Drawing and drinking

I know I shouldn't draw while drinking, but does that include wine?

Coppola Contest

So, I was talking about making another film soon. Here is one that I did last year. Just a little one minute thing for Zoetrope.com. I got a box of wine out of this, some of which can be seen above. Tastes pretty good, too.

Color Key

I thought I would start trying to do color keys. Pen and ink, Photoshop, Painter.

films

I'm working on another film. I've made a handful of shorts so far and now I've decided to make a feature. Up to page nineteen on the script. I plan to shoot the film mostly "guerrilla" style. Cineme Verite and all that. On the run. When we (myself and the actors) have time.

I've been inspired to do something like this since I read about Christopher Nolan's first feature, "Following" which took a year to complete while shooting on weekends. He shot it for $6,000. No lights. Practical locations, etc. I think it got him "Memento". Not bad.

Soon I'll be buying the Sony EX1 and a Lowell lighting kit. I'll also be buying Final Cut Studio as I have edited all of my films and animatics using that software. It works for me.

Anyway, I've worked on set with a couple of films now and watched closely how DP's and their crews work, so I figure I know enough to be dangerous. I'll also be referring to my copy of "Rebel Without A Crew", "Painting with Light", and "Cinematography". I feel like "The Five C's" is over- rated and my copy is collecting dust. That being said this should be an exciting challenge. Mostly this endeavor comes out of my natural need to "just do it" and who gives a s@#% what people think of whatever comes out of this. Should be interesting.

Robots

Everyone wants to draw robots, so I thought I would make a robot, too. By the way, this is for fun. I'm not a designer or a pre-viz guy. I just do storyboards...
I guess this guy lost his arm in a fight. Or maybe he's incomplete. Whatever. I should put some sparks coming out of his arm.