crazy! If you want to loose weight, you have to eat!! Period. And just like a vehicle you need to take care of it, so why don't we take care of our own vehicle? You get out what you put in.
What I like about this, is, if you're hungry - make a drink! If you are still hungry make another drink! Drink 6-8 a day. Not just 3 little "cleansing packets" We are getting back to our roots with this "diet" - raw foods man. And you can connect back with your community if you have local farmers markets! We are so far detached from our roots it's ridiculous.
Here's the bottom line for me, you don't need to go on a 30 or 60 day "diet" like Joe or Phil. Just try it for 3-5 days. If you like it, extended it a week. And if you do want to extended it go consult your physician. ;) Just by doing this for 5 days most people would be "eating" more than they normally do.
And the part that pulled on my heart strings was the fact that Joe was able to connect with a stranger and help save / change his life for the better. Not only that, Phil turned around and started giving back in his community. And it's stuff like that, I love seeing. Hell, when I watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition I can get choked up. Same goes for Biggest Loser, just something about a person taking back control of their life deciding to make a change for good just hits home with me.
We all have the strength within ourselves to do whatever; the sad part is, not everybody believes it, or they lose that belief along the way.
One last note, six-packs are made at home in the kitchen not at the gym. Again it's all about what you are putting in your system. If you happen to watch the film or have questions, drop me a line! Tomorrow I'm off to the farmers market to start my Reboot! :D
This year has been my best yet at staying healthy year round. Every year I make it a goal to do better in some way than the last year. This year my goal was to finally eat correctly and learn more about food and nutrition. So I dedicated and kept myself accountable by letting close friends know what I was doing so if I slipped they could call me out.
I've been reading lots of material and signed up for news letters like Thrive in 30 and just consuming everything I can, especially documentaries. (I watch LOADS of documentaries.)
About a week ago, I was surfing Neflix to watch a new Documentary and I unexpectedly found a gem. It's called: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead I liked it so much I decided to make a little comic about it!
Now, I've been around weightlifting since I was wee lad and my dad - at 6'4 and 266 lbs - who inspired me and taught me everything I know took his workouts seriously. As he got older he's had two back surgeries, a couple knee surgeries and a few other operations and he's no longer a lean, mean, fitness machine. Over the years I've tried desperately to get him off his ass and start exercising again. And it's no secret that working out can extend your life and improve your health.
What I found pretty incredible in FS&ND was the fact that Joe and others were barely exercising. They were walking and that was about it. AND they were losing incredible amounts of weight, and granted as some of them lost more weight they started to exercise more because they finally felt like they could!
And I thought this diet would help jump start my pops into getting motivated again. You would think I was a cars salesman or a pyramid scammer. He just didn't want to watch it. Then finally one night he did! And then he wouldn't shut up about it!
And one night at work, my dad was telling a buddy and he said I'm gonna tell my sister about it, she's been pretty sick. They watched it and now they are starting it!
My one quip, is the use of the word "FAST" - When most people think of the word fasting they think of not eating, they must drink a supplement or something to "restart their metabolism". I think that's dumb, just like I think the Cabbage diet is dumb, counting calories is dumb, the point system, Atkins and last, these new pills or droplets that you take while only eating 500 calories. STUPID.
To me this diet should rather be called a cleanse, OR as Joe and his team now call it a "Reboot" - The movie has caused such positive impact that Joe and his team created a website called Reboot Your Life. And this sounds much more appropriate to me.
Too many people have a negative thought association with the word "diet" or "fasting". But really the bottom line is, they just don't know better. I've personally only trained a handful of people but each person reached their goals and learned the proper information about working-out and eating.
LOTS of people think, if you don't eat you will loose weight! WRONG! - That mindset drives me crazy! If you want to loose weight, you have to eat!! Period. And just like a vehicle you need to take care of it, so why don't we take care of our own vehicle? You get out what you put in.
What I like about this, is, if you're hungry - make a drink! If you are still hungry make another drink! Drink 6-8 a day. Not just 3 little "cleansing packets" We are getting back to our roots with this "diet" - raw foods man. And you can connect back with your community if you have local farmers markets! We are so far detached from our roots it's ridiculous.
Here's the bottom line for me, you don't need to go on a 30 or 60 day "diet" like Joe or Phil. Just try it for 3-5 days. If you like it, extended it a week. And if you do want to extended it go consult your physician. ;) Just by doing this for 5 days most people would be "eating" more than they normally do.
And the part that pulled on my heart strings was the fact that Joe was able to connect with a stranger and help save / change his life for the better. Not only that, Phil turned around and started giving back in his community. And it's stuff like that, I love seeing. Hell, when I watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition I can get choked up. Same goes for Biggest Loser, just something about a person taking back control of their life deciding to make a change for good just hits home with me.
We all have the strength within ourselves to do whatever; the sad part is, not everybody believes it, or they lose that belief along the way.
One last note, six-packs are made at home in the kitchen not at the gym. Again it's all about what you are putting in your system. If you happen to watch the film or have questions, drop me a line! Tomorrow I'm off to the farmers market to start my Reboot! :D
8.01.2011
I Saw the Devil
A couple weeks ago I finally watched "I Saw the Devil" and I loved it. I wrote a snippet on my tumblr.
