Fallen Hero: First Edit, is now online

The first edited version of "The Fallen Hero" is now online. This is the same video that was showcased at the AXIS festival a week ago. The soundtracks used in this video are not original which is why we are calling it the "first edit". The video will be showcased again at Maximum Exposure at Ryerson, by then we will develop an original track for it and fix up a few minor mistakes, so expect a second revision.

You can view the video in QuickTime 7 here, sorry no alternate format has been uploaded yet. We will have more viewing formats and sizes available by the end of April.

Enjoy!

Show is over, FallenHero-Short.com launched, Toronto Star

The show is finally over, I'm not sure how man people even got a chance to see the project on opening reception since we were located on a floor with very little activity, we managed to move to the first floor on the last day. We are still getting back into our normal routines now that the show is over so not much detail will be posted on it until later in the week, first I must finish my 3000 word essay.

We will be posting the short movie online at fallenhero-short.com this week for everyone to see so keep checking back for it.

Our short also got a small mention in this Toronto Star article, it's early in the beginning.

12:00AM in RCC, 4 days till show time

MJ takes over the entire lab...

Here is another progress update straight from our computer lab in RCC where we have been spending many long nights. Tonight is our second camp out night as we are going to work straight through the night to get a lot done. So far we have gotten several scenes rendered in the past 2 days thanks to the 20 something computers in here. We have also gone through several cups of coffee and thai food. We still have to finish off some difficult scenes which Ferry has been concentrating on while I keep on rendering everything. Of course we still need to edit the video and add sound, will we finish.....anything can happen, who knows this may turn into a 4 day camp-out. For now I leave you with some short footage and pictures from the lab.

Watch a quick 11 meg movie of us working here.

A render

Mmmm..loove me...

Photos:

Ferry taking a quick nap

Me and MJ

10 days before the show

Wow, we have been working at this so hard now just to make sure we finish and we finish with something we can live with to show at the upcoming New Media show. We have been in the lab pretty much all of last week and are going to be camping out in there most of this week and the coming weekend as its our last chance to get things done before the show. So far we have had a lot of Maya crashes and corrupt files, had to start from scratch several times, but managed to pull it off. We have approximately 1 minute animated and I am guessing another minute to go which we HAVE to finish this week. At the same time we are going to start doing overnight renders in the lab using the 20 something computers to our disposal. We have our opening scene ready to render for tonight and it's looking really good thanks to Ferry's persistence and my direction :)

Anyone interested in watching the short and seeing other new media projects can drop by 122 Bond St, downtown Toronto, it is going to run from March 22-24th.

MJ on Ryerson.ca

Here is a fresh update to start with. I sent in the WIP render of MJ to showcase on the Ryerson.ca frontpage and it apparently did show up. At the moment it's the first one on the page when it loads and was put up March 3rd. Not sure how long it will stay up there but go over to http://www.ryerson.ca to check if it's still there. A screen capture is provided above.