We have decided on filming dates which will be, Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th, hopefully the last filming date will be the 14th that way we will have enough time to edit everything.
The equipment we'll need are:-
Sony MX2
Tape
Tripod
Rifel mic
Radio mic
Light reflector?
Monday 14 February 2011
Computer Pigeon
I haven't really had any experience in modeling on the computer but it seems like fun. I'm just going to make it easy for myself and start from a box. I shall use the pictures from my plastercine pigeon as a guide.
After the basic shape of the pigeon was done I extruded out the wings, beak and legs, and then started smoothing stuff up.
so far I haven't had any major disasters, I always make sure I save my work at the sepaate stages so if anything does go wrong I can always go back.
After the basic shape of the pigeon was done I extruded out the wings, beak and legs, and then started smoothing stuff up.
so far I haven't had any major disasters, I always make sure I save my work at the sepaate stages so if anything does go wrong I can always go back.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Plastercine Zombie Pigeon
I first modelled the basic body of the pigeon and then added lots of little ovals and layered them on top of each other to make them look like feathers. I added wire to the wings, tail and feet to make them stronger and able to handle there own weight.
Unfortunatly the pigeon had a little accident and the wings have become very weak and starting to tear.
I decided to take the wings off and use thicker and stronger wing to reattach them
I painted the pigeon quite dark colours using a lot of greens and purples to brighten it up. I brushed over the feathers in white to bring out of the shapes more. I added a little bit of red to the beak to look like blood to make it look more gruesome.
I tried to re-attach the wings with thicker wire but it was to difficult to try and feed the wire through. I ended up piercing it through the top of the body or the wing. I decided that since we had decided not to use a stopmotion pigeon anymore that I would just leave the wings off. I will still use the photos I have taken as guides for my 3D model.
Unfortunatly the pigeon had a little accident and the wings have become very weak and starting to tear.
I decided to take the wings off and use thicker and stronger wing to reattach them
I painted the pigeon quite dark colours using a lot of greens and purples to brighten it up. I brushed over the feathers in white to bring out of the shapes more. I added a little bit of red to the beak to look like blood to make it look more gruesome.
I tried to re-attach the wings with thicker wire but it was to difficult to try and feed the wire through. I ended up piercing it through the top of the body or the wing. I decided that since we had decided not to use a stopmotion pigeon anymore that I would just leave the wings off. I will still use the photos I have taken as guides for my 3D model.
Sunday 6 February 2011
Zombie Pigeon
The zombie pigeon is this huge mutated bird which first spreads the zombie infection. I first made the zombie in plastercine as we might use it for stop motion. It would also make it easier for me to model it on the computer if I had a structure to reference it from.
Surprisingly it was quite easy to find images of pigeons that look very dirty and ragged.
The ugly pigeons tend to have ruffled up feathers quite large beaks and the feathers are also very dark.
The eyes are red and quite large.
Surprisingly it was quite easy to find images of pigeons that look very dirty and ragged.
The ugly pigeons tend to have ruffled up feathers quite large beaks and the feathers are also very dark.
The eyes are red and quite large.
Meet the Group
We are a group of 5, 6 including our MCP. There is Rikki Chart, Jorden Guest, William Ceuppens, Rachael Hufton and me. Then our MCP Dan Williams.
We disscussed assigning each other jobs but we decided that it might be best if everyone does a bit of everything so no one should be left with either all the work or none of the work.
When it comes to filming we decided that there were people that were better at using a camera than others, like me who's a bit useless. We're going to work to people's strengths.
My strengths are animating so I asked if it was alright if I could model and animated the pigeon, and to make myself useful in the filming front I would be a zombie as we need quite a few.
We disscussed assigning each other jobs but we decided that it might be best if everyone does a bit of everything so no one should be left with either all the work or none of the work.
When it comes to filming we decided that there were people that were better at using a camera than others, like me who's a bit useless. We're going to work to people's strengths.
My strengths are animating so I asked if it was alright if I could model and animated the pigeon, and to make myself useful in the filming front I would be a zombie as we need quite a few.
Story Line of Film
The story line of our film is about a mutated zombie pigeon that starts off a zombie infection, you don't find out about the pigeon until the end. The film starts off screams and strange noises but the screen is black with just the introductory sequence for example the title. The film would stay dark and someone would start talking about zombie attacks that had happened in the city, newspaper styled images would start to come onto the screen as he is talking about the zombie attacks. He would then say something like "We're about to go to the scene of the attacks, the first attack was at ..... come with us to .... and we'll show you what actually happened". That would be the first short section the next section would be at the first scene of the attack. It would be a comical zombie attack, and as you progress through the film the attacks would get more gruesome and more comical the amount of zombies would also grow as you go through the story line. The reports of the attacks would be done as news reports. All of the attacks would be done as the news reporter goes to the scene of the crime after the attack has happened.
