Poster

Here's the poster:




(source file:
http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~04008617/a/Toshop.psd )

The Trailer: Fivaday

Here is the trailer:
(Uploaded on youtube)



enjoy!

Tools used: nothing illegal

I used legal software to implement this project.

Adobe Premiere, Photoshop licensed to Heriot-Watt University.
Blender 2.43(for the 3d authoring, compositing): free ware
The Gimp: free ware
Virtual Dub: free ware
Image shack (to host the images): free
Blogspot: to store the digital diary: free
Youtube: to upload the low quality version of the Video: free
Roxio burner for burning the media: Licensed to Heriot-Twatt University

Statement: original and adaptation

All piece of arts are inspired by something or someone at some point. That story called FIVADAY has been inspired by 2006's context of healthy living...Especially thanks (or due to...) an old female flatmate totally ridiculous on eating healthy and organic... that natural freak remember me of some kind of dictatorship...
That is why Gingerboy has to fight for his life but also for saving his world from the vegetables...


Then the story would imply combat scene inspired by matrix, star wars... The story line is pretty similar: a character that does not know he is special at first, that will fight the nasty and save his world...
The actual characteristics of Gingerboy are of course based on the Incredible HULK (the old serie with D.Banner not that horrible movie in the cinema): when you get him angry, GROOAAA he grows and GROOOWS!!
The remaining characters Evil Karot, Evil tomatoe, cereal bar, evil Peas...are just inspire from all nasty in all movies... With basic personality like betrayal from Cereal, racism,hate, personal greed...
The music is from Nirvana...simply because I had only that on hand while doing the audio!
The poster is inspired from Hollywood-type movies advertising...

The calendar...draft

Very Low fidelity Gant Chart...

As I based the project time line on paper, I reproduce an overview of the tasks' repartition during theses 9 weeks of project life cycle.

The calendar would be better if some tools like Microsoft Visio or only Word or MS Project were accessible when doing it...Unfortunately the only resource I had was an old computer with an old Linux...and The Gimp! (open source alternative to Photoshop).

It is missing the hours allocated per tasks...but its stated on each tasks description...

Grrooaaarr

Im Like HULK!
I become greeen and greeeen!!!!
GROAAAR!!

this Old computer Keeps BUGGING!! I could'nt continue to upload my papers for the Design Diary until now!!!
for the record I have lost again 5 hours of attempts to make it switch on from yesterday until now: thursday 3.46 pm...where the connection seems to establish fine and it works...!!!

Problems, problems: how to lose time!

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This post contains a list of all the problems encountered, how they affect the diary and how they have been fixed.

- Shooting: the cook forgot to wear gloves... No consequences on the project

- Editing: minor issues... fixed thanks to online tutorials. Major problem with resources detailed on the next list's elements.

- Audio: audio encoded lost. Voice maker not available anymore: had to find an emergency substitute. No access to a microphone at this stage... therefore low quality version of Audio used to finish the audio parts missing. important consequences on the quality.... might confuse the public: why the voice changes?

-3D compositing: (in order to create the actors) time consuming tasks. Rendering a 7seconds clips took two hours in low quality. Creating proper interaction as if its in the video require the exact position of the elements in the video and a very concise animation.... have been replaced by 3D images from the 3D file instead of animating everything. Important consequences: took important time resources.

General problems:
- Lack of resources: no personal microphone, no personal computer, no camera... make the work harder, Dependant to others resources.
- Hard access to university campus: far from home.
- On campus: concentration problem when other users are playing Unreal.
- No access to vision: erm...wee problem with the fees: I got banned!
- problem with burning a DVD: some files got corrupted even thought the burning was stated successful?