Week 4

This past week, we started shooting the actual video! It was very successful, but a couple scenes are going to be reshot tomorrow just to make sure everything is perfect. Here are some pictures from the shoot! (Click to enlarge)

 
 

Here's a screenshot from some of the unedited footage for the short!

For more of these shots and more detailed information about how the shoot went, check out our director of photography's blog here.

Jacob, Kevin, and William have been working on the VFX for the explosion at Kinney Hall. Here's a rough video of what they have so far!

Check out William's blog for more information on how that process is going.

We need to reshoot a couple scenes from Tuesday, so everyone needs to come in on Tuesday, Oct 30 at 9 am. We are also going to go over different stuff once we finished the few scenes we have to shoot. 

We only have a few scenes left that need to be filmed, and we will not need any extras for them. So Thursday, October 25 only the puppet crew, film crew, documentary crew, Jake B and Kevin H have to show up to the meeting at 8 am. 

Marketing and post-production crew does not need to show up, just make sure to post on your blogs what you worked on and keep in contact with Don. 

Week 3

The script has been finalized and the puppet is finished. We start shooting first thing tomorrow morning! 

Click here for Jake's final version of the script.

Jake will also be giving life to our puppet, Murphy!

Our director made some notes on the process of the puppet construction:

Here is our finished puppet. Meet MURPHY!

The documentary crew continued shooting interviews this week, including one with our director.

They also continued documenting the rest of the team as they worked.

Jacob A. has been working on the effects for the explosion scene at the end of the film. Here's some of what he has so far!

Kevin H. created this motion graphics example for the CCAD logo that will be shown at the end of the film.




The story team has now become the marketing team, and they have been brainstorming possible titles and poster designs for the film. They are getting together on Tuesday to decide those things. Check out their individual blogs for their ideas!


Chelsea T.
Emily C.
Beth W.
Taylor H.
Catherine C.

Just another quick review and reminder for our next meeting Tuesday, October 23 at 8 am. 

For our next meeting all Film crew and Documentary crew have to show up at 8 am because we are going to begin filming. Everyone else please come as extras. If you are a commuter you do not have to show up if you do not want to be in the film. We may end up sending people home if we have too many people. Everyone that can show up please do because too many is always better than too few. 

We have a puppet actor! Jake Bova will be giving Murphy life.

Also the Marketing crew is going to have title pitches for project Yoakam next week for posters and competitions.

Everything is going great, we are making awesome progress. Lets keep it up for the final 3 weeks for this project! 

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

Here's what we went over today and what is expected for our next meeting, Thursday, October 18 at 9 am. 

   Today we went over Marketing and appointed Marketing Director and crew. We discussed the marketing team should begin looking at different film festivals or competitions Project Yoakam should be entered at. Also the marketing team should start thinking about the blog banner and posters.

Marketing director: Chelsea T.

                 Crew:

                            Beth W.

                            Emily C

                            Taylor H.

                            Catherine C.

    We also discussed puppet acting briefly and Jake and Kevin both volunteered to be Murphy. Thursday we will talk more about this and if anyone else is interested in being the puppet Thursday would be the time to speak up.

    Thursday we will also do a group read of the script. 

   Just a reminder Individual blog posts are all due on Sundays at midnight.

Week 2!

Everyone on our team made a lot of progress on the project this week, so there's a lot to cover!

Story

The script was written, and the storyboards were drawn by Beth W. and Chelsea T. Here is the complete storyboard. (Click to enlarge)

Our director, Don, made some notes/revisions to the storyboards, and you can see/read those on his blog.

Here's the script, which is currently being edited/formatted by Emily A.

Puppet Design/Construction

The design of the puppet (Murphy) was also finalized this week. The materials were gathered and construction began this weekend. Here is Murphy's color palette.

Here's a shot of Jennifer G. working on the puppet. You can see more images in a detailed, step-by-step documentation of her process on her blog.

Film
The film crew scouted/photographed some potential locations for shooting.

