The BLUE MONSTER!!!! and stuff

Hey guys,

Thought I would do a quick update to let you all see the exciting progress in our world creation FAZE...

BLUE SCREEN? After discussing the design for some roof attachments.......Shel created a wooden train track lookin thing that made its way around the ceiling.Shel and Robert{Composer/Intern} then attached the Blue Screen Foam that I got at another cool store in Burbank ca. Its called {FILMTools} its got all things moviemaking . Pretty cool place.

By hanging the Blue Foam from the train blocks she put up......we now have 360 degrees of Blue screen comping capabilities.......Saaaaweeet! This is when I feel my dork hairs stand on end....
its really bueatiful and it feels super professional.....makes me feel like we are a real production.

We have also have finished the Clayification of the planet surface....its all covered and ready to go......The ships are all dug into the surface and they are in the process of being weathered....and snuggled.We are placeing all the broken and removed parts of their ships all over the playfield....in their previsualized postions.{MAJOR Part of the StoryLine}

Seeing the sets size and the scale of the world reminds me so much of my very first understood exposure to stopmotion....The ATAT sequence in Empire Strikes Back...... I saw behind the scenes on this as a kid and was completly mesmerized by the process and artistry. Here we are 20 some years later making our own alien Planet with cool stop motion animation about to begin.....Awesome!!We also are introducing a plantlife or crystal lifeforms jutting out of the ground plane...??hmmmm?? Last week the guys also surrounded the set with Clay Mountain ranges in a forced perspective scale.....this increases the visual illusion of space.With some pic experimenting its going to work perfectly.The crew has also been working on Puppet backups - cutting out foam characters and starting to propaste them before painting.....

They have also begun building props and assets needed in the story...Pics to come

We also have found moments here and there to Play in the Danger room....to balance all this fine motor skill work.

I have been BUSTING ASS at work and stressing over the layoffs my company has done in the last few months. I have lost 4 animators on our team and alot more artists at the company.

Its hard times out there...and I feel very fortunate in keeping my present job...but really sad for all without..

we also finally got to view that last test I did in 3D and it was really really cool!

I was jazzed to see what I did worked and that we really can make this happen for the entire film.

So next up is a small extension on the blue screen which will make sure we are covered for High shots..........and then Finishing the weathering and detailing of the scene.

Then its ready to be lit by our Lighting expert Alia Houser!!
Exciting!!!

we are getting really close to Animation KICK OFF!!!

jriggity