Planning – Clocktropolis

Progress on the CCC Short Film

I haven’t written about it, but I’ve made a lot of progress on the short film for my Wednesday night sci-fi game. The film itself is presented as an in-universe informational advertisement about the mission the characters are undertaking, with supporting graphics, voiceover narration, and a call to action. It’s bringing together green-screen footage, BlenderContinue reading “Progress on the CCC Short Film”

Learning to Green Screen

I got three pieces of gear delivered today: A green screen An Emart background stand for the screen Two Supon L122T LEDs I continue to be amused by the English instructions that come with this gear. Example: So with that, I set out to discover whether I’m an incompetent person! The good news: I finallyContinue reading “Learning to Green Screen”

Masks characters day 3

I’ve found two very useful tools for quickly creating characters: CharMorph, a Blender plugin similar to and partially derived from MB-Lab This hair-styling tutorial, which brought a host of useful tips and tricks to people like me, who didn’t properly know how to use all of Blender’s hair-management tools CharMorph is very clearly still betaContinue reading “Masks characters day 3”

Masks characters day 2

I’ve got the basics of modeling and importing anime-styled characters, so now it’s time to give them some environments in which to operate. After a bit of searching, I came up with two apparently fast options: This amazing piece of work, showcasing Blender’s image management abilities to effectively turn a real-life HDRI into an anime-esqueContinue reading “Masks characters day 2”

Location filming during a pandemic

Given the current COVID-19 situation, travel to typically photogenic destinations for photography and video is unlikely. Plus, I don’t have either time or budget for such things. I need to shoot closer to home. So what are my options? Atlas Obscura is a directory of “the world’s hidden wonders”. It’s got a searchable map ofContinue reading “Location filming during a pandemic”