shot12

First second or two needs to be trimmed off because for some unknown
reason the Jellyfish in the backround are not in the correct position. Also
I realize that the tentacles of the main jellyfish are blowing to the right
when the wind is blowing to the left. Arragh....

Jellyfish sci fi movie shot1

A frame from the Jellyfish Project

tweaks

version 2.5

increased the density of the cloud of debris particles.

version 2.0

-bugs eye view of jellyfish expelling carbon particles. (test render-hd size. took 10 mins. to render this)

-bugs eye view of tentacles at rest

covered in carbon

a remix of one of the clips.

new body design

testing shadows. bottom photo is hd size. Eliminated the lights within the body of the jellyfish.

interesting lighting that will not be used in the final vers.

its raining carbon

Jellyfish stills Feb.14 2010

Principal Photography Update

Phase 1 of the photography was completed way back in May of 2009 by Carl. The film is being shot in B&W on a Super 16mm non-sync camera (a modified Bolex Rex 2). These were the scenes intended for CGI manipulation by Dave. It took the following summer to raise the funds for processing the film, HD telecine transfer, and acquiring the editing software to edit it. During this time, Dave worked on the "Nano animation", a short animated nano-factory sequence rendered in HD quality to be used in Phase 2 of principle photography.
That day is finally arriving. Phase 2 of principle photography has been scheduled to occur during the Month of February. Any additional pick-up footage, (inset shots, etc) will be completed in March and April. Dave is now working on post-production for Phase 1 -- creating animated CGI on existing image files (this includes learning the programs- a huge undertaking for one person).
The plan now is to complete Phase 2 photography, do the HD transfer, cut in the CGI work, and finally add audio tracks. The final project will be around 5 minutes.
We hope to have it submitted to the Northwest Film Festival by August 2010.

Nano factory clip

multi tentacles

single tentacle render (3dsmax with reactor physics engine)