New Show!
I've been working with several other LA-based machinimators to create a new series (maybe) in The Movies. I'm not quite sure if I'm allowed to say any more than that. It will be very different from what you'd expect to see from me, though.
Making a machinima film in The Movies is the most frustrating thing I've ever experienced. It has a lot of potential, but the limits are too crippling for any serious filmmaker. If I were to compare it to another engine, such as Half-Life 2, then The Movies is to HL2 as a bicycle is to a Ferrari. Ironic considering that you'd expect that the game calling itself 'The Movies' would have the horsepower, not the other way around.
So why use The Movies? Probably because it's new, and fresh. So far. Maybe that's stretching it even. But I feel that I can put some effort into this new production because it does seem like a fresh and new thing rather than the same old music video or Halo film.
As for OTSS 2, work will resume immediately after this one is finished (in a week or so). The second draft is nearly complete. Because the story was changed around so much, storyboarding would've been useless. As soon as the second draft is done, I'm going to turn it over to our "art department", the Animation Design Center (whom I'm currently working on other projects with). They will handle the storyboarding, character design, and some set design as well.
Getting this production kick-started really depends on me getting this draft finished. Still, I really want this to be good and something I'm actually proud of. Meanwhile, though, I'm glad I have small projects to do here and there such as this one with The Movies.
Back to editing...
