Winter Break for me is the last major amount of "free time " I will have before I graduate this Spring. : ) Realizing that my portfolio is still lacking several things I have decided not to work at Pappas. As much as I need the money, not working as a waiter will give me a lot of extra time to focus on my portfolio and my Studio 2 project. Really its just a lost liter that will lead to better a better career.
My goals for the break:
1) Finish my Environment and Level Design Project- Make it portfolio ready
2) Work on Studio 2 Project - Planning for Winter Quarter, Learn the Material Editor for the UDK
3) Plan the GDN schedule
4) Continue my Studio I Project
5) Tweak my Realtime Cinematic Final Project and make it Portfolio Ready
6) Make my demo reel
There are my top 6 priorities for the break. I think I am probably being a bit ambitious but with a lot of work I can probably at least start on all of these I definitely need to get through the top 3.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The Wayward Priest -Project Post Mortem
Well first I must say I am very satisfied with what I have done with this project over the last 10 weeks. Its not a finished project, but it will be soon enough. I really want to keep working on this project and make is something that I am truly proud of in my portfolio.
So here's what I learned. First off I bit off about a weeks more work than I can chew. Thats not to say that I think this project would have been completely finished with just another weeks time. But I really wanted to pace myself and get this project finished to the level of completion that I would be satisfied with without having to do all-nighters and a lot of scrabbling stress. Sadly I did fail at this, having done several all-nighters and many many late nights this past week or so. I blame a lot of this on the result of what I am calling a 9 week quarter (ie. two of my classes had finals due at the end of week 9) but thats life.
But honestly, its seems that all-nighters are just part of the process (and half the fun), having spend several hours just on rendering out videos to get that 5% better quality.
This project for me has allowed me to work on my Environment Skills as well as my Cinematic Skills. But additionally this project has allowed me to work on my Producing skills. I feel like I was working on 3 projects at once at times. This actually I think slowed down my overall process because on more than one occasion I actually had to stop production on a particular part one project to work on another because someone else was depending on me to be at such and such point.
So here's what I learned. First off I bit off about a weeks more work than I can chew. Thats not to say that I think this project would have been completely finished with just another weeks time. But I really wanted to pace myself and get this project finished to the level of completion that I would be satisfied with without having to do all-nighters and a lot of scrabbling stress. Sadly I did fail at this, having done several all-nighters and many many late nights this past week or so. I blame a lot of this on the result of what I am calling a 9 week quarter (ie. two of my classes had finals due at the end of week 9) but thats life.
But honestly, its seems that all-nighters are just part of the process (and half the fun), having spend several hours just on rendering out videos to get that 5% better quality.
This project for me has allowed me to work on my Environment Skills as well as my Cinematic Skills. But additionally this project has allowed me to work on my Producing skills. I feel like I was working on 3 projects at once at times. This actually I think slowed down my overall process because on more than one occasion I actually had to stop production on a particular part one project to work on another because someone else was depending on me to be at such and such point.
What else went wrong:
My composer completely fell through on me so I have no music. I am also missing a lot of my minor assets. I would really like to go back and see if I can get the motion capture animation to work. I think it would be awesome if I could. I also am still having problems with the audio and video being synced in realtime. I really want to figure out what that is all about.
My composer completely fell through on me so I have no music. I am also missing a lot of my minor assets. I would really like to go back and see if I can get the motion capture animation to work. I think it would be awesome if I could. I also am still having problems with the audio and video being synced in realtime. I really want to figure out what that is all about.
What I want to keep working on:
Modeling
More Climatic Ending
Camera animation tweaks
Sound
Textures
Modeling
More Climatic Ending
Camera animation tweaks
Sound
Textures
I will be working on this project over my winter break. I am really excited to finish this project up and I will continue to post new entries with my latest updates.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Video with Credits and Title Sequence
I just had to give my crew their deserved credit. Thanks so much guys. You all rocked.
Final Video w/Credits
Final Video w/Credits
Final Screen Shots Redone
After a change in that god awful texture on the alter floor I decided to recapture my video. Here is the a link to the video as well as some new screen shots.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
SDX and Dialogue Rough w/ Video
Sound Effects and Dialogue Roughs. Rendered with Video. Next stage Final Video
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