IFDM: 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

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http://video.movies.go.com/sincity/
This is closer to what we were trying for with our film.

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http://www.jennifersbody.com/
This is the website for the film Jennifers Body. A film we are trying to set ourselves apart from.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

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This is a short video I made in my class at the Santa Fe Comunity College designed to teach us how to film a conversation

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Another shot idea for our film "Kiss of Death."

This is a test for Kiss of Death to make sure I was able to produce good red lips. Unfortunately the movie doesn't look consistently good like this, mostly because of changes in lighting to to shadows.

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Another shot idea.

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This is the production company logo I created for our film.

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http://www.pixar.com/
This is just the website for Pixar, but after having a chance to learn and use 3D Studio I have gained a whole new appreciation for the digital animations such as the ones Pixar creates.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

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This is another shot idea.

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This was the piece of the presentation that I was unable to show in the PowerPoint. It is a title idea for our movie product.

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This is another test I did for a movie I made using a blue sled as a blue screen. My inspiration for this was the the idea of an invisibility cape.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

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This is another shot idea for our film.

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This is an interesting use of a a 3D program, combining the science fiction idea with technology and art to create a very thought provoking image. This also shows the versatility and extent of the possible use with these programs.

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This is a test of blue screens and my ability to use them. I wanted to see what I was able to do with my means.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Assignment 0.7 | 3D Max | Animation

For this animation I used the idea of light and its three components red, green, and blue. By swirling these lights in and out of each other it portrays every color in the spectrum. By having moving white balls it creates something for the light to bounce off of as well as shadows which helped to make the image more interesting and helped to create even more color combination's by breaking up the light. The chaotic nature of the movement, the many color combination's, as well as the dream like qualities the music and shadows evoke make for a a spiritual scene. I did not create the song but I don't know who the artist is. I am not taking credit, and I thank whoever created the soundtrack.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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This was my first attempt at creating my animation. I felt everything was too far away, and did not keep you involved enough. It also doesn't have music.

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http://greatdance.com/thekineticinterface/2009/02/diy-laser-3d-animation/
This web site explores some interest new ideas for imagery. New media artist Sophie Kahn uses laser scanner technology and stop-motion 3D animation to create "body/traces."Radio heads music video for the song "house of cards" uses thus technology to create a very extravagant yet simple image.

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This is a sketch of an idea for the movie for our project.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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This is the second episode of The Chase. Introducing my friends older brother as a new character. It is bad quality once again in order to fit it on the blog.

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This is a drawing done for me by my good friend. It is a comic book character that we invented together named The Drifter. In this pannel The Drifter is destroying evil by killing the Satan. This is very inspiring to me because it took him only 5 or 10 minutes to draw this, it takes me at least an our to draw one of my sketches and as you can it does not come close to this.

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This is next story board to the movie I would like to make. The other arrives at the camp but sees something that catches her eye.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Assignment 0.6 | 3D Max | Lighting Fixture

Sunday, October 25, 2009

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This is the first movie I ever made on Final Cut. I was 12 or 13 and got the program from one of my teachers. We made the movie in his neighborhood using a tripod to film. The soundtrack is from the Spiderman movie. It is such bad quality because I had to over-compress it in order to fit on the blog.

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http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/3ds/reflection_br/Finalresult.jpg
This is very interesting to me because I have seen this knot in the library of shapes in 3D studio max, but seeing it like this actually looks like a real image and not a 3D rendering. the lighting and reflection make this image very interesting.

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The next storyboard in sequence. This is the beginning of the first of the mothers scenes.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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The next in my series of story boards, the group of my grandfathers brothers are confronted by a German officer who picks the oldest of the brothers (second in the family under my grandfather) to work for him. He is told that he is lucky, but is as of now unaware of why being picked to work is lucky.

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This movie I made with one of my friends. He had an assignment for one of his classes, he had to make a movie with no words and he asked me for help. Neither of us had any ideas so we started without any story line, and ended with no real story line, but we made it as shocking as we could for the small Catholic School. Even the name "Another Victim of Santa Style" has no real meaning, we came up with it after looking at a postcard I had in my room, and thought it was a funny addition to the movie. When my friend turned in this assignment, not only did they refuse to show it class, but they called my friend in for a psychiatric evaluation in front of the entire administration and decided that he was sane. This entire movie was really designed to see what my Jewish friend, the student body president of a catholic school, could get away with showing, eventually the movie was shown in the class by the teacher.

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http://www.ombreportee.com/05suspension/07suspension_tontine60/tontine_60_350x350.jpg

This lighting fixture makes great use of lights and shadows in order to create an ascetically pleasing and interesting sight. instead of only giving light, this piece withholds light as well, making it a great example of what I want to do with my project, create interest not only with my use of light but also the use of the dark lack of light, shadows. This is an example of an innovative and interesting lighting fixture.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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This is the next story board for my future movie. The focus switches to the other three boys and their story entering the camp. They have there first view of the smoke stacks and the environment they are to be thrown into.

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This is another film I made for my film class, however I was never able to complete this movie so I only have a trailer. The plot behind the movie was three boys who wrote a script and all took turns giving there idea on how it ends, only one idea is ever actually presented in the movie. I made this using my friends as actors.

