Color tests

One of my students, Simone, was working on her project for my class and was messing around with the coloring of some of the raw footage. I really liked what she did so I am now "Simonenizing" Cerulean.

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Got some test footage done...

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David Perry has been working one of our creatures...

He has been working with Mudbox...I am happy!

Second Teaser Trailer is posted.

CLICK HERE.

Also, Andres Montengro is working with some of his students with the creatures. He is working on what we have dubbed the Buffalion. Maggie Dye designed a creature that looks like a lion and a buffalo and it is really shaping up. The next trailer will have both the creatures and Andrew Glazebrook's ships!

More work done by Andrew on the ship.

Sketches

These are a few quick sketches for the artists rendering the city for the gladiator flashback sequence.



The idea is to combine Japanese and Korean temple designs with heavy Gothic architecture...and then add a lot of smoke stacks and chimneys.

Andrew finished the drop ship...

Andrew's work on the drop ship...a work in progress

The Graydread!

Andrew's work continues...

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Andrew is making progress on the Graydread. I'm working on some storyboards for him...





Also thought I'd include these images he sent a few days ago showing his progress...

Andrew is rockin' the Greydread.

Andrew sent Josh these fantastic images of the work he is doing!

Trailer...ours or theirs?

Just looked at Youtube and saw that our trailer was viewed 156 times...lets see what we can do to get that number higher. Yet what bothers me is the fact that there is another trailer out there for a movie called Cerulean...I did extensive research before naming our movie and I have no intention of changing the title now. Thoughts?

Welcome aboard Andrew Glazebrook!

I've known Andrew (on line through blogs and emails) for several years now. Josh Adams and Chinye have been building the Greydread, but were running into a few issues with texturing. I asked Andrew if Josh could contact him for advice. As I hear it from Josh, Andrew asked if Josh wanted him to take over on the Greydread and Josh said 'yes'. Josh is a very talented artist, but I quote him here "Andrew is lightyears ahead of me!"

Thanks Andrew and welcome to team CERULEAN.

Now if we can just get Michael and Mark on board!

CERULEAN teaser trailer

Click HERE to see the trailer. Then tell your friends!

MAKE UP!

Did a few pick-ups with Maggie Dye. She might want that scratch looked at.

Principle photography is done now. All that is left is a few second unit shots that I am going to farm out to Sergio and Walli.


And here are some better pics.

Took a break from Cerulean for...

...an installation art experience. Photos and video coming soon. Check the link to read an article in the Fort Wayne Reader.



(Maggie Dye as The Sleep Walker)

And here is a link to the interview...

Chenyi brought me the most recent file for the prison cells...

Textured.



LIT!

New footage to replace other footage...

I took down the footage of Ryan confronting X because I saw somethings that needed to be changed. Decided to place a scene with substance and dialog here instead. The audio still isn't mixed, but you'll get the idea.

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Another video post

Shortly after Ryan (Luke Hathaway) goes missing, Maddy (Maggie Dye) goes looking for him. She comes face to face with the cyborg X (Debbie Ngo).

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Temporary music track and audio still needs mixing.

Posted a rough cut of the fight scene on YouTube...

...because some of the musicians who are working on the soundtracks are curious about pacing and attitude of the scene. More to come soon, but check it out here at this link.

She's back!

Several weeks ago Allegra (our lead) tuck a nasty spill down a flight of stairs (not related to filming) and had to be hospitalized. I am happy to report that she is fully recovered and ready to shoot starting this monday!



(photo by LUCAS CARTER)

The prison cages on board the Graydread by Chenyi

This is just the rough, untextured version.

Maggie takes a tumble

We added a scene where Maddy is searching for Ryan. Maggie did a great job of tumbling down the hillside.

It was about 10 degrees out.


Camera man Sergio followed Maggie down the slope with the camera for a great action shot.



Did I mention that it was cold?

FIGHT!

Allegra and Josh did an amazing job despite the temps being way below freezing!

SOUNDTRACK contest

I'd like to open up this movie project to the musicians out there. We are going to have a secondary music track on the DVD when it is released. I'd like some of you musically inclined artists to step up and give it a go.

You can pick one track or many tracks or (if you are crazy enough) the entire score and compose your own music based on the themes listed below. Each theme should be between one minute and five minutes in length. Dates and info on how to get the music to us will be posted soon.

Click on the image below to get a larger view of the song list.

Spent four hours editing!

This is a really easy effect to achieve, but I'm rather excited about how it plays out on the screen.

More photos from the Bluffton shoot.

A screen grab from the opening sequence where Maddy "takes out" the bridge crew