All Things Considered

Maybe I should get back into this project. What do you think?

"Hello World"

Today is the day that the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it... What?!

I presented the the first installation of the The Big Picture film project today in front of fellow peers and faculty members at the School of New Media at Indiana University (Indianapolis). For the first time I feel relieved... The presentation went off without a hitch, and the website, dvd, raw illustrations and entire process were displayed with appropriate goodness. A whole four months of planning just for one day. I guess I've never taken into consideration just how much effort and energy we as people put into doing something we are determined to do.

I had to learn determination pretty damn quick this semester, which is what I've learned from this project. I had to also learn how to manage my time... a fickle idea to some, but the most important to me if I wanted to maintain sanity and get this project done on time. Time.. is something we never have enough of, how cliche. Our clocks are ticking.. are pages turning.. and are days coming and going.. I made something today that made time stop in my heart for .... i would say.. about 30 minutes. The words are useless to describe that.

Two things I would have talked about more are how I took on issues of usability and a slight discussion on copyright and trademark. I want this movie to go somewhere someday, I plan on dropping this movie off to every film festival I can find, every company who wants to see it.. I'm trying to find my calling here, and if this isn't the hugest push I've ever received, I don't know what else there is. I'm sure as hell not goin' back to those mines, I can tell you that right now.

I'm constantly testing my own usability... how do I fit into this big scheme of life? Why did I just graduate college? What am I going to do with my diploma? How am I going to soak that damn piece of paper up for all its worth? And how will I do it without getting a head of myself, or becoming Mr. Fancypants Hollywood? Well, that's an easy one because I never want to be that, so Hollywood is out of the question. I'm talking underground.. independent people.. independent artists that all share the same common bond. What do I want to do after I graduate? I want to play music with my band going from show to show across the world, I want to perform awesome public exhibits, I want to create and illustrate books and magazines and everything else that can use a piece of my art. I want to create a film that will change lives... I want the world to be a bit peaceful. I made this movie to be a positive role model to other artists and to other people who believe that we can create positive change in this world if we tap into positive thoughts in people's minds.

It's all subliminal, baby.... Every last drop.

I would like to not work a desk job my whole life, because my gut is starting to get rounder, and I'm becoming more lazy. These computers I've worked on for so long are starting to wear me thin.. my eyes are glued to the monitor as I type this. I want out, and if this movie is my way out.. then I'm going to put every ounce of energy into it, so that I get out. So that I can finally be to this world what I was made to be... A litte kid drawing pictures.

Thank you and goodnight..... sincerely, kevin fitzpatrick

I see the finish

I've been so busy trying to get this project done, that i forgot to update my journal. Anyway this weekend was a good benchmark to reach. Myself and my video editor / producer Chris Commons have raw video files in our possession. Chris gave the videos to the musical producer Chris Mathews, and hopefully within a week, we'll have this project wrapped up.

I am also currently working on the website design and integrating the site with the DVD package. Shoot.. the DVD, still something we need to do, and the project is due soon.. And I wasn't procrastinating for this project either, I've been working on it for a good three months. It'll be nice when this part of it is done.. It's shown me a lot of insight into how I work personally, and what drives me to do the things I love to do.. like create a movie, or draw illustrations.

The Big Picture.. a fitting title, for a fitting semester... Graduation soon.

FIRST VIDEOS!!!!

First renderings of my animation film project are available at Chris Commons .com, you can find them through the 'video' link.

Chris has been workin hard editing the extra cool animations, and we'll soon have a completed movie, once we shoot some real video of the credits scenes. After that, we shoot it off to Chris the soundman, create the DVD, package it, bundle it, present it to the faculty of IUPUI.. April 29th, 12:30pm in the New Media Building.

Rounding the 3rd corner..

It's been awhile since I've posted an update, because it's been awhile since I've worked on the film. Plans are in the making for the website and the other stuff I need to present this piece in the upcoming weeks.

Chris Commons started editing the video footage. It's a learning experience at this point, because of the way I shot the film.. Running into a few unexpected curves, but hopefully we'll be able to sail past them in time to show this trailer off.

Drawings finale

So I've been avoiding the city scenes, because the scenes I had already done for that weren't all that wonderful, but tonight I pulled an all-nighter.. it is now 6:45am, and I am completely done with the drawing portion of this project.. for now at least, if I need extra animations.

Anyway, the point is... I can move on now and give Chris the film to start editing. I have to create storyboards and a script so that this runs smoothly. I've never done that before, so we'll see how it goes. I'm severely tired, and I'm relieved that I am done with the drawings.. weight off my shoulders.

We're already 12 days into March.. where has the time gone?

Getting there

I have filled up 3 hours worth of recording, and will continue to film more shortly.. I have to get more tapes, expensive procedure. The last few scenes I drew were the shots after the bridge is built. The road continues into the countryside, or what not.. and then into this huge building, and a big skyline in the background. This is the big City scene, that I foresee being a TON bigger when I actually do this film, then when I do it now for the trailer. I still have to draw snippets of the balloon ride, and the massive telephone pole, and a final shot of a city. The viewpoint will be from the top of a tower.. from the bridge. Confusing.. so it seems. The final shot will also have a painting or two in the background.. I'm not sure where I want to put paintings, but I want to try sneak them in there.. as a challenge. So it's all production and editing after this point. See you there.