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http://i22.tinypic.com/23sexkm.jpg
After messing with 3D studio for a while and seeing my results, I looked on the internet to see what can be done with the program. I found these images and many more like them. They baffle me, I don't understand how they can make such complex forms and keep them looking realistic. I am sure they are using many tricks that I am yet to learn, but the idea of making images like this is very intriguing to me and drives me to learn more about the program.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Assignment 5 SketchUp Red Blue Chair

These three images are of my replication of the Red Blue Chair. Using SketchUp and blueprints of the chair I created a scale 3D image of the chair. I colored the bottom and back the traditional blue and red, but the frame I changed up, the vertical faces are yellow and the horizontal faces are green. This makes the chair look a different color at a different angle, and also helps to clear up the framework making it easier to visualize as 3D.

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This film was made with my film 1 class at the Santa Fe Community College. We were given a script of dialogue, but were told to create a story through the acting, filming and editing. When every group was done we presented several different stories with the same dialogue, highlighting the importance of the visuals in story telling not just what is being said. I helped to shape the story, was director of photography, and edited his film while the rest of my group acted, directed, and handled the sound.

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http://www.imageworks.com
I was greatly inspired by the presenter from Image Works we had the pleasure to have in class on Wednesday. Film making is what I have always wanted to do, but I have never really thought of that aspect of blended cinema. Listening to what she had to said and seeing the break down of how the movies were created really enticed me to consider this as a career path. I hope to learn more in this class about the programs used to create these movies.

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Yet another story board for the movie I would like to make. The family is separated more when the group of boys that were captured together are separated and searched. This movie is a long way off considering the budget would be millions of dollars, however I feel it is important to remember the story and the way I am imagine it in order to use when I have the means. These drawing though primitive at best convey the idea of how each shot happens in my head.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

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The next scene in sequence for my future movie. The main character and his siblings first arrive at the concentration camp. They gain an understanding through the surrounding as too what is to come. This scene also adds to the protagonists character as caring helpful.

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This is something I created using sketch up. It is a cover for a bench or picnic table in a park. It has an interesting yet practical shape that gives this object both form and function.

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This is a movie I made When I was 14 and was really starting to learn Final Cut. I used a red screen for the blue and green bears, and placed them in from of an outside scene. This was the first time I used different angles for a stop motion movie.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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Another storyboard of my grandfathers story. The whole family has just been separated, and this is just a brief overview of where the family is. None of them know where they are, where the rest of there family is, or where they are going.

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This is a film that I made for my Digital Editing class at the Santa Fe Community College. I wrote, Directed, filmed, and Edited this movie, and used my friends and family as actors. I used Final Cut Pro to edit this film and shot it on just a regular Mini-DV.

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http://runningthroughrain.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/inspiration.jpg
I was in need of inspiration about what to write for this blog, so I Googled the word Inspiration. I didn't think I would actually find anything but I found this picture, which truly is inspiring to me. Not just in the more metaphorical way, that this man is holding the sun over this city in a very majestic manner, but it also drives me to try to figure out how this is done, is it just a great angle or did they apply some digital program to it.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Another storyboard of my grandfathers story in the Holocaust, in sequence, this would be the 2nd part of the 2nd scene, in which the Nazis burst into the house, and despite all the protagonists best efforts and selfless acts all manage to get caught. This is the first chaotic scene of the movie where everyone in the family is separated from each other, many of which never to see each other again.

Assignment 3 Illustrator

For this assignment I didn't use internet safe colors, hence the discoloration, however it doesn't change the image much. I used a higher line weight for vectors closer forward and smaller ones for farther lines, by outlining the shadows and giving them a darker fill it creates depth. The mix between the real image and the illustration is very interesting and creates a surreal composition, unable to tell if it is real or just a drawing.

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http://www.inglouriousbasterds-movie.com/
This is the official website for the recent film directed by Quentin Tarantino and staring Brad Pitt, both of whom I have tremendous respect for, entitled Inglorious Bastards. This might not be considered a good film by all, but it is entertaining, well shot, well thought out, vengeful, and fits in quite well with the script about my grandfathers struggle in the Holocaust I have been working on story boarding for. Many of my ideas in my story board and script are drawn form this movie as well as movies of this kind.

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http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2009/08/samuel_l_jackson_tommy_lee_jon.html
This is a web site for a new Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones film, directed by Tommy Lee Jones, and written by one of my favorite writers Cormac McCarthy. It is a play in which two men debate the worth of there lives called "The Sunset Limited." This movie is being filmed in Santa Fe New Mexico, my home town, and I happen to see the rough footage of one of the days of filming from that day. It was an extremely straight foward scene but being an editor I couldn't help but imaging editing the film myself. I actually spent that following night having increadibaly vivid dreams about editing that scene.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Assignment 2 Haptic Modeling

Structure: These models desplay different

structures. One is a very solid structure with many triangles (the strongest shape) and two cross beams. The other is a much weaker yet still holds structural inegrity, however it is more interesting to the eye.

Rhythm: Both of these models have a pattern to them, it may vary in magnitude and shape but the same key elements are in every beat. Your eye is taken up and down each incline, creating a rhythm in the observers head.

Melody: When I think of melody, I think of the beauty in music, as opposed to the necessary framework that structure and rhythm provide. Both of these models have a whimsical quality to them that is very pleasant to the eye and I believe captures the audience with beauty the same way a great melody can capture millions.