Up and rolling again!

Hey everyone!

My time on Hulk is coming to an end, and I can now focus my attention back to getting this epic done! There are 23 VFX shots left to finish (with over 150 finished!), we're about 85% done with the sound design, the DVD design is well underway!

So we're looking at an early summer release. We will throw out details as soon as we figure out where we are going to premiere this thing!

This has been a giant project for Jason and I and we are really excited about getting it out there for all to see. Thanks everyone for your great (and patient) support of Enigma!

-Matt

How's Enigma going?!

Hey Everyone!

Enigma is moving along well, I didn't quite make my deadline. I got called back to work a bit earlier than I was expecting. They need me to take over as one of animation supervisors on The Incredible Hulk. So for the next 5 weeks, Its crazy 12 hour days, and 7 day weeks. But after that, I should be able to focus on completing Enigma. Things are still moving forward, there is alot of rendering to be done, so this is a good time for that. Also, Sound design is taking a bit longer as well. So all in all, things are still going well, But it looks like its going to be a late spring completion. Not exactly what I wanted, but that just the way it has to be.

On a side note, Rhythm and Hues just won an Oscar for The Golden Compass. This was my first time as an animation supervisor, so Its pretty sweet! and yes, it is as heavy as everyone says.


Thats me and Bill Westenhoffer (VFX sup for compass)

Now I just have to finish up enigma so we can gather up some awards for our crew!

Take care all!

-Matt

Phobos time!

Well the fx are still moving along! I'm giving my full attention to phobos now, our cute little cg character. I'm hoping to have his animation done by the first week in Jan. Then at that point, all I will have to do is ships and comps! Slowly that light at the end of the tunnel is getting bigger.

I have given myself a deadline for the FX, Jan 27th. Mainly because Jan 28th I have to go back to work! So thats it, VFX must be done....or at least just rendering..

We are still shooting for the Feb completion....should be close!

Happy Holidays...

back to animating...

-Matt

Thats alot of VFX!

Hey Everybody!

Well, things are still moving along well with this little film. I only have 3 green screens left to deal with! We are slowly plugging all the holes with finished shots.

I have also taken a big step and actually counted how many visual effect shots we have in the our 40 min show. This is something I have avoided since the beginning, cause it would have just stressed me out way to much to actually know....buuuttt... Now that we are getting closer to the end..I decided it was time....so give or take a couple.....the grand total is going to be...

175 shots!

Secretly I was hoping we were going to top 200....but I'm OK with not having 25 more shots to deal with!

We have just over 30 left to complete...Of course they are some of the more challenging ones, but its exciting to start to see that glimmer of light at the end of this very long tunnel.

We are still shooting for a late Jan early Feb completion, and so far we are still on target.

Hope all is well with everyone!


till the next post!
-Matt

Still going, and going, and going...

Hey everyone!

Yes, Enigma is still moving forward...at a fast pace now! I have officially finished my duties on the Golden Compass, and am taking 3 months off of work on finishing this beast. Everything is moving along smoothly. A large majority of the VFX are done, and just have some of the more difficult ones to finish. We are looking at around late Jan for the completion of the film. Then its off to the festivals! and of course, we are going to throw a huge premiere party as well, probably in Feb. We want to have the DVD put together first so we can hand it out at the party.

I'm going to try to update this blog more, Maybe I will even try to post some shots here. The film is looking good, I can't wait to show it to all of you.

Thanks, till the next post...

-Matt

Enigma still going strong!

Hey everyone!

Sorry about the horrible lack of updates lately! Things are still going strong, we have officially finished the score. After 2 years of work by Jermaine Stegall, we now have the finished and mixed score.


VFX are still going strong. We are currently taking delivery of 22 completed comps and about 50 green screen removals from Rhythm and Hues Studios. Phobos is moving along too, a little more animation everyday.

We are projecting to be completed with the film by December with a Festival run in 2008.

I am going to try to keep up to date with these updates. There is a lot of exciting stuff coming up in the next few months!

Stay tuned!

Soundtrack.net

Hey there Enigma followers!

A fairly busy week for me, but kinda slow for Enigma. FX work continues. Currently textures are being created for the models. It's slow and tedious work, but hopefully will look really nice in the end. The Genesis is slowly coming to life...soon it will be flying!

The exciting thing this week is continuing coverage of our recording session last week. Soundtrack.net, the top source of information for the film music world, attended the session and wrote up a really nice article about Jermaine. Check it out, and see some more pictures at www.soundtrack.net

Hope everyone enjoyed the Oscars tonight, That short live action film category looks pretty nice huh? Does the academy like scifi?! I guess we'll find out!

Take care!