Dope [Exposure] Sheet

One of the things I did today was to make a template for a dope/exposure sheet. Here it is, and I have also included the document so that anyone can download and print it off. It's pretty standard, and it's always good to share. (Here is the document.)

Sequence:	Scene:										Sheet:
Action		Frame		5	4	3	2	1	BG	Camera Instructions

The Day of the Power Cut

It started out as any other weekday morning. Begrudgingly acknowledging my alarm's insistence that it was time to get up, I crawled out of bed only to find that there were several lights not turning on. Having had such problems before, I opened the boiler closet, ready to reset the fuse lines which may have gone down in the night.

Much to my surprise, they were all okay. But everything in the flat was off. Thus began a day of no power which lasted until almost midnight. Unable to open the fridge, or the freezer, and with no power to cook any of the tinned food, it was biscuits for breakfast.

To make the day worse, the fix-by time was constantly being pushed back. With the front door being operated by pin, one could get out, but once out, there was no getting back in. (If that makes any sense...)

In short, my day was thoroughly turned upside down. I managed to pre-order a take away before my phone died. I was not impressed.

Unfortunately, I was supposed to meet Emma Caulder in the studio today, but I couldn't. Hopefully I can get some extra time with her next week, but she is a very busy woman.

Hence, today has been quite busy, trying to make up for lost time, and re-purchasing food I had to throw away.

Woe was me.

Production Time is Running Out....

Over time, this blog is supposed to have developed from a semi-personal student blog into something with enough depth and good content as to become part of a portfolio. A portfolio with the aim of being presentable to an employer and thus garnering some lovely jobs upon graduation.

Hence, it feels stickily unprofessional to have to admit that I am perhaps 100 miles behind schedule. Clearly, I do not quite cut it as a producer type.

However, I feel it would be even more unprofessional to try to cover up such a big whole in the production stage, especially with the month of April - designated to post-production - coming up.

In order to remedy this poorly looking situation, I have had to first define the parameters of the problem.

Hence:

Time remaining: 8 weeks

Scenes which theoretically (by the original schedule) should be done: 5

Scenes scheduled to be done: 2

Total to be completed: 7

Theoretically, this equates to one week per scene. However, I really feel that post production will need a whole month to itself. Hence, I have had to come up with a radical solution to resolve this situation.

Solution:

Time remaining on schedule for production work: 2 weeks -> 10 work days

Work days are from 0830 until 1830 -> 9 hour days

7 scenes / 90 hours = 12 hours 51 minutes per scene.

Theoretically, I should be done with the production should I be able to follow this. However, it is quite unlikely but that is okay as at the very least I will be 80 miles closer to where I should be come April. 

It is always good to have some kind of plan arranged, not matter how realistic or achievable they are.

As they say: aim high and hopefully you will land somewhere around the middle.

Graduation Film: Background Image #01

As I have been very split between the two aspects which will make up my graduation film, I am currently working on a time map of the coming week, to show when I will be doing what. I will upload this at some point tomorrow.

I have been working, as I am sure I have mentioned before, on the 2D aspect this week. I do not wish to leave my original schedule in the dust, so I am trying to work in parallel to it. This means I am trying to work on my original scheduled tasks for the week, as well as trying very hard to catch up on the things that should have been done already: the stop motion element.

I do not have any animation to show you for the 2D aspect as yet, but all will be explained if you would look at the map I am going to be posting here tomorrow.

What I do have to show you, however, is the background-in-progress for the opening scene. I hope you like it, and if you have any feedback on this please do not hesitate to leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Thanks.

Throughout my work thus far, I have had the light constantly coming in low, and from the left. I really like this look.

My worries about this background are as follows:

Graduation Film: Week #20

Good morning~~

Ah...I was hoping to be lazy today and have a lie-in. That was successful up to 8AM. Now, I am up.

Today, I was thinking of just working from home in the morning. I definitely have to go in this afternoon, though, as I am expecting a large piece of wood to arrive today around 5PM.

So, more work on my puppets for the next few hours...

Maybe I will post (finally!) the making of the puppets ... today?

Maybe not.

Have a good Monday~!