Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Next groupmeeting: April 1 - 12:15

Rumours have been flourishing on the internet for approximately a week, but it is now confirmed by a source on the inside that the next groupmeeting will indeed take place wednesday this week, and that at least 4 people of high importance (we're talking VIP) will attend.

More on this later! 

Monday, March 30, 2009

Screenplay draft available on the svn

I've been working on a screenplay and, although its far from done, you can get an exclusive preview on the svn in the folder "Shortstory". All Rights Reserved by ME!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Inspiration movie happening

These are the movies, which were suggested during our last group meeting. Idea is watching segments and "behind the screnes" from movies that you believe can be helpful to the test film in regards to general inspiration and relevant techniques.

- Grizzly Man
- Touching the Void
- Blairwitch project
- Cloverfield (tdtm)
- Blackman (tdtm)
- Signs (dsan)
- Doom (dsan)
- 28 Days Later
- 28 Weeks Later (dsan)
- Alien (tdtm)

- I,Robot (tdtm, but only the movie, no behind the scenes)
- Star Wars Episode 3 (tdtm)
- The Matrix Reloaded (tdtm)
- Quarantine
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

If you have any additions then please write it. Also put your name next to the title, if you will be able to bring it.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Group meeting 24.03.09 after the Vicon workshop

-Need to have read all the research papers on svn

-Pitch a short story
- Maybe research some myth stories

-Make an agenda for the supervisor meeting

Monday, March 16, 2009

Supervisor meeting Thursday March 26th at 13.30

We should make an agenda and write down the points what we have decided on working with and send off to Sofia before the meeting...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Group meeting 16.03.09 at 9 o'clock

I am no longer a blog post virgin!

Group meeting 10.03.2009

Vs. Board
- off screen / on screen.
- Eyes / Ears.
- Imagine / "Being shown" aka old people

Task:
- define the immersion related to the Vs´s above.
- define interactivity for changing camera view.
- how long time does it take people to be immersed.
- find interesting ideas about narratives.
- How to test it.

What we know.
- Visuals
- VFX
- Motion capture
- Composite
- Cinematography
- match moving

- Sound
- surround sound
- SFX
- Ambience
- Dialog

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

Group meeting 02.03.2009

Topics
- supervisors
- ideas

Ideas.
- surround sound to images.
- interactive movie (game ?).

- surround fields (use the new speakers) do some tracking were the sound is coming from.
- Having a technical problem statement, (how do we make this effect......)
- Immersion.... how to make the viewer immersed in 30 sec.
- cinema systems (surround sound) movies in 3D...
- 3D sound. (projection).
- does details in a scene make it more immersive.

Supervisors.
set up a meeting with soffia, to figure out what she can support us with.
- try to get a meeting with soffia on friday, 6.03.2009, after luise´s meeting (13:00 ?)
Find out how much interactivity there has to be within the project.


Meet up and watch behind the scenes to get some inspirations, for example visual effects.
- plan it after the independent study exam.


What we want specifically.
Facial expression
Hand motion
surround sound

Things that we are working with
- motions Builder
- Maya ?
- sound.
- video (camera)

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Group meeting Monday @ 10 o'clock

Yes, guess the title says it pretty much...
Comment if you disagree on the time, otherwise see u at 10!