The End

...until I have time to do some of my own personal work :)
Here is the link to the finished film http://www.raftas2007.co.uk/films/film_5.html
Hope you enjoy it ^__^

Monster Kid and the sun

In this shot Monster Kid scoops the Sun from the sky after becoming bored with breaking with the city. It soon becomes too hot for Monster Kid to hold and later drops it. I added a heat haze to the Sun and animated the glow towards the end of this clip to show it getting hotter. The planets and stars were modelled, textured and rendered in Maya before being animated in Flash by Jim.




Monster Kid and the sun from Matt Beale and Vimeo.

Monster Kid goes to town

Things are starting to come together now, with only a few shots left. This shot is perhaps one of best we have visually, where Monster Kid takes a building from the city. I never thought we could pull this shot off well, but I'm very happy with the way the city turned out, especially the little cars.

Some backgrounds (WIP)

Monster Kid with added backgrounds (WIP) from Matt Beale on Vimeo

Monster Mumma

Monster Mumma from Matt Beale on Vimeo

The show must go on

Yesterday was our last official day at college :( The film was handed in in its unfinished state but me and Jim, like all the other groups are determined to complete the film within the 2 extra weeks we have.

I really am going to miss going to Ravensbourne, walking through the college corridors and up that ramp into the 2nd year studio. It's pretty much been my home for the last 3 years! All is not lost; I've made some good friends, had loads of laughs and learnt so much. I can only hope that we all try and keep in touch.

Tractor Time!

Today I comped the field background with Jim's new animation of Monster Kid playing around with a tractor. I had to reposition some of the hills, the rocks and bushes on the left to accomodate the animation and give a sense of distance. I also had to make the curve of the field smoother, where the hills meet the field.



I added motion blur to this animation which bumped up the render time considerably. The animation will still need to be re-rendered as Jim needs to add some animation tweaks and I need to add daisies to the hill and a rock texture.






Monster Kid Tractor Time from Matt Beale on Vimeo