Game of Thrones Opening Sequence

So, I started watching Game of Thrones tonight, up to episode 5 now and I can't get over how much I enjoy the opening title sequence.  Enjoy!

Complementary Video & Assessment.

So, after much heartache at the library computers and on my aging mac mini at home, I produced the following video for assessment today in my Video Complementary 1 class.

At the end, I was quite proud to show this one... it is probably my best work for the semester, in my opinion.  I guess my marks will be the proof of that.

Assessment was handled by Riley, Kit and Katie.  A nice, friendly bunch.  It think it went well.

My take on the feedback was that it was a polished piece (Riley), they liked obscurity of the object particularly when it seemed to breathe (both Kit and Katie were left guessing - thought it was skin and some other think like that) and they felt that the concept of exploring textures was valid and strong (Kit) and that maybe I should have used some of the surfaces from the earlier shoots, eg. ceramics (Riley).

It was nice to see Katie again.

I think I'll extended the ending... yes, that will work...

So, I've been thinking about the feedback from today...

I have an idea to fix it...  In the first instance, I'm gonna extend the ending to include product placement...   I'll post an updated version soon.

Major Assessment Over! Comments/Notes from VIVA

Had assessment today.

It was disappointing that I didn't get to show the lego winch I brought along or the prior Wii ad for reference for the other two but I think review went relatively well.  I felt much more confident after Chris's comment about it being mostly there... I needed the boost.

In any case, it was an hour ago now so it's difficult to remember everything that was said but my recollections are as follows:

Chris - It's mostly there, drops the ball at the end.  Need to see the product I'm selling.  Keep going hard at it, keep doing them.  Get it down.  Watch more ads, eg. watched video clips for a year.  I want a number of these by the end.

Kit - It felt like the 15sec version of the 30sec ad. I needed to go through the failures to learn (eg. long slow shots meant nothing at speed). Watch all the Nintendo ads.  Entry level work is usually doing roto.  Check out 'Motion Graphics Designer Showreel' to watch other people's work.  Be up on AE.  AE is used in commercial work, Nuke in Film - keep that in mind - it is only technology.  Organised to meet with Kit 10am Friday to discuss direction for next semester.

Alistair - Sound needs more base.  Get the ideas down before next semester starts so that I hit the ground running.  I'll e-mail him to organise to meet with him in two weeks to discuss next semester's direction.

Lucien - [ How embarrassing, I can't even remember his points. :-/ ]

Wii Ad 'All Play' - Render for VIVA

I've decided this is the render I'll use for VIVA tomorrow.

On a side note, why doesn't my Final Cut 7.03 at home have the Bloom video effect?  Very annoying... it seems the computers at Uni don't have the font that Nintendo uses while at home I do, yet at home I don't have the effect.  Jeez.

Inspiration June 8

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Inspiration June 7

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Wk13 Wii Two ii's shot

So, the idea here is that after the various shots of the Wii, it will pan out and be used in the spelling of 'Wii'... I'm feeling hopeful that this might just work... I still need to reshoot some of the Wii surface pans.

Wk13 Macro Eye Shoot with David

Using the macro lens I got the help of David to help shoot my eye wearing my newest mask.  I'm feeling confident with this shot.

Inspiration June 6

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Wk13 Blue-Screen Fail, New mask & Reshoot without Macro

I'd decided to stabilise a shot of an eye then using the tracking points of the panned mask, move the eye with the mask, making it look like it was originally with it.

I've decided that my idea to use a blue screen effect isn't working thus I made a new mask just for the eye shot.

I then decided to reshot the eye using a standard lens then zoomed with FCP and removed jitter... I'm not liking the pixelation.

I think I'll have to reshoot using the macro lens...

Inspiration June 2

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