Tuesday 31 May 2011

Hogwarts 3D Model

Hey again. So lately i have been working on a 3D model of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter series. I think the movies are pretty cool, but I am especially interested in the architecture of the castle. I decided to try to improve my modelling skills in Blender, and build the castle. So far it hasn't been too difficult, but very time consuming. I am about a third of the way through, and the hardest parts are still to come.

If anyone on here can give me any advice, I would really like to hear it. I don't want to finish the model and then find out no one likes it, so some criticism while modelling would be very useful.

Thanks!

Monday 30 May 2011

Steady-cam

Hey guys, I just got back from my friend's house, where we finished assembling and testing our new steady-cams. If you don't know, a steady-cam is a stabilizer used to keep the image steady when filming, instead of shaky handheld footage. I really recommend making one of these, to anyone who enjoys filmmaking. You may have heard this same story from bamcameback, who is a good friend of mine, and helped me build the steady-cam. I will upload some videos soon, of comparisons of with and without the steady-cam.

I might also be posting some scenes from a movie I am planning to shoot over the summer, for your opinions. I haven't really decided quite what it will be about, but I have a lot of ideas. Please give suggestions. All ideas are welcome, and really needed!