Just a Wooden Sword
33 minutes into a movie and still working feverishly
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Bats attacking the campanions in Dreadwood Forest. With 33 minutes done, it's halfway done. Of course, it will more then likely take another 5 years...
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Hi, had to figure a way for the companions to get on the dragons back, being they are now shrunk. A stretched out hind leg, seemed to be a good path way. After i use Adope premiere to speed up the track. Thanks for watching dracolleen_climbing_up.mov
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Hi This picks up after the witch has turned William into a mouse. He's falling from his cage, and Grim, the witch's familiar is hot on his trail. just a short update, no sound. Thanks for hanging with me falling_mouse_3.mov
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Hi there all, Still in cat chasing mice mode,... this past winter i watched MoonShadow "our adopted kitty" play with his toy mice, so i stoled his moves, not even near as good as him, he's very slick, but it gave me some direction. thanks all Hey_there_run1.mov
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Hello everyone. This is part one. Onton introduces William to the elves of Elderwood comments welcome.
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Hello everyone this is part 2 of banshee book fairy capture. The banshee tells Witch Lena the book she is holding is only half of what she wanted. The mist material around the banshee, was created by Mark. again many thanks Mark. comments welcome lleprechaun_has_the_other_half_of_your_book.mp4
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Hello everyone. I went back in time to Finnish this part, that came from pretty close to the beginning, some i have already shown, but i added more to this segment, showing now in it's completion, how William got the wooden sword. thanks for watching and your thought are welcome
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Hello fellow Hasher's this is the last part of, William meets Onton and dragon Dracolleen. thanks for watching the on going creation of of J.A.W.S. comments welcome
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going back a step, this is how William finds his wooden sword
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The story I'm using is from a book I wrote and illustrated. Even though I had the beginning, middle, and end, the in-betweens were the hardest. I must say, for everything I've rendered, that much again was thrown out. I began with Anzovin's The Setup machine, the 2001 Skeleton rig, then finially the Fitzgerald Cog rig. My first model was Witch Lena. The movie starts with greedy Witch Lena wanting to take Elderwood forest for herself. Opposing her is Wizard Galvin. Elf Trell happened to be there, pulled his sword, angering Witch Lena. She turned the elf into a wooden sword. Lena then threw him beyond the realm of Elderwood Forest.
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If I was to redo do this part, I would use different lighting. Even though it's a night scene, i see how it could have been better, ah well next time. Trell is gone, thrown from the realm. Witch Lena prepares to confront the wizard, but knowing she needed help, she bargained with a demon for a share . But alas wizard Galvin was more powerful. The demon seeing this backed out of the deal, yelling bargain off! as he vanishes. wizard Galvin creates a spell forbidding Lena from Elderwood forest.
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In the pictures on the wall, is a cool cat named Winter, and one of my models, he has since passed on, but his sprit lives on in character named Grim, but that comes later. The rest are grandsons and my son who is a Navy Seal. They all lent their voices for this latest project. The Sword has landed by providence,or magic, as the witch's evil fades, so does the green color, leaving a ordinary wooden sword. Williams came to the attic looking for his ball, and discovers the sword.
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William swung his sword around, hitting a large stone three times. then shocked to find out it's a traveling stone he hit. He's stunned, to find he's now in ElderWoods forest, and his wooden sword has now morphed into a talking metal sword. This clip is small.
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william finding the sword animation with sound
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This is where, witch Lena is determined to take Elderwood Forest as her own. i used Acid music, for my back groud music. animation with sound
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This week I did a lot of redo's on the last segment adding, stars and a few other things, which I'll post after I add voice and music. .But this next part is where, demon, witch, and wizard do their thing. My oldest daughter Johnnie Cash, plays the heck out of Witch Lena.
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well, I have had quite a week, with my hard drive crashing, I'm still shuffling files, with one file still missing, Now my old hard drive is another external drive. Witch Lena Has heard from her goblins spies in Elderwood Forest, they've found a tree with gold pouring out, but they can't touch it, But witch Lena knows its the wizard spell book , and she want the book so she can reverse Wizard Galvin's spell, that's keeping her from Elderwood. In the animation Lena has conjured a banshee to go get the book any comment, or helpful hint are appreciated
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This character is Mac Flin the leprechaun, played by one of my grandsons, he was 11 when he recorded most of Mac Flin's parts, but there have been a few times when I snagged him for a new line. it made it difficult because his voice had started to change, He's now in high school and a aspiring actor. comments welcome
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In this clip, MacFlin has lost, half of his odd little book. comments welcome
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As a amateur animator everything seems to be a work in progress, with never being satisfied, This will make my third attempt with this next segment, I would like to introduce Onton a dark elf and his best friend Dracolleen. comments welcome
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I've add a sky as was suggested, It brighten it up.thanks again for pointing that out. I am going to be adding a narrator, as Martin suggested... just have to write it . any comment welcome
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In this next continuation segment. Shooting arrow and the Troll drops dead. little Onton is rescued by two elves. comment well come
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Hi everyone. This movie picks up at the end of the troll movie. Sorry about the poor quality and animation in general of this part.. It had done a few years back,. I'm reanimating this whole part. It's part 1 of a 2 part movie I
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Hi everyone. this last week dragon Dracolleen got some scales and this whole choreography was redone.
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Merry Christmas everyone. This segment goes back, before the witch created the banshee. It's a bit to long for this posting, so a little was cut. this is the beginning of a 2 part segment .
