In my earlier posts related to the “End of Bill & Gill” I mentioned that I would post some notes on lessons I learned during the process. This is the second of those notes. I have previously described some basic camera operations. Now I wanted to improve my final sequence where the camera starts close up to the […]
In my previous two posts related to the “End of Bill & Gill” I mentioned that I would post some notes on lessons I learned during the process. This is the first of those notes. The dun horse is supposed to have smoking nostrils. You can’t really see it in the movie because it is too […]
I wasn’t really satisfied with the movie clip I posted last week showing the demise of Smuggler Bill & Exciseman Gill. However I know that however much I do, I will never be satisfied. To prevent procrastination from setting in, I posted it anyway. Now I have made a few improvements (I hope), so here it is again. […]
The last few posts have been describing the things I was putting together to shoot the final few scenes of the movie. “Alack! and alas! on what dangerous ground ! It’s enough to make one’s flesh to creep To stand on that fearful verge, and peep Down the rugged sides so dreadfully steep, Where the […]
I mentioned in my previous post that I needed some chalk cliff face to line my pit and cover my cliffs. Here are the steps I followed:- Opened Bitmap2Material program. The following sequence of actions is numbered as per the image above. 1. Dropped a jpg image of a section of chalk cliff face into the […]
I have not really been satisfied with some aspects of my terrain. In particular, while I was OK with the flat grass covered surface, I was not really satisfied with the vertical sides of the chalk pit, which appeared to be somewhat blurred. Although I don’t expect the sides of the chalk pit to feature […]
I have been trying to fine tune some aspects of Bill and Gill. For example I tried to position them on their horses more naturally and especially to put the reins in their hands instead of near their hands. The issue I then faced is that while you are doing all this manipulating, the process […]
OK, so Bill is on his horse and ready to go. Gill is also on his second and final horse and ready to catch Bill. All I need now is the scenery for the action to take place in. Yes, I know, this means I will be shooting the end of the film before the […]
Smuggler Bill, he looks behind, And he sees a Dun horse come swift as the wind, And his nostrils smoke and his eyes they blaze Like a couple of lamps on a yellow post-chaise ! Every shoe he has got Appears red-hot! And sparks round his ears snap, crackle, and play, And his tail cocks […]
Today I received an email from Reallusion offering a limited time offer of 50% discount off the price of G5 Character packs available in their content store. I browsed and figured that purchasing a couple of these packs would save me some time. I need a mix of Smugglers, Excisemen and a couple of Frenchies to […]