Well, production is wrapped and the final video has been delivered to the web and sent off the the Kalamazoo Bike Film Festival.
Come see the 3 minute short that ate up over a month of my life, over 450 index cards, over 5 grey Prismacolor 50% cool grey markers, 4 Sharpie markers, and etc etc.
C’mon and check it out!
Watch Spokes
I didn’t film myself working this week. It’s kind of awkward and time consuming and I’d rather spend the time just working on the short instead. But here’s some insight as to what went on.
After getting the mixture of photo and video to a point where I was pleased, it was time to start working on the other parts of the short. So, I started where else but the beginning. Now, the beginning all takes place on pieces of paper, not off the paper like the rest of the short. So, I did this part digitally by photoshopping and arranging in final cut rather then trying to lay stuff on the paper to make it look like it’s in the paper or drawing ontop of drawings on paper. It took awhile to clean everything up, and arrange everything to look like it all fits and belongs how it is. It looks decent and I’m happy.
So then I finished my next batch of drawings (I’ve now used a total of at least 300 index cards) and ran out of ink the markers I colored grey with. After a run to three Michaels (one of which has closed, so two Michaels?) I returned with all the markers they had (which ended up being only 3 total) and got back to work. Sarah helped me cut them out and I took all the shots in one sitting on Friday. Cleaned up some stuff in Photoshop and ran it into Final Cut.
I’m now sitting at over a minute of footage.
Not bad, but I’m only about halfway done. Next week I need to kick it into high gear and really work. Time to do a lot more drawing.
It’s been a rough week for getting work done. But here is a short episode two. I almost wanted to skip the week since I didn’t have much, and it was going to be late anyway. But, here is something so I can keep myself on a track of sorts. It even has about 5 seconds of animation! Wow!
Splitting Pixels is a little production video series I’m hoping to do weekly while working on projects. Since I just started a new project I thought it was a good time to start it.
Going to try and keep them as a Monday thing. Monday’s need more cool things.
Work has begun on a new short film! As an extra bonus, I’m going to try and do a weekly short video showcasing me working on it! Time to use this website again!
First episode comes MONDAY!
Exclamation points!
Five new videos now online! From the featured collection of videos on Justin and Staci’s Wedding DVD, come these five easter egg videos! I can post them because they already found them on the disc! Each video was created by one of the groomsmen in their wedding, and thus has a special place in their hearts. Watch them, won’t you?
Well, with Saturday fast approching, Justin and Staci are set to be married. Thus, we have finished work on the five “movie trailers” for them. You can watch all of them in the Videos section, or just click this link!
Justin and Staci Wedding Trailers
Also, it being September, that means our holiday themed The Third Half short needs your votes! Visit The Third Half Website for more details! We appreciate your support!
When you think of wedding videography you think of boring ceremony video or montages of people dancing like idiots. Well, for Justin Gibson we’re creating a series of movie preview videos to show BEFORE the ceremony, as the wedding is being held in a theater. There are 5 in total and we’ll post them up as they get completed. You can look forward to such titles as:
Steve Wizardman and the Garage of Intrigue
Alt + Shift + I for INTERNET
The Man and the Moon
My Robot Wife
Western
Our first ever The Third Half cartoon is complete! It’s in a competition so you’ll have to go to the link below to see it! Voting starts September 1st, so please come back then and vote for us!
http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/386093/The-Tale-of-St-Patricks-Day/
We are Three Pixel Productions, creating digital video and art for use here on the internet and for more traditional mediums. Our current project is a cartoon called The Third Half ( www.third-half.com ), which is in production. Please visit it’s site for a production blog, information, and more as it happens.
Thanks for checking us out!
