Project Hayle: The End
Hamilton Hawkins
I have just this moment finished writing my production report for the Hayle Project, so now I’m confused as to what I should be writing here now for you to enjoy. I’ll try and write something different. Perhaps a more chilled out, relaxed version of the report.
The bulldozer scene I had been working on turned out to be quite a time consuming one to paint. The first few frames took the longest, but I established a technique re-using dirt layer masks to speed up the process. I added emphasis to the bulldozer getting muddied up by gradually adding more dirt per frame. To top it off, I knew that Jake had applied a slight sepia filter to his background for my scene, so I added my own sepia filter to get the right contrast between my bulldozer and his scenery.
I got a chance to do a bit of lip-syncing as well, for a few of Hamilton’s scenes, such as the final one. It was pretty easy to get on with, once you have all the mouth pieces that you need. Orla had already started lip-syncing, so I just had to use her assets to continue syncing the remaining frames. Although it can be a bit frustrating, there is a certain satisfaction that comes from trying to get it just right (even without the dope sheets).
During the final week, sound effects were produced to accompany the dialogue. Lee did a great job with all the elements for the audio. We had a great laugh trying to record certain parts, particularly the old lady’s voice. I believe the final version contains both mine and Jake’s voices for the old lady.
Technical Issues
On the final day we had planned to wrap up the project post production in about an hour, then go home. Though we did not take into consideration the inevitable problems which lay ahead. The main one being that the animation and the audio timing was out. Things must of changed slightly since the animatic stage, so the audio track had to be re-constructed slightly and the animation cut/extended. While this was going on, I put together the ending credits.
The day ended up being about 6 or 7 hours longer than intended and I got a bit worked up because of this. I had to take some time-out during the afternoon on a bean bag. As the project was coming to a close though, I definitely enjoyed it more. Our group weakness was definitely communication for the majority of the project, but we pulled together pretty well in the final 2 weeks. I was surprised at how much we managed to achieve in the end, where we used such a small amount of time efficiently.
One of Jake's scenes.
Below you can view a somewhat compressed version of the final animation.
[Please click HQ once it starts, for a higher quality]
What Now
Now all that is left to do is provide a DVD, which archives all our frames as images and has a copy of the soundtrack, for University Falmouth to hold onto and cherish forever. I can’t say any of us really want to see Hamilton’s face for a few weeks, but in the end it was nice working with him.
Related posts:
Project Hayle: The Beginning
Project Hayle: The Bitter Middle
June 1st, 2009 at 11:30 pm
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June 2nd, 2009 at 2:40 am
This looks great,you have all done a great job.
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