You always get interesting stuff when it come time to work on an advertisement. Who would’ve thought that I’d be animating eyeballs, crashing people into cars, and everything else I can find time for in a few short days. Well, I better get back to it.
I spent my Sunday afternoon catching up with the work I have to do outside of my day job. The image you see above is a part of a Lazy Susan composite for that commercial I’ve had on the fryer for at least two weeks. I’ve been trying to find the time to finish this, and I think I’m getting close to having a cut that’s almost good enough to show. Part of the problem with this project was that we only shot wide shots. If we had a few more close ups I’d be much happier. Facial expression is a large part of modern movies. However, David Bordwell encourages more body acting alongside the face. I want a balance between the two, especially when working on a commercial that will likely be viewed at a rather small frame size.
In any case, I also brought my camera with me last weekend to get some golden hour, birds, and even some slow motion of hummingbirds. It was a wonderful time. I also saw my cousin who is trying to get into the recording business. I wish him my best. Well, I better get going.