Demo Reel 2012

Ahh, another demo reel done.  Hopefully people like it.

Dan

Craig Stuart Garfinkle

New music for Plagarus.  In addition to the Amotz Plessner piece (which receives multiple uses throughout the film), another signature tune I purchased rights to recently was from another pretty big heavyweight in the music industry, Craig Stuart Garfinkle.  He has composed work for video games, film and TV. 

The piece I bought fits pretty well with a particularly dark part of Plagarus just before an intense action sequence breaks out.  Hopefully the effect will work like I have in mind.

We'll have to see.

I have also finished upgrading my computer.  It's now pretty much maxed out and can't be upgraded anymore.  Because of this, I figure I've got two to four more years on this machine before complete replacement.

The upgrades:

16 gb of RAM.
New solid state drive for the OS.
New storage hard disk.
New graphics card. An nVidia GTX560TI 2 gb monster.

The graphics card is the big one.  I can now GPU render using Cycles in Blender.  This will slash render times into fractions, and I can produce more shots quicker that way.  Interestingly, I can now also render two scenes at once.  One scene can be rendering on the CPU and another on the GPU.  This should make life much easier. =D

So, yes.  Plagarus is on the roll. =)  Part II is probably going to expand a bit, because right now it's quite paltry and needs help.

Have a great day, everyone!

Dan

Amotz Plessner

The movie is starting to come together faster, now, as character animation is almost done for the first part of the film. =D

I've settled on a soundtrack for the picture, but I'm still wondering if I should include some kind of musical cue for the opening of the film, or leave it as effects only.

I got the music from www.smartsound.com.  The song is called War and Hope and can be listened to here.  It was composed by a guy named Amotz Plessner, who has done some impressive music in some pretty high end material.  I can select parts of the song that I want to hear and toss other parts, and even set the lead instrument to be used, in this case, favoring the violin lead instead of the voice.

Needless to say, things are looking good for the movie to be done by this time next week. =D

I changed the opening title, and am still not happy with it. =(

 

 Title sequences are hard to do, because they have to be visually compelling, but also easy to read for the audience. It's a real struggle!

Dan

Music Choices for an Independent Film

Choosing music for indie films can be very time consuming, but it's one of the most interesting factors in film making.

The main character, Leth.

 

One of the spaceships in the movie.  The gunship Leth rides into Plagarus on.

Things are shaping up.  I've got a voice actor for Leth, one of my best friends will do it for it me.

Another best friend is offering his voice, too.  Let's see this thing get done.

Part One should be out by next week, I hope.

Dan