last post…possibly May 14, 2008

So this is my probably my last post in awhile since tomorrow is our last class of Career Prep.  It’s not that I dread blogging or anything, I happen to enjoy it.  It’s the only time where I can relax and put my ideas and thoughts out there.  However, nearing the end of term 2 and entering our final term I doubt I’ll even have time to eat or sleep.

We just finished our rough demo reel previs assignment for our project portfolio class.  It was awesome just to spend the class watching reels and sharing our ideas.  After completing the previs, I have a better idea of the overall pace and how everything should flow together.  I spent a good hour and a half last night looking for music for my demo reel and found a two tracks.  One is by an Australian alternative-rock band called Silverchair who I was obsessed with in High School.  One of their albums was titled Freakshow and the theme of the album was sideshow/freakshow based.  That album, a carni episode of X-Files and the show Carnivale all inspired me choose that theme for my reel.  I am debating whether or not to use “No Association” by Silverchair, although it might be to hard and intense sounding.  The other choice was music from Stephen King’s IT movie.  Just watching the videos on youtube last night of that crazy psychotic clown was creeping me out.  The music was eerie and creepy which I think would be perfect for my reel.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to add the music to my previs on time.

I think this overall fear and pressure of completing my demo reel has actually prohibited me from starting my reel.  I did all my concept drawings and one rough face model, but it’s difficult me to actually start modeling.  Well, the other day I made an eyelid for my Sad Clown model.  I guess that’s a start.  Even though everyone tells me I should get started NOW, I haven’t really yet.  I know once I get into it, it’s going to be hard to stop me.

Happy Graduation April 08 Class! May 2, 2008

So the Animation Class ahead of us has graduated and their industry night was yesterday. It’s sad to see the late night crew go because they were quite the entertainment during our stressful nights at school. You know who you are. A whole bunch of us went down to the event at BCIT Downtown Campus. I also went to the October 2007 Demo Reel night which was at Radical, and I personally like that venue better. The room was a lot more spacious at Radical and the atmosphere was kinda cool and dark, whereas the room at BCIT was small and very warm, and bright. It was still a great night. Good Food, packed and exceptional demo reels. I got some good advice and ideas from speaking with the graduates and hopefully I’ll be able to learn from them and avoid issues they ran into as best as I can. The most common one was “Start on your demo reel, now.” I was a bit anxious because we have only 5 months left! Time has flew by. Some of us ended up heading back to school at around 11pm to get some work done. I think I’ve got a good start. We just developed character concepts for our demo reels and model sheets. Here is the more refined version of what I had so far: