Crude Blocking

I have the entire film roughly blocked out.

I made some big changes, mainly taking the kick to the face out. The bodies of the characters are still proxy models. The faces are full models. There is NO sound effects track either. I had to take it out temporarily because the timing changed so much since my first layout pass.



I replaced the kick with a head to head shot (above) that I think I can get some nice character acting out of.

No, I didn't steal that head to head idea from Chuck Jones either.... I borrowed it, he can have it back when I'm done. Actually it's a shout out to him. His work is a constant inspiration to me. There will never be another like him. Actually, I think Chuck borrowed the shot from an old black & white movie that I don't know the name of. It had sword fighting at a table with a candlestick holder. I don't really remember that much of it. They talk about it on the Extremes and Inbetweens DVD if you care.

As far as the kick goes, it had to be whacked, it wasn't pretty anyway. Maybe I'll release it on a Condiment Clash special edition / deleted scenes. ;-)

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Thanks for taking a look, any comments would be totally appreciated.

Condiment Clash Layout

OK so here's what I have so far.



The layout is pretty much final. I have some doubts about the last shot, after the yellow dissolve. Does it work? Should I change it to a shot of the table without the pan out? Does it make you nauseous?

Other notes:
-The music is updated! Thanks to Tony, Terry, Mick and Dave, collectively known as PhD.
-The blocking is early, the poses are all very rough at the moment.
-The major sound effects are in, but most of them will be tweaked in the next few weeks.
-There is no facial animation at this time.

As always, any comments appreciated.

.mov QT 7 Required [13 MB]
.avi low quality [16 MB]