Term Three - Week Nine

DOUBLE CHECK TIME MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS OK AND READY FOR RENDERING.

AFTER THAT IVE BEEN ANIMATING ALL WEEK:

THE OFFICE FAN


THE OLD MAN LAUGHING AFTER THE GRENADE



THE OLD MAN PLAYING CHESS AND OLD MAN READING ARE TOO BIG TO UPLOAD!

THE OLD MAN ASLEEP INFRONT OF THE TELEVISION


THE WINDOW CLEANER WIPING A WINDOW


I HAVE ALSO CREATED A BURNT TEXTURE AND SOME VARIATION TEXTURES FOR THE OLD LADY



ON WEDNESDAY I HAD AN ARGUEMENT WITH JOHN, I DECIDED NOT TO ANSWER HIS 5 PHONE CALLS, AS HE CALLED ME UP, RAISED HIS VOICE, AND IN AN AGGRESSIVE TONE SAID 'WHAT THE F**K HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FILE' SO I DECIDED TO SPEAK TO RACHEL WHO WAS ALOT CALMER AND MORE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THE WHOLE MATTER.

ALL I HAD DONE WAS DELETE A SECTION OF A FENCE AS I FELT IT LOOKED STUPID, BUT HE SAID IT HAD TO BE KEPT IN TO HIDE HIS 'TEXTURE F**K UPS' AND 'RACHELS ANIMATING F**K UPS'. WHEN I DELETED IT, IT MUST OF CHANGED HIS UVS, AS HE HAD NOT FROZEN TRANSFORMATIONS. I SAID OK THATS FAIR ENOUGH SO JUST REPLACE IT WITH AN OLDER VERSION FROM A PAST FILE. I GAVE HIM A VALID REASON FOR CHANGING THE FENCE WHICH WAS 'IT OBSCURRED THE CAMERA SHOT AND WAS UN-NEEDED'. I HAD NEVER INTENDED TO HAVE A FENCE LEADING UPTO THE HOUSE, YOU CAN SEE FROM MY ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT IT WAS NEVER THERE. FOR IT TO TAKE TWO HOURS TO IMPORT A SINGLE FENCE WAS RIDICULOUS. TO HAVE SPENT HOURS MODELLING UV MAPPING AND TEXTURING A FENCE I COULD OF MADE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IS UNACCEPTABLE. TO BE HONEST AS I AM THE DIRECTOR I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH CHANGES ANYWAY.

HE ALSO ASSUMED THAT THE REASON FOR ME HAVING MY HARD DRIVE WAS TO PLACE THE ANIMATIONS ON IT, WHEN WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY DOING WAS SORTING OUT ALL OF HIS FILES WHICH HE HAD DECIDED NOT TO CLEAN UP, NOT TO LABEL OR SORT INTO LAYERS EVEN THOUGH I ASKED HIM TO, AND HE HAD NOT DELETED HISTORY EVEN THOUGH WAN NEEDED THE FILES ASAP.

AS SOON AS I REALISED RACHEL NEEDED THE ANIMATIONS I EMAILED THEM TO HER ASAP AS REQUESTED. IF ANYTHING JOHN AND RACHEL HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR AFTER CALLING ME THE FIRST TIME.

HE THEN DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK TO ME FOR THE WHOLE OF THURSDAY.

HE HAS ALSO CHANGED MY ESTABLISHING SHOT, WHICH I DO NOT LIKE, AND REFUSES TO CHANGE IT BACK.

I THEN THOUGHT 'THIS ISNT WORTH ARGUING ABOUT' AND APOLOGIZED TO HIM VIA TEXT ON THURSDAY NIGHT

I FIND OUT FRIDAY MORNING HE HAS RAN TO THE TUTORS TELLING THEM I HAVENT DONE ENOUGH WORK, WHICH I SEE AS STABBING ME IN THE BACK, AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO GO TO THEM, WE COULD OF SORTED IT OUT. I'VE SORTED OUT EVERY OTHER PROBLEM SO FAR WITH EVERYONE FROM LOSING BENJAMIN, LOSING PAT, RIGGING PROBLEMS AND MORE, WITHOUT THE TUTORS EVEN KNOWING. HE HAS MADE MORE THAN HIS FAIR SHARE OF MISTAKES AND IVE TAKEN IT INTO MY HANDS TO FIX THEM WITHOUT SHOUTING AT HIM OR TAKING IT TO THE TUTORS.

I TRIED SPEAKING TO RACHEL ABOUT THIS BUT I CAN'T GET HER ENVOLVED AS ITS HER BOYFRIEND AND SHE WON'T GO AGAINST HIM BECASE IT WILL START ARGUEMENTS IN THERE RELATIONSHIP AND I DONT WANT TO CAUSE THAT.

IF HE'S CHILDISH ENOUGH NOT TO APOLOGISE THEN THATS FAIR ENOUGH FOR HIM, AND OUR FRIENDSHIP MAY CRUMBLE AFTER THIS COURSE. ALL I WANT IS FOR MY BA TO COME TO AN END, A PASS, AND TO GET THIS FILM FINISHED.

I HAVE ARRANGED A MEETING WITH THE TUTORS ON MONDAY TO HAVE MY SAY, AND SET THE RECORDS STRAIGHT.

LEARNT:
MORE ANIMATING
HOW TO LOOP AND COPY KEYS
HOW TO USE THE GRAPH EDITOR
DO NOT RELY ON ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW VERY WELL
WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BLAME THE DIRECTOR
NEVER WORK WITH A COUPLE
ALL PRODUCERS WANT TO BE DIRECTORS

PROBLEMS:
COULD NOT CONTACT RAPHAEL ABOUT HIS ANIMATING
ANIMATING IS HARD!
JOHN IS VERY HARD TO TOLERATE RIGHT NOW
JOHN KEEPS TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT TELLING ME, IT SEEMS HE WANTS TO TAKE THE FILM OVER AT THE END AND GET ALL OF THE CREDIT.