Min-sik deliver's a powerful and scary performance. One part in particular was the first time the detective found him. Great build up and moments by Min-sik that couldn't be scripted or boarded out. Here is part of that build up - this is when the detective finds him and they get ready to throwdown.
Min-sik deliver's a powerful and scary performance. One part in particular was the first time the detective found him. Great build up and moments by Min-sik that couldn't be scripted or boarded out. Here is part of that build up - this is when the detective finds him and they get ready to throwdown.
If you enjoyed Oldboy I recommend this. :)
5.09.2011
Soaring
I Haven't been able to post much lately, but I'm still drawing tons in my sketchbook! My hard drive went to crap on me then one of my monitors, then the next one (just flickering but annoying) and my cintiq now has goofy pink lines running through it!
Gots to love technology haha. So I'm sending one thing back at a time so I can keep working. I've also storyboarded out a new dialogue clip I'm planning on animating and just finished a tiny script on another idea from a dream I had that I'll start boarding out soon.
4.14.2011
Dream Train
You ever had a wild dream? Well, almost all of my dreams are like Michael Bay films - Freaking crazy! Crap exploding, crazy camera angles, lens flares, gun battles, I try and save a bus full of kids, whatever. A lot of the times I will dream situations, and pause it in the dream. If something happens in it, I will rewind it, and play it back for a new outcome.
I try and recorded them by writing them down or drawing out what happened.
Well a couple nights ago I had a pretty wild dream and I thought I'd share a part of it with everyone.
**warning - may be a wee bit graphic**
let me know what ya think!
This took me about 3 days to complete and another half day for music and tweaking. The hardest part was getting the exact images from my brain to my pencil. The 1st day I drew tons of thumbnails and finally had to go look up some reference. All and all this was great practice!
**warning - may be a wee bit graphic**
let me know what ya think!
This took me about 3 days to complete and another half day for music and tweaking. The hardest part was getting the exact images from my brain to my pencil. The 1st day I drew tons of thumbnails and finally had to go look up some reference. All and all this was great practice!
4.04.2011
Big Kahuna
3.31.2011
Femme Fatale
I joined a friends online sketching group and this is my submission for last week.
I'm finally getting around to contributing! I kinda took a different approach from the entry title, she's just so deadly without even trying. :P
Unrelated note, I bought the 4 disc pack of Tangled, I was super excited to get it! I popped it in so I could geek out on the special features and there ARE NONE!! what crap. Not even a directors commentary. Man I hate when movies don't have any decent features.
I was able to learn more about the film when I attended CTN last year. I really hope this doesn't become a trend for Disney, in about 3 years I bet they will "re-release" it from the VAULT and it will have 2 extra things on it. grr. waste of money man!
Unrelated note, I bought the 4 disc pack of Tangled, I was super excited to get it! I popped it in so I could geek out on the special features and there ARE NONE!! what crap. Not even a directors commentary. Man I hate when movies don't have any decent features.
I was able to learn more about the film when I attended CTN last year. I really hope this doesn't become a trend for Disney, in about 3 years I bet they will "re-release" it from the VAULT and it will have 2 extra things on it. grr. waste of money man!
3.30.2011
Slumdog pt. 1
I've decided to create a schedule practicing my story skills and this small update is to show that. My day consists of reading story structure, cinematography, composition and perspective books. After that I'll watch a movie and storyboard out my favorite scenes or sequences, and try and figure out why I like it. Then practice my screenplay writing and just for fun write a short story.
This started as doodles of my favorite shots, then it turned into drawing out the entire Amitabh sequence - I really like this sequence because it displays Jamal's character very well. He's willing to do anything to get what we wants, which foreshadows the rest of the movie. I like the setup.
I plan to board out other sequeneces of the film - and start breaking down shots with camera movement, one movie that I really enjoyed for the pacing was Unstoppable. I'd like to break that movie apart ... maybe that will be next week :P
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12.24.2010
Merry Xmas!!
Just wanted to share this with everyone and wish everyone a Happy Holidays!!!
- will update more before the end of the year, since getting back from CTN things have been hectic and exhausting. Hopefully things will be on the up and up shortly.
Best wishes!
tc
8.21.2010
New Painting W.I.P.
Man, I am terrible at trying to keep this thing updated haha. Although I have been updating my other blog quite often, and posting on my twitter... man so many things to keep up on. I don't really have anything interesting for people to be following me on twitter just yet haha.
I will soon release that beast and share what all I have been up to with everyone soon. :D I mentioned I'd be getting a painting up, and I finally have some progress on it! Check it out, still have lots to do, but I'm happy with the progress in the short amount of time today.
I will also be posting some great short films I've been watching.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!!
I will soon release that beast and share what all I have been up to with everyone soon. :D I mentioned I'd be getting a painting up, and I finally have some progress on it! Check it out, still have lots to do, but I'm happy with the progress in the short amount of time today.
I will also be posting some great short films I've been watching.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!!
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