Youtube recently switched their default video format to widescreen so I decided to re-upload my old Superman sketch from last year as it was meant to be seen. I also took this opportunity to make a few major fixes as I was always disappointed with how my previous flabby edit turned out.
Changes made: 30 seconds removed, sound effects added, Gamma (ray?) correction to lighten the visuals. Timing of music and dialog re-jigged to make it snappier.
I think it's a much tighter and funnier sketch now, hopefully the ratings and comments will agree. Here's Superman is a Dick version 2 point oh!
For those of you who are interested here's 8 minutes of out-takes from filming.
I've written four 1 minute episodes of a mini web series and after leaving the script alone for a week I now can't decide whether it's good enough to warrant the time making it. It will take me about two months to make which is a long time to spend on a project if ultimately it's unfunny and nobody watches it. On the other hand this project is perfect as a stepping stone to learning 3D computer animation.
Over the four episodes it's a story about the relationship between two flowers sharing a pot. Exciting stuff I know! But the character designs had to be simple if I was going to attempt this in 3D. And you can't get simpler than "Heads on sticks" (TM).
I'm going to post the script for the first and last episodes on BSG and see what sort of feedback it gets before continuing on. My feeling is that's it's not amazingly funny but over the four episodes it could come together as a nice story with some funny moments. We shall see what the feedback is like!
According to TubeMogul.com my ShoePie videos have now been watched over a million times! WooHoo! It's kind of pleasing to officially break the big 1 Mill. milestone. Although the head honchos at Youtube have yet to come round with a celebratory basket of Muffins.
The majority of views have been for the Star Wars and Incredible Hulk parodies that I made very early on. I could try and make more of this type of geeky stuff but I'd prefer to focus on trying to come up with an original web series. Besides, AtomFilm's Star Wars competition already has a winner this year...it just hasn't been nominated, voted for, or awarded the prize yet.
....just awesome!
I'm currently writing a 4-part web series about... Flowers! ....Yeah I don't konw what I'm thinking either. I should be writing a sketch about Bobba Fett getting his head stuck in a toilet. But I had an idea about Flowers so I have to write that now. So I won't be posting any sketches for a while but I might post a few test animations as I'm using Blender quite a bit at the moment.