Documentary
The documentary crew was also hard at work, capturing every moment of each team's process, and collecting interviews for the making-of video.

Gwen C.

Brittany D.

Here are some screenshots of their footage/interviews with the rest of the team.

Story team

Puppet crew

Read a little more about the documentary over at the director of the documentary's blog.

Every week, each team member has also been updating their individual blogs with what they are doing for the project, and you can check those out on the sidebar to the right!

During class today we discussed the story, and the direction the short is going to go.  We discussed different shot locations, that the short might be filmed at. Also we talked about the concept of what the finalized puppet should look like. The documentary crew started looking for locations with good lighting and acoustics to do small interviews with group members throughout the project.

           

At our next meeting on Thursday, October 11 the finalized puppet design needs to be done and the storyboards finished. To look into next week Thursday, October 18^th the script needs to be finalized, the puppet needs to be completed, and scouting shots for locations need to be collected.

            Meeting on Thursday, October 11

                    (TIMES DIFFERENT CREWS NEED TO ATTEND THE MEETING)

                        8 am – Story and Documentary crews

                        9 am – Puppet makers

                        9:45–10 am – Film Crew, Laurel, and Catherine

Week 1: Concept, Story, and Puppet Design

This week's post will cover the beginning stages of story/concept/puppet design!

The story team spent some time on Thursday brainstorming over character and story ideas. Here are a few of their sketches:

by Kevin H.

by Beth W.

by Jake B.

Our director had some notes for some of those sketches as well:

art by Kevin H, notes by Don Y.

art by Jake B, notes by Don Y

Story team member Emily A. briefly described the basic premise of the story/main character here:

"As a group we did come up with the idea of this crazy eccentric character who is a total mess but still remains confident in himself. He goes around campus showing the viewer the mains parts and focusing on the areas that are major specific. And while giving us a “tour” he proceeds to mess nearly everything up in a comical way. He could turn the lights on in the dark room, runs into someone carrying an ID model, ruin someones painting or sculpture. All the while describing the different majors and facilities our school has to offer."

To read more about the concept and see other sketches, visit these individual blogs!

Don Y.
Kevin H.
Jake B.
Chelsea T.
Emily C.
Beth W.
Taylor H.

Kandice S. and Jennifer G. will be constructing the puppets for this project. Here are some of their sketches and ideas!

by Kandice S. 

Kandice described her sketches on her blog like this: "I made some head, eyes and nose shape sketches for the puppets. Kevin and Don said they would maybe want to mix and match so I made separates."

by Jennifer G.

Though she hasn't been given any final character designs, Jennifer described the construction of the puppet like this: "All of these puppets have the same design concept with structure with the mouth and hand controls for the arms as you can see."

Jennifer has more sketches/ideas on her blog.













A great first fews days of brainstorming! Check this blog in the coming weeks for more updates on the other aspects of this project.

References/Roles

Here's some general info to get everyone started!

Reminders: 
*individual progress blog posts are due every Sunday by midnight, so that a summary post of the project as a whole can be compiled and posted here every Tuesday.
*Our next meeting is at 8am on Tuesday Oct. 9 in KH309.

REFERENCE LINKS

Don's original project proposal

Puppet Building!

Fraggle Rock!

The Creature Works!

Jim Henson Special (1969)

What is a gloved arm puppet?

What is a hand and rod puppet?

Reference Videos

“Summer Music” by Advance Base (Music Video)

Jimmy (Single Shot Video)

Glove and Boots “Zombie University.”

Roles

Individual Blogs

Don Y.
Kevin H.
Jake B.
Chelsea T.
Emily C.
Beth W.
Taylor H.
Tom H.
Hunter P.
Katherine S.
Dylan S.
Kirby H.
William O.
Jacob A.
Shannon M.
Jennifer G.
Kandice S.
Melanie M.
Catherine C.
Laurel P.
Shayna M.
Brittany D.
Gwen C.
Derrick W.
Heather O.