Today was interesting

I must confess. I've been trying to avoid editing the project. I want it done so badly, absolutely. It needs to just be gone so I can feel free to move on to other stuff I have planned to do, damn right...

It's so boring, editing. You fail so hard at it before it gets good and starts to groove... hate going through that.... What I personally hate less is fx work. I do somewhat like crafting and manipulating stuff in after fx.

Just finished 2 fx shots that some how came out exactly as I envisioned them in my head. Mind you the usual thing that happens is I hope it's gonna be good, then it comes out terrible and I just live with it since I'm a noob at this stuff, but no, I guess I'm getting good somewhat. I wanted to have shadow of the chair appear beneath it as it floated, I decided to attempt duplicating the chair, darkening it, then fading it out to look like a shadow, and then just have it positioned directly beneath the floating chair, little bit of warping effect, and it looks 100% real as if I some how shot it on the spot. I was floored. I guess I can use the same technique for the other shot where I float stuff and there's no shadow since it's tough to implement a shadow under floating stuff, but when it's there it sells the shot perfectly... so happy and yeah it motivates you to finish when the fx look as good as they do. You want to experience them in context with the rest of the film.

Yeah stuff came together today. I have to bum rush through this stuff yanno, plan the whole film in sections and then tackle them one by one.

As it is, I've edited stuff together, sections where I excersis test the powers etc, but nothing is planned as to where they go in the damn thing. It's like, I don't really care about it. It's just a technicality until I reach the final battle so I don't give it everything I have... just want to get this crap so done, it's murder to keep having it sitting there waiting to be done.

I'll do rough drafts of redcape's scenes and shadow man's scenes if I can get up the nerve to do it tomorrow, if I don't feel it I don't feel it. what can I say....