After taking some time off, the production of SB:I resumed with a whimper today. After two hours of computer hassle, we learned ourselves some lessons and have barely anything to show for it…
- Do not use 8MP stills, they each take up 8 megs and my laptop is like 7 years old.
- Do not bother acting out the scenes, or at least, not like we attempted – it produced very little actual animation.
- Do not move the heads while they are speaking, the computer animated mouths will either look silly or take 10x as long to produce.
Also on our to do list:
- Remember to bring the prop miniatures to the “studio” next time, Cliff needs his tools!
- Figure out a new way to mount the camera.
- LED lights! Christmas lights! The one overhead position-able lamp is functional, but not producing the shadows and colors we want.
- Make the mouths.
Enjoy the video, but don’t blink!
Finally, The Name is penning a fourth original tune. The live show will have to be delayed, but maybe it’s time for a second EP…
-Mike