So this is it – that start of my first animated film. I have fifteen weeks to take this from concept to completion, which sounds daunting. I’m going to be working thrirty hours a week at my regular job (I have bills to pay and a wife and cat to feed) which does really leave me with a lot of time to spare. However, I’m hopeful to average between twelve and fourteen hours a week. At least I hope so, I have other commitments in terms of friends, family, and one other class that I will also need to pay attention to. The primary time that I’ll have to work on this project will be weekends and – strangely – Tuesday afternoons. Weekends, of course, make perfect sense and there will be many lost to animating at home, but Tuesdays are free to due class scheduling and work. So I’ll be spending that day in lab cranking out animation. I’m hoping that will give me an edge in terms of completing it.
By the way, the film has the same title as the blog: “I Hate Zombies.” It’s being produced in Adobe After Effects in a unique 2D effect that I’ve developed just for this project. I’m extremely comfortable with the software and the work flow for producing scenes. I’ve already produced a demo of one of the scenes in the film to rave responses (and I know that I can improve on the character animation immensely). So, in the end, after all the work I really feel confident that I’m going to have a very strong film that will not only be very received, but quite possibly get me a job.
Okay, so maybe I’m dreaming on that one. But hey, you never know
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