Bear

Bear End of Term update

Image of director, Myself and our head of animation.

The film is done!!!

I can't believe we have managed to animate the full film in four weeks but we did and bear is done! I was worried when i first joined this project that by doing so I would be working myself to hard and both films would fall behind schedule and not get done. But because i had two amazing teams working incredibly hard We managed to get Bear completely finished two day before the deadline.

Please view the film posted on my vimeo

https://vimeo.com/rebeccahardess

Big Feet- Update

Big Feet End of term Update

The film is done! 

We managed to get it completed on time and to a really great standard so I'm really pleased that i managed to produce a really great film whilst also working heavily on another project (more about bear in my next post !). I think the film has been finished to a really professional standard (So much so that our head of course has asked to put some of the film in a promotional video for the course which is usually reserved for 3rd years only) and we managed to get it completely finished a whole week before our deadline and ahead of schedule. I could not have asked for a better team and project experience this really has been amazing. I cannot release the film yet as we are currently submitting it to a lot of film festivals however the film will be released in April 2020

Bear

Animating

We have a very small team on Bear so we are struggling to get the animation done. when i joined the project in week 6 they did even have a final design for the characters yet. So i had to push that along quickly and start production. We now have 3 and a half weeks left to finish animation so it a bit tight, however i have come up with a new blending frames effect that fits the style of the film and means we can animate on 4s instead of 2s saving us a lot of time. I have also brought on some the directors from Big Feet as they are also 2D animators and really good at it (and fast)!
I am also doing a lot of the animation myself which is really interesting and a fun new experience. 2D animation is not something i have much experience in but im really enjoying the process.

This is our Simple Shot list that i created - This was a lot easier for my director to follow so they could see the work that was being completed.

Here is a meeting with Me, The head of animation and an animator present. 

I also arranged for a short amount of LAV to be created as their were some shots that our animators were finding particularly challenging 

New Project - producing bear

Taking over Bear

So Whilst doing Big Feet,  a friend of mine (who i worked with last term on Cuppa Jo) was directing another project of their own called 'Bear'. originally at the start of this term they asked me to be the assistant producer to help their producer whilst i did Big Feet. However I did not have to do much during the first month because they were very organised. We are now 6 weeks into term (Halfway) and because of personal circumstance their producer is having to step down from the role. My friend has asked me if I can take over as they really need someone to help organise their team. I have agreed to do it however it means that I have to do Big Feet and Bear at the same time which seems like a bit of a crazy thing to do in my second year! 

However, Big Feet is going really well and we are ahead of schedule- we have just finished our first week of Makin week and we have already created over half of our props, we will easily be able to start animating early (maybe even a week ahead of schedule!) and because of this I think i have the time to help out on Bear and I'm excited to see if I can pull this off. This is a new challenge! 

Big feet Producing

Producing 

I'm really enjoying the role of producer this term. The team are working so well together that I'm having to deal with little to no issues or delays! My whole team are also listening to me and my plans. Last term I found that sometimes my team wouldn't to me and argue with my organisation a lot however I think after that project got completed they were grateful that i pushed them to do their best and i think that has had an effect on this term as my team see me as a producer that knows what they are doing and is capable of getting the film completed on team, however I could not do it without them!

Here is the Shot list i created for Big feet. I think i can already see a development in my skills as a producer from last term. Im much more organised as I feel like I know what im doing more. 

This is the props list i created to keep track of all the props that we need made more the project. This is something I did not do last term which mean't it was really hard to keep track of what was being made and one of the sets almost wasn't finished. This was a mistake I did not want to make this term and this spreadsheet helped me stay organised

This is a dates availability sheet I made for the project. This was really useful to keep track of when people could work - especially when trying to organise animators as we only had one studio to animated in so it had to be organised perfectly. 

