I want to develop more back ground for my science fiction story “Felix”. This isn’t a serious proposal for Martian exploration, although I do think it is plausible. I’ve found “Felix” a real struggle to write. Partly because it is a longer story than what I’ve done before. However, more recently I have started to… Read Article →
Well, it looks like my long journey with “My Most Difficult Case” is now over. I hope. I posted it with dailymotion.com’s Open VOD service. In this post I look back at the long struggle to make this film, why I chose Video on Demand, the final touches to the film and promotion. Release of… Read Article →
I experimented with the sound for “My Most Difficult Case” this week. I was unsure just what to do with the sound and needed to get a better idea of my options. There are two issues I want to address with the sound. The first is that I find the voices sound weak to me…. Read Article →
I got back to work on “My Most Difficult Case” this week. My goal was to get all the files organized, but I also started to make some changes to the movie. Initially I tried to clean up the computer files and get rid of duplicates. That proved to be difficult, so I just sorted… Read Article →
In the past I’ve run into trouble when I try to do too many projects at the same time. I think I’ve fallen into that again. I need to pick one project to focus on. “The Barrier” I left “The Barrier” for now. I’ll pick it up again when the new version of Xtranormal becomes… Read Article →
I created a new version of “The Barrier” this week and posted it to YouTube. I made several changes to the first two scenes. Next week I plan to move on to a new project, or do some of the house work I’ve neglected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcKnFAwlU0 or Scene 1 I only made a few minor changes… Read Article →
I think the latest version of scene 1 only needs a few tweaks and then it is done. Xtranormal asked me (and many others) for feed back this week. It looks like they are nearer to a re-release. “The Barrier” I did another version of scene 1 of my transportation planning movie this week. I… Read Article →
I’ve added the driver and some sound effects to the demo video of the new scene 1 for “The Barrier” this week. It isn’t done yet, but I managed to put together an early version of the scene that gives a good indication how the final version will look. I added more trees and animated… Read Article →
The new scene really started to come together this week. I posted a test video that I think gives a good indication what the final version will look like. You can watch the test video here: I think I’ve got all the vehicle movements done now. Although I might need to do some tweaks later. I… Read Article →
I made a little more progress on the new version of scene 1 for “The Barrier” this week. I have both a truck and a car for the scene now. I added a lot of trees and played around with the terrain a bit. I posted a test animation. My first task Monday was to design… Read Article →
