This second week, we started learning how to utilize Nuke, as well as visualizing how we’d interpret our chosen aspect of ourselves, and incorporate it into 6-8 shots. I developed some of last week’s sketches into thumbnails, as well as creating some new ones. They’re not very detailed, but they show what I wish to have in the final shots.
I used pencil for everything that should simply be a picture, and black pen for what I plan to have some movement in, on each frame. If I have the time, I’d like each shot to have movement, but if not I’ll select a few to just keep as still images, and focus on only getting a few done.
The first five shots take place inside a single room in my house, with the last one being outside, a few minutes away from my home.
The first 3 shots are consecutive and give off the same message in increasingly tense ways, zooming in more and more on the pencil and the blank page. The fourth shot would be the first real change, with a computer screen showing me researching art block, and understanding how to tackle the situation.
The fifth shot would be turned towards the room’s main window, looking outside, showing the start of an idea; which finally leads to the final shot, showing the subject outside, taking in the simple but charming view of a river, and taking a break from art (I plan to take the shot at sunset, to make it particularly fancy).
I took a few shots as examples, but none are quite perfect, so I’ll have to retake them. Still, it was useful to be able to picture how I’d want the shots to be.
I also watched the basic Nuke tutorials. It looks and sounds pretty complicated, as I’ve never even dabbled in any photo-editing program like this before, but I’ll do my best to try and get as much done as possible.