Term Three - Week Eight

THIS WEEK I HAVE CLEANED UP THE MODELS WE RECEIEVED FROM PAT WHO HAS NOW UNFORTUNATELY LEFT THE COURSE DUE TO PERSOANL REASON WHICH I WILL NOT STATE HERE.

I CUT THE POLYS ON HIS MODELS AND THEN UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED THEM



I ALSO TEXTURED JOHNS ASSETS WHICH HE NEVER GOT TO DO, AND AS HE'S NOW ANIMATING I THOUGHT ID BE NICE AND DO THEM FOR HIM.







I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE GRAVEYARD AND INTERIOR HOUSE FILES AND REPLACED EVERYONES MODELS INCLUDING MY OWN WITH THE UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED VERSIONS SO WE NOW HAVE COLOUR!

I HAVE ALSO SAVED ALL FILES TO MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE WHICH WE HAVE BEEN USING TO STORE THE COMPLETE PROJECT, SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO RENDERING WE CAN JUST COPY THE PROJECT FILE FROM THE HARD DRIVE TO ANY COMPUTER WE USE. I HAVE SAVED THE FILES WITH RELOADED TEXTURES SO THEY NOW AUTOMATICALLY LOAD NO MATTER WHAT COMPUTER THEY ARE ON.

I USED THE LEAVES I GOT OFF DAVE AND STARTED TO FINISHED JOHNS TREE AS HE HASN'T.

I HAVE ALSO ARRANGED RUBBISH SUCH AS THE BLACK BAGS AND TRAFFIC CONES OUTSIDE THE HOUSE TO GIVE IT A BETTER LOOK, AND I AVE CREATED AN OLD PEOPLES SIGN SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW ITS AN OLD PEOPLES HOME.

I ALSO GOT A LAMPPOST OFF OF IAN AND PUT IT IN THE EXTERIOR SHOTS OF THE OLD PEOPLES HOME.

AND I CREATED SOME PLANTS FOR THE CONSERVATORY.


AND I MADE SOME PICTURES FOR THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE






PROBLEM:
A CHAIR WENT WRONG AND I HAD TO RE-UV IT
PATS MODELS HAD TO BE PARTLY REMODELLED TO CUT DOWN ON POLYS AND TO SORT FACES.
JOHNS UV MAPS ARE VERY MESSY SO ONE OF HIS CHAIRS TEXTURE DOESNT WORK PROPERLY.
JOHN'S HOUSE N THE HILL MODEL TEXTURE DIDNT WORK, HE HAD SAVED THE WRONG FILE ON THE HARD DRIVE UNDER THE SAME NAME.

Term Three - Week Seven

THIS WEEK I HAVE UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED:

AN ARMCHAIR PLUS TWO VARIATIONS TEXTURES


A LAMP


AN OFFICE FAN, WITH TRANSPARENCY MAP AND ALPHA CHANNEL BLADE WHICH ROTATES


A FILING CABINET WITH PLANT


A GRANDFATHER CLOCK


A SMALL BOOKCASE


A SOFA PLUS TWO VARIATION TEXTURES


A TEA TRAY


A TRAFFIC CONE


A SPONGE


A JESUS BOOK


A LADDER


A BUCKET


AND I HAVE MODELLED UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED:

SOME LOGS


AND SOME SIGNS FOR OUTSIDE THE CRYPT

Term Three - Week Six

UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED ASSETS:
TABLE ONE, TABLE TWO, VIDEO PLAYER, TELEVISION, TELEVISION UNIT, WATER COOLER, CHESS SET, AND DOILY.

I HAVE ALOS MANAGED TO GET HOLD OF A BUS FROM JESS SO WE DONT NEED TO MODEL ONE FOR OUR FINAL SCENE ANYMORE AND ALSO DAVE HAS BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO LEND ME A LEAF TEXTURE FOR JOHNS TREE AS HE NEVER PUT ANY LEAVES ON IT.

Term Three - Week Five

UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED THE CRYPT, MADE THE DOOR OPEN AS WELL. ALSO UV MAPPED AND TEXTURED A GRAVE AND A TOMB.






UV MAPPING AND TEXTURING THE GRAVEYARD

COMPLETED THE FENCING, GATES AND TERRAIN, INLCUDING SURROUNDING PATHS AND ROAD

Term Three - Week Four

WINDOW CLEANER UV MAPPED,TEXTURED AND THEN RIGGED BY WAN.



UNFORTUNATELY DAVID ROSS'S RIG FOR THE NURSE DIDN'T WORK AND WAS UNUSABLE.

AS ITS THIS LATE IN THE PROJECT AND WAN IS TOO BUSY RIGGING EXTRAS CHARACTERS JOHN DECIDED TO MODEL, EVEN THOUGH I NEVER ASKED HIM TO I WAS HAPPY TICKING WITH ONE CHARACTER AND USING DIFFERENT TEXTURE MAPS, THE NURSE WILL UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO BE CUT AND WE'LL USE AN OLD LADY AND IVE CHANGED HER TEXTURE MAP WITH THE NURSES.



I HAVE ALSO TEXTURED THE OLD LADY AND SHE HAS BEEN RIGGED BY WAN.

Term Three - Week Three

THIS WEEK IVE MODELLED AND TEXTURED SOME ASSETS FOR THE GRAVEYARD

8 DIFFERENT GRAVESTONES