SmithWalker Productions is going strong. Finally caught up on all my projects. And I have several new clients. My short, silly film, P.A.W.S. (Puppies Against Waste and Squirrels) is a finalist in an EPA recycling video contest, and a PSA I made for MRWMD has been so well received, some nonprofits have donated money to buy more air time. They also want a few more versions made including one in Spanish. Should be interesting.
I've been really busy researching social media and have discovered the usefulness of RSS feeds (a RSS feed address is a url that you post into a blog or a RSS reader, then you get automatic headline updates from blogs and websites). I need to keep my eye on animal/ocean related news stories for one of my clients, so I made a blog full of RSS feeds: http://podclasstvrss.blogspot.com/
They are also getting into 3D, so I made one for that as well: http://3dsocialmedia.blogspot.com/
One of my newest clients is a marine sanctuary, so I made this blog full of marine sanctuary and Marine Protected Area RSS feeds to illustrate that they don't need to put tons hours into updating a blog. http://socialmediaideas.blogspot.com/
And lastly, I just finished editing two videos for some marine biologists. Last I heard, they are on a boat in the Galapagos giving presentations to the likes of Bonno, Leanardo di Caprio, and a dozen or so other prominent conversationalists. I hope the videos help raise money for world ocean causes.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Pigs, Awards, Marine Debris, and Kelp Plans
I just got back from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, CA. It was quite a festival. Very well run and lots of amazing films. My favorite was "No Impact Man". My zebra film ended up winning Best Children's Film. It also won Best Short a couple months ago from a festival in India. Here's a photo of the awards.
As for the Pig part...I have decided to redo part of my zebra film. The stop motioned toys on the timeline look too amateurish. So I am going to animate them in Flash. This will be quite an undertaking. I have to develop a character for each of the domesticated animals. But it will be good to have each animation on hand for the PodclassTV Paint With Media Page. I've started with the pig. I am trying some rotoscoping (drawing over a video). Hopefully, I can get the movement down, then go back and cartoonize the face. Here's 6 test frames. Right now, the pig is kinda scary. Check back in a couple weeks to see what materializes.
Here's what I went through to make my zebra:
Today, I worked all day on fine tuning the Monterey Regional Waste Management Marine Litter Debris PSA (public service announcement). I think it's coming along, and should be broadcast on Comcast soon.
And finally, I am going to start on a kid's kelp ecosystem film soon. I will probably shoot most of it at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I will make a kelp ballast the main animated character.
More soon...
As for the Pig part...I have decided to redo part of my zebra film. The stop motioned toys on the timeline look too amateurish. So I am going to animate them in Flash. This will be quite an undertaking. I have to develop a character for each of the domesticated animals. But it will be good to have each animation on hand for the PodclassTV Paint With Media Page. I've started with the pig. I am trying some rotoscoping (drawing over a video). Hopefully, I can get the movement down, then go back and cartoonize the face. Here's 6 test frames. Right now, the pig is kinda scary. Check back in a couple weeks to see what materializes.
Here's what I went through to make my zebra:
Today, I worked all day on fine tuning the Monterey Regional Waste Management Marine Litter Debris PSA (public service announcement). I think it's coming along, and should be broadcast on Comcast soon.
And finally, I am going to start on a kid's kelp ecosystem film soon. I will probably shoot most of it at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I will make a kelp ballast the main animated character.
More soon...
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