by rose4emily » Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:23 pm
I think the idea of making "Instrumentality" a studio name is a great way to handle the "branding" aspect of all this, and to provide a tie-in opportunity for upcoming releases such as "ProjeKct Life".
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Since my last post I've:
Completed the lip-sych script generation for the widescreen narratives. This is the part of the process where I run a program that analyses the narrative audio and writes scripts for selecting which of a group of images should be chosen as the video frame corresponding to that frame's audio.
Rendered two of the lip-sych video tracks for the widescreen narratives.
Finished most of the compositing for the widescreen narratives. I forgot the two videos that were moved from fullscreen to widescreen (Ararat and A Boy I Knew) when I was working on the rest, so I still have to take care of those.
Started outlining the end credits at a low level, so I can write the code for generating those as quickly as possible once I've finished with the second half of the narratives.
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What I'll be working on next is:
1) Rendering the remainder of the lipsync video for the widescreen narratives.
2) Editing those video tracks to transition to alternate shots showing the images (on a large auditorium screen, with the speaker visible as a small figure at a podium before them), along with a few stills of the "audience" that will (I hope) give those narrative segments a greater sense of depth.
3) Coding and generating the end credits.
4) Joining the Widescreen section and generating .vob files for the DVD.
5) SUBMITTING THE PROJECT FOR DISTRIBUTION!!!!
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I'm a little behind my intended schedule right now (landscaping work, visiting relatives, unexpected house projects...), but am still making a strong effort to maintain momentum and keep chipping away until I'm done. Most of what's left is very mundaine - running scripts and pressing buttons - and all of what is left is now stuff that I've done before, so the only variable left in the release date is the amount of truly "free" time I have at my disposal. And that, I am glad to say, is a commodity I've been seeing more of as of late.
may seeds of dreams fall from my hands -
and by yours be pressed into the ground.