Special Effects

Well, even though I did not do the sea, I had some classic special effects done. here is a small example.

to be com posited to the shot later.

Sea

I was intending to create everything in the project I'm supposed to finish today, in classic animation. there are two shots where you see the sea. so I did a rough sketch and camera movement to try to understand and explore the effect.

I understood very fast, that under the constraints of time, I could not afford it. but it was fun working on waves. eventually, the sea is digital. I will post the short in about a month.

Another Great Scene. Training Day.

Here is another great scene from a great movie. Just read a script analyses of "Training Day" and searched the net for this amazing scene. what the hell, if the deal is movies, so why not collect a great scene to the blog, once in a while. this a a crucial scene in the movie.

It is an amazing scene because the hero, Ethan Hawke, changes. this marks the real turning point toward the end. In the beginning of the film he was an ethical cop, wanting to please and dreaming of changing the world. as he discovers here, his mentor did the unthinkable. he have sent him to his death. betrayal.  from this experience plus all he have witnessed on this "Training Day", he will emerge different and will march right through the gangsters jungle to look for Denzel Washington. he has become something else. a cop with street toughness and no fear as he has survived the depth of hell. he will realize for the first time of his life, maybe, how naive he was, and will have to think - is this the group that I want to be part of? as the building that he has built all these year crumbles under him.

Pirates....

Just something I'm working on these days....a 35 seconds classic animation short, 

that is to be an opening clip for a game.

Crow-Girl

I am working on a short these days, concerning the adventures of crow girl in the big city. :-)

who knows what will come out of it? it is intended to be finished in two weeks, hopefully, and then we'll see whats next. if possible, I will upload the pencil tests that I will be making to that when the finished short will be uploaded, that puzzle will be all clear.

Inspiration

when I started this blog I did not intend to put anything that is not my work here. but I saw moon struck a few days ago and realized nick cage amazing performance

actors often do bad moves in their careers, ask John travolta. I believe that no actor intends to make bad movies, but I know that all actors have to act. "Moonstruck", a mild 80's romantic comeday, has some unforgettable dramatic scenes. the writing , directing and acting of this very predictable tale, is the thing that differs it from other movies in that genre . and this performance from cage always reminds me, what can be done when your a hungry actor in the beginning of the road. how much can an actor give in a scene that could be dull as hell or... ridicules if it were done by somebody else.

CoPro

when I was preparing for the Pitching event, I was asked to create a small intro that will display in front of every screening.

it was a really nice and fast exercise in text animation.