The last zombie attacks would be at the train station the zombies would be coming down the steps of the train station. The news reporters are about to catch the zombies live on camera. As they go to hide out of sight from the zombies they hear strange rustling noises coming from behind them. One of the camera crew turns around and starts screaming as the rest of the crew turn around they see this massive zombie pigeon running towards them snapping its beak. The camera falls to the floor and the rest crew run away screaming (these screams would be the same screams and sounds that would be at the beginning of the film). The screen would go black and then newspaper articles would shoot onto the screen. They would be articles of the army retrieving the zombie pigeon and taking him away. It would also flash up to an article of the zombies being trapped into the showroom. The image of the zombies on the newspaper would then turn into a moving image of the zombies clawing to get out.
Throughout the film there would be references about the film industry in sheffield.
We haven't decided how the pigeon got mutated but at the end of the film there could be articles about how its a government conspiracy, the pigeon was made to be a biological weapon and stuff like that.
The last zombie attacks would be at the train station the zombies would be coming down the steps of the train station. The news reporters are about to catch the zombies live on camera. As they go to hide out of sight from the zombies they hear strange rustling noises coming from behind them. One of the camera crew turns around and starts screaming as the rest of the crew turn around they see this massive zombie pigeon running towards them snapping its beak. The camera falls to the floor and the rest crew run away screaming (these screams would be the same screams and sounds that would be at the beginning of the film). The screen would go black and then newspaper articles would shoot onto the screen. They would be articles of the army retrieving the zombie pigeon and taking him away. It would also flash up to an article of the zombies being trapped into the showroom. The image of the zombies on the newspaper would then turn into a moving image of the zombies clawing to get out.
Throughout the film there would be references about the film industry in sheffield.
We haven't decided how the pigeon got mutated but at the end of the film there could be articles about how its a government conspiracy, the pigeon was made to be a biological weapon and stuff like that.
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Intergrated Project Ideas
For our intergrated project module we have to make a something that is able to be used with wikitude. I was a little confused about the idea at first but initially came up with few ideas before I grouped up. I know a lot of ideas that had been said by other groups where to make a walkthrough of sheffield pointing out important areas of sheffield and giving information in the ideas. I really wanted to create a fantasy world with mythical creatures.
When I grouped up my team members they said they also wanted to do a more fantasy type of world. Many ideas were past around the group and we finally decided on making a documentary styled film involving zombies and other creepy creatures. It would be made in a grainy old styled film. We also wanted to involve areas of sheffield that have also been used in the film industry to support the sheffield film industry. There has also been talk about trying to involve the showroom and seeing if they would show our short film. There was some talk today about one of the final scenes would be the zombies trying to escape the showroom and that would be a metaphor for the films bursting out the showroom. At first I didn't get the whole metaphor thing at all but after my team members explained it it seemed like a really cool idea.
The storyline for the film is we are documenting what happened in sheffield in the zombie attacks. It turns out that the zombie attacks started from this mutated zombie pigeon. The film is about trying to keep the zombies at bay and stopping any more zombies happening.
The storyline for the film hasn't been completely set out yet but the ideas are forming quickly. I have been assigned the role of creating the zombie pigeon which is awesome and will get started on that straight away.
When I grouped up my team members they said they also wanted to do a more fantasy type of world. Many ideas were past around the group and we finally decided on making a documentary styled film involving zombies and other creepy creatures. It would be made in a grainy old styled film. We also wanted to involve areas of sheffield that have also been used in the film industry to support the sheffield film industry. There has also been talk about trying to involve the showroom and seeing if they would show our short film. There was some talk today about one of the final scenes would be the zombies trying to escape the showroom and that would be a metaphor for the films bursting out the showroom. At first I didn't get the whole metaphor thing at all but after my team members explained it it seemed like a really cool idea.
The storyline for the film is we are documenting what happened in sheffield in the zombie attacks. It turns out that the zombie attacks started from this mutated zombie pigeon. The film is about trying to keep the zombies at bay and stopping any more zombies happening.
The storyline for the film hasn't been completely set out yet but the ideas are forming quickly. I have been assigned the role of creating the zombie pigeon which is awesome and will get started on that straight away.
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