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Hello Everyone. this is the second part of Elderwood meeting. it's taken longer in render time, so it's not very long. comments welcome
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My first elven models for Elderwood Forest, were my attempt at making dolls, not very good at doll standards, but I had fun. So I thought I'd share, because it was where my movie really started. the sculpy fairies have evolved from babies to grown ups fairies.
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Hi everyone. This is the third part of the Elderwood meeting. I flipped the part where William handed Eppen the sword as Rodney suggested. Thanks again for pointing that out.
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Hello This is the last sequences to Elderwood meeting . in this last part I added a scene as ,Rodney suggested I attempted to show elf Trell through the flame.. And fixed the lighting, so Onton was no longer grayed out.
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Well I've been busy listening to auditions for the leprechaun. I was able to find the right one from The Voice 123, Adam Behr, voice over artist www.adambehr.com Adam, has a long list of credits from theater movies TV. So i've been going back through the finished animation, seeing what l needed to changes to accommodate the new leprechaun's voice. This' is just a bit of the next part, Mac is here, no music yet.
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Hello everyone I've added some music to this next part. Mac Flin tells the elves of Elderwood what he's found... suggestions are welcome
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Hi.. This picks up where (Mac Flin and the book) ended. still working out some kinks thanks
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Hi, in this next part of Elderwood, the Banshee, I've used the models that Mark rigged, , Eppen, Elfin, Trell, Jam, there was a couple of nice surprises that he added with the bow and arrow, thanks again Mark. comments welcome
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Thought I show how witch Lena's creation went with her banshee Mark Skodacek created the material for the witch brew your thoughts and comment are well come A_WITCH.S_BREW.mp4
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This is the opening scene for the movie, which I posted Aug 30 ,08 . At the time mteak2 and KenH gave me some great advice. so in this, I have tried to correct most of them.
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Hi here, not much excitement around Camp Elderwood, this night, other then the companions are ready to go after the banshee. any suggestion please post them
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Hello I added this is last scene to Elderwood Will Onton caught movie as was suggested and I added some eye darting for the Elfin charioteer. Lastly , as suggested," they need something to do besides just the conversation" here the elves are toasting they're intention of saving Onton and William thanks always for your advice and thoughts fixes I was wondering if anyone could point me to any tutorials for projecting fire from a object. thanks again
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In this clip, Dragon Dracolleen leaves Elderwood I had quite a few trials with the fire, I attached a fire emitter to the dragon tongue, then dragged it down into the leaves. after trail and error, I finally settled on this. Happy Halloween
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Hi I just got a new laptop, first time ever. I always had a desktop. This has been a challenge with windows7 installing old software, that's not compatible with win 7 and contacting software . The speakers are still a mystery to me, so if the sound in this clip is off, that's why . Anyway i have gone forward, skipped a couple of clips, because i'm still working on them. Even the colors seem a bit different . Thanks for watching, your thought's are welcome
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Hello. In this cave goblin part, the first part was to dark, so I changed the lights, and lower the music. Thanks for watching your thoughts are welcome
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Hello and happy new year. Boy it takes a long time to put a movie together. even with a story or, story broad, the transition between scenes, has played a important part, at least for me. i omitted a small section of the companions walking through the woods from the cavern where Jam the elf was taker by the goblins, to where they are now. your thought are always welcome goblin__night_drums.mp4
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Hello all. I've been editing all the movie into to one, In some places, adding more video and taking out where not needed. and learning Adobe Premiera 07. Dreadwoods is the next place the elves have to go through on their journey to find Thier missing companions. thanks for watching darkwoods.mp4
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Hi everyone, with the next part under way i thought i post a small clip, no voice or music, trying to get mud has been a trip. and I'm using the TECHNOCRANE_Beta_V15_01_25_2010 , this camera is amazing. thanks again to the creaters of this camera. Dreadwood_swamp_mud.mp4
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Still working on the Mud Swamp scenes. i got a little bit further, finally got Mac rope going. your thoughts are welcome no music or sound effects
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Hello. Still working on Dreadwood swamp scenes,and now the Elderwood Fairies have joined in the muck. your thoughts are always needed
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The last part of Of Dreadwoods swamp has taken a bit longer because of lots of good company in Maine. this summer. But were back at it. Here's some of what I've been working on.
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Orange pumpkins cold nights gives more time to animate. Here are a few scenes back at witch Lena's place. I used the Technocrane again. i realy like that camera set up
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Hi, In this small part of the clip, Bree and company sing out a warning about witch Lena. Thanks for watching fairy_warning.mp4
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Hi it's been a while, I've been working on other models for different scenes, and time slips away. in this clip i have tried to capture water, not the eases thing I've done. just a catch up, both William and Onton are in the hands of witch Lena, the companion's are trying to get there. Thanks for following along
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Still tired and thirsty, the elves are drinking from the brook. This is just my thought, I've read some of the discussions, on how it is better to create a short film. While i agree, it has many benefit. There is something to say about a longer movie. Working with familiar characters and watching the plot unfold, i enjoy the adventure with every new clip. if i were a pro, I guess I would know how each rendered clip was going to look, i am not, so to me, it's like opening up a kiln after the first firing, never knowlng for sure how the colors are going to fire. or how a scene with all its characters will render. Sometimes it's a good surprise, and lot …
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