just a quick update to so you know that there is some progress being made (slow as it may be). I've made a start on the broad brush animation, will go back and work in the details and lip-synch later. Its not going great, but it'll have to do.

looks nice.

How much animation have u got done and also still to do ?

U might want to try a darker scene so that the lamp really looks like the main light source. Give it a scary feel. Also might be more dramatic.....

Keep it up :beer:

I actually like the lighting in it, It's quite nice and subtle. Unless you do want to over dramatise it then you could mess about with the lighting.

But by her action I don't think it is exactly meant to be a scene out of Psycho. I dunno, I would leave it. I like it.

The problem with showing screenshots is that people will scrutinize it not as a scene from a movie, but as a still. They have time to look at it and make major judgements on it, whereas with a movie by time the shot has is shown it has already changed to another, and the previous one is forgotten about. The two most important shots in your movie will be your first, and probably more significantly, your last. As this will leave your audience with the mood you hope to obtain. Which is why I usually stick some dramatic music in credits. It can make or break a movie.

I think what i was meaning was the way the shadows are. it looks like there is only 1 light source but the girls shadow is goin in the wrong direction from the light comin out of the light bulb. It looks like a little light is comin from the window but maybe a lighter shadow would be nice.

I really like the lighting but thats the only thing that struck me.

Ahh that is true. Gah what an annoyance, strangely I didn't see that. The darker of the two shadows should possibly be the lighter of the two and vica versa.

But it might not be worth changing. Depends how blatent it is when it's moving.

I hear what you're saying, that was a technical error on my part though, i have 2 cloned lights that some objects are blocked for 1 and others for the other, had one of my ticks in the wrong place, :headbang: same with the lamp - fall off values were applied to the wrong one of the two lights - its all just beginning to get to me I think ;)

i wouldnt worry 2 much, the scene looks very good. These wee things could be found in all of our animations.

Lookin forward to seein it on May 5th :beer:

Could be. more like will be.

I just left my computer running for a couple of days to see my kick scene look like crap. Gah. Took hours to animate as well.

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Hows yours comin Kris?

I wouldnt be lying if i said it could be going better - just cant seem to get any fluidity to the motion and achieving decent transitions with the motion mixer material is proving to be more than a little difficult - I'll get something handed in though. Not sure if the same can be said about Special Effects class though

Special Effects; the "what can everyone throw together in a week class?"!:headbang:

Started working on some promo images for my poster, usual suspects stylee!!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...EE0A3DE3305873

final animation, 1st scene is just stills and its ropey as hell, but thought i should post it anyways for closure ;o)

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Good to see this one finished, Kris - I know it has taken you a fair old while and it is quite an achievement in itself, ropey bits and all. Well done, mate :beer:

Cheers mate, hopefully combined with everything else I've done over the year, it'll be enough to come out with a decent mark. The good news now is that I can start modelling and animating anything I want nad take as long as I want doing it!! Joy!

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Well done Kris. Quite an achievement to have this completed. Best of luck with the finals. :beer: