![]() ![]() I keep adding animation since I am entering the film in the animation category in film festivals. Since things happen so fast, I face this challenge often, wondering if animation will help or over complicate a shot. I could animate the mouth a bit but I am not sure that is needed. I think I will go back and redraw the baby to help it tie in to the resolution of the shots on either side of it. The painting is extremely blown up so the line work is thicker than any other shot in the film. Looking at this Volumax depth map now, I realize I could probably paint some better depth for the open mouth and ear canal. The depth map worked out really well turning the baby’s head as he cried. I decided to change the baby using the previous shot as reference. It was what I had painted at the time but it didn’t fit with the overall flow of the film. I always felt uncomfortable when a smiling baby appeared in the midst of the COVID film. Posted in #SaveLives, #StoptheSpread, Covid-19 Tagged After Effects, COVID Dystopia, COVID Film, VoluMax Pro 7, ZOE Depth Leave a comment ![]() Once I have all the papers sent off to the accountant and the government has reached into my pocket and taken its cut, I might once again be able to breath a sigh of relief. Facing rejection week after week becomes taxing over time. I am making a expenses spread sheet for my 2023 taxes and it turns out that Film Festival submission fees are the biggest expenses I have had in making this film. I had another rejection yesterday from a film festival, so I need to start thinking about which film festivals to submit to next. I would just need to replace still images wit the animated movie movies in deep space. If the ZOE method doesn’t work out I already have the scene composited with depth using Volumax. I will export 3 separate movies so they can be stacked in depth. I want to use ZOE depth so that a camera move up the aisle will feel dimensional. I plan to composite the scene in After Effects as well today. I don’t want the masks to become partially transparent. I then have to add shadows under all the monkeys and start exporting movies with green screens. I still need to add some darker values on the smallest monkey up the aisle as well. Today I just need to finish up animation on the last tail in this scene. Posted in #SaveLives, #StoptheSpread, Covid-19 Tagged COVID Dystopia, COVID Film, VoluMax Pro 7 Leave a comment Heath care in this country is reverting back into the dark ages. The world population of 8 billion people is being culled. The biological weapon continues to spread and people are actually being encouraged to get infected and to infect others. There was an opportunity to contain the virus and eradicate it but governments fumbled that ball. The image above is of people rushing back into NYC from Europe when it was announced that flights into the country would be suspended. NYC suffered more that any other place in America at the start of the pandemic. Over 8000 Americans died from COVID in December 2024 and that is not counting those who died of vascular diseases, organ damage and other complications caused by the virus. We are coming down from the second largest wave of the pandemic right now and yet most people want to believe the pandemic is over. I am NYC right now and maybe 1% if the people are masked. ![]() My assumption is that the result will be very similar. ![]() I might just see what the scene looks like if I use the ZOE depth effect. The fast pan plays down ability to notice the depth. Since everyone is stuck waiting, I doubt animation is needed. This scene had depth using Volumax, but no animation. ![]()
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