This is one of the weekly animation schedules I created. Like I said above we only had one studio to animate all 60 shots in and we only had 3 weeks to animated all 2 minutes, so I needed to run a tight schedule so we aren't wasting time. This weekly plan is helping me to do that  

Big Feet- Making

Making Weeks

I loved creating the film set for cuppa Jo and it was a really interesting process, however this term I really wanted to prioritise my role as a producer as I think this is the role I would like to have after I have completed my degree.  However i did manage to find the time to create the Twigloo that will be featured in the forest scene of Big Feet! 

To create this i wrapped mod roc round a bowl and left it to dry. I then painted it brown and using a hot glue gun, I glued twigs on it to make it a Twigloo, I even created a little door. This was a fun little project that didn't take to long. It was a nice break from spreadsheets! 

Big feet

New Term, New Project!

So its term 2 of my second year and I'm producing another project! 

this term we do not have to follow a client brief and its up to us what we do. I was approached by some people on the course as they had a good idea for a stop motion short film. They are usually 2D film makers so im interested to see how they create a film that will work with stop motion (as we have certain limitations at falmouth that mean we may not be able to be as creative as we would like!)  however they are great directors so im really excited to see more. 

They're idea follows a yeti who wants to find his family. They have already shown me some concept art and storyboards and i love the idea. I have brought on some other people to the project and we now have a great team of 7! 

we have animators, set makers and a DOP so we are ready to go. 

Cuppa Joe- Completed

CUPPA JO IS DONE!

Cuppa Jo is done! we managed to completely finish it on time which is amazing. we completed two sets, one puppet, 30 seconds of live action and 1 minute of animation in 12 weeks and that is including pre production! 

i think the film looks really good considering it is the first ever stop motion film i have ever produced and my first time officially in the role of the producer. This project has shown me that i love producing and i really love stop motion and if i can next term i would love to producer again 

View the film here: 

https://vimeo.com/318892684

Cuppa Joe- Making

Making a set

Whilst producing cuppa Jo I also helped to created a set for the film. I have always loved being creative and so i really enjoyed being involved in both the organisation and creative side of the project. the base of this set was made out of wood that i painted. the structure of the set was made mainly out of foam board and then painted. We used fake grass and moss to make the building look old. to make the rubbish piles we mainly used actually rubbish 

Cuppa Jo Producing

My role as the producer

After being the producer on a film project last year i have definitely decided its what i would like to do after leaving unversity, so im very pleased that im acting as the producer this term on our project cuppa jo.

so far i have created a small plan/ gantt chart looking at how my team should be progressing on the film this term. this is the first time im producing a stop motion film so i have had to include different things than i did last year on my my 2d project tea talk. i have made sure to include time for developing the idea and animating but have also included time for making sets and the puppet as these are obviously all important parts of a stop motion film

Second Year term 1

Cuppa Joe 

so I have not been posting much because of summer break but I'm now back at university and im  working on another short film. after working on "tea talk" I have decided that I definitely would like to pursue the job role of the producer further and see if this is something I would like to do as a career. I also decided that this term I wanted to work on a stop motion project, that is why I am now the producer on the short film "Cuppa Joe". 

this term for one our modules we were put into teams and given a client brief. my teams brief was 'sustainable campus' they wanted us to create a film that shows a way we can help make the campus more environmentally friendly. so we are now two weeks into the term and my team have come up with an idea that helps to promote the use of reusable coffee cups and normal coffee cups cannot be recycled. 

this film is about a student who with the stress of deadlines is drinking A LOT of coffee and keeps throwing away A LOT of coffee cups. after have little too no sleep he hallucinates and is taken to a rubbish underworld, where he comes face to face with a coffee monster. when he comes out of this hallucination he realises that buying a reusable coffee cup will mean he never has to face the evil monster again. 

this is a poster our designer has created to portray the film. the first Half will be live action and then when he is taken into the underworld it will be stop motion. it will then go back to live action when he wakes up. 

I really like this idea and I'm excited to see where it goes!

right now I have come up with a plan so we can start making our stop motion sets next week and I have already got someone to start making the puppet.

2d background

2d city environment sketches

tea project

my stuff


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