Monday, April 28, 2008

The Latest Update

Alright, so production is underway, and things are now in full swing. I'm very excited about this project, and I think it will be pretty impressive when complete. This past week, I started Scene 1, and its nearly complete, now. Here's a test of Scene 1:



In addition to Scene 1, I also created my production schedule this weekend. Here that is:

(heart)Beat Production Schedule
Week 6
Sunday, April 27th – Create Production Schedule
Monday, April 28th – Complete Scene 1 (4 hours)
Tuesday, April 29th - Begin Scene 2 (4 hours)
Wednesday, April 30th – Complete Scene 2 (6 hours)
Thursday, May 1st – (miscellaneous)
Friday, May 2nd – Begin and complete Scene 3 (6 hours)
Saturday, May 3rd – Begin Scene 4A (4 hours)

Week 7
Sunday, May 4th – Complete Scene 4A (4 hours)
Monday, May 5th – Begin Scene 4B (5 hours)
Tuesday, May 6th – Continue Scene 4B (3 hours)
Wednesday, May 7th – Complete Scene 4B (5 hours)
Thursday, May 8th – (miscellaneous)
Friday, May 9th – Begin Scene 4C (4 hours)
Saturday, May 10th – Continue Scene 4C (3 hours)

Week 8
Sunday, May 11th – Complete Scene 4C (4 hours)
Monday, May 12th – Begin Scene 5 (6 hours)
Tuesday May 13th – Continue Scene 5 (3 hours)
Wednesday, May 14th – Continue Scene 5 (6 hours)
Thursday, May 15th – Continue Scene 5 (2 hours)
Friday, May 16th – Complete Scene 5 (3 hours)
Saturday, May 17th – Begin Scene 6 (4 hours)

Week 9
Sunday, May 18th – Complete Scene 6 (4 hours)
Monday, May 19th – Begin Scene 7.1 (5 hours)
Tuesday, May 20th – Complete Scene 7.1 (3 hours)
Wednesday, May 21st – Begin and Complete Scene 7.2 (5 hours)
Thursday, May 22nd – (miscellaneous)
Friday, May 23rd – Begin and Complete Scene 7.3 (5 hours)
Saturday, May 24th – Cleanup

Week 10
Sunday, May 25th – Cleanup
Monday, May 26th – Editing
Tuesday, May 27th – Editing
Wednesday – Final Presentation

Scene Breakdown
Scene 1 – ELS – Egg inside -> zoom out to nest & woofer
Scene 2 – MS – Baby bird hatches, cuddles to woofer
Scene 3 – ELS – Establishing Shot – Transition from night to day
Scene 4A – FS – Baby bird dances -> night to day
Scene 4B – FS - Adolescent bird – night -> day
Scene 4C – FS - Adult bird – night -> day
Scene 5 – FS - Bird dances and flies from roof – PAN
Scene 6 – Downward pan as bird falls
Scene 7.1 – FS - Bird hits dancefloor – music cuts
Scene 7.2 – FS - Bird gets up, looks around
Scene 7.3 – FS - Bird belts out song, dancers resume, zoom out to ES


It's looking pretty intense, but so far, so good. My main concern thus far is just being able to balance this project, my concept class, and working 25 hours a week. But I'm a trooper.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow this looks good so far! I think this first scene seems a little long though. Other than that I'm excited to see this project and what you do.

ashleeperkins said...

Yeah, I gave myself a lot of buffer frames at the end while I'm working. In reality, this scene is only about 15 seconds long, not a minute, like this file says.

Lauren Sparks said...

i love how the bird is growing to the beat... are you gonna have techno music playing in the background? :)