Peer Capstone Support Group

General Catagory(s) for fitting in:
     3D, VFX, Compositing, Video

Technology I'm planning on using:
 
Maya
After Effects or Nuke
Mocha
Photoshop
Boujou or Matchmover
Final Cut Pro
Hopefully one of the better camera's from the school


Spotify is playing " Phantom pt II - Boys Noize Remix" by Justice

Look at the big picture outside yourself

I walked in late ( thanks for the call out Beth) and was fortunate enough to have Lacia Floyd come over and talk with me. although she had already talked whit someone else. How nice is that.  Funny that although her original thought was working with another person, she has now decided to go out on her own and do something she has a passion for. Good for her. And that's one aspect I took from the talk. Follow what you love. If not you will not be happy and the capstone experience will be dreadful.
As to Lacia talking about my idea(s), it showed that I need to focus on one direction ( they are soooo dreamy) and start pre- production. Otherwise it could all go tits up and I'll have a project about as enjoyable as an earache.

Spotify is playing " Midnight City" by M83

Capstone Ideas

Spitballing ideas as I’m not really sure yet what to do. In General terms I’m thinking a short film, maybe 5 min or so. In the short I’ll want to use 3d modeling, texturing, etc... and compositing with live footage. Subjects I’ve studied and have an affinity for doing.

1. Boy and his bot. I had the idea of doing a fun little short about a boy and his robot. Maybe starting with his father making it for him as a baby and showing little snippets of their adventures as the boy gets older. Playing hide and seek in the woods, the robot helping him fight bullies, etc.. I was kind of keen on this idea. however my wife pointed out the similarities to the movie "Ted". I've never seen the movie but a quick Wikipedia look up seems to agree with her. Although this is a student short to show off what I’ve learned, so I’m keeping this one on-deck.

2. Detox blows your mind. Best way to sum up this idea - a designer drug gives junkies going through withdrawal some type of super power. Say maybe they can make things explode! With a Bounty Hunter type guy hunting them down. Although as I type this I’m beginning to think of the movie "Scanners".

3. Don't you love me anymore? A short about a reality TV star waking up and being "erased" from the minds of almost everyone. Basically there is secret group that tries to stop reality tv and pseudo celebrities from continuing to be famous. Think of the A-Team taking out the Kardashians. The star tries to get their fame back. Not really sold on this one

4. So a kid gets into some type of accident, wakes up and has super powers. Can make things move with his mind, make people think certain thoughts, bend reality...Starts fighting crime.. turns out he is really in a coma.



That's kind of it for now. I'm going to keep working on ideas, as none of the above really strike my fancy.



To the question about inspiration.. I guess books by Philip K. Dick. Movies like Momento, Inception, Blade Runner, The Fountain and Shutter Island. I tend to enjoy works that play around with memories and reality.
 Really those are just inspiration when talking about a story to tell. For inspiration on the visual side, companies such as Weta, MPC and ILM do amazing work. I just watched The Avengers and found their work for New York amazing. 90% of what you saw was created /constructed in 3d and Nuke.


Oh...I suggest you check out the T.V. show Misfits. Brilliant show from England. It's on Hulu and the LOGO cable channel. You can thank me later.

Spotify is playing "Blue Blood Blues" by The Dead Weather