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Documentary filmmaking: May 2013
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Wednesday, May 8, 2013. And here's another http:/ youtu.be/Yp0RosjhBQ8. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Anachronistic - my 3d animation studio. And heres anotherhttp:/ youtu.be/Yp0RosjhBQ8. East Dulwich, London, United Kingdom. I'm a freelance writer, illustrator and animator, and having just finished my first documentary (on the evolution of sharks) I've now started work on my second (on interstellar travel). if you want to see how I get on, read on.
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Documentary filmmaking: March 2009
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Monday, March 30, 2009. It started off as three small reviews, but by today, that had grown to four pages of copy – two of which are on Softimage – one of the most complex pieces of software on the market which I’m not up to date on and which didn’t arrive until Friday afternoon. Deadlines aren’t always this tough, but sometimes events conspire against editors and freelancers…. Anyway, that’s why I haven’t done any documentary work this week! Friday, March 20, 2009.
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Documentary filmmaking: February 2013
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. The wheels on the bus. My latest video animation The wheels on the bus go round and round. An animated song for children. Have fun. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Anachronistic - my 3d animation studio. The wheels on the bus. East Dulwich, London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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Documentary filmmaking: October 2009
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Friday, October 9, 2009. Things that don’t work. I’m taking a good long look at my strategy for getting work. Since I’m playing a bit of a waiting game right now and I’ve scaled things down (partially on purpose – partially not) ready for the arrival of our next baby (any time in the next couple of weeks). Or so you’d think. However, what I find is that it doesn’t make any difference. I haven’t got a single piece of work or even a contact ...In other words, if some...
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Crashing back into work after my paternity leave, I’ve had quite a lot on my plate –at work and at home. So this is the first chance I’ve had to update this blog in a while…. Forgive me if I skip over some stuff…. Amazing the difference it’s made. What I do for a living. Doing all this involved doing a spreadsheet of all my work, and along side that I did a little playing with Excel’s chart function. In short, I used it to pr...I’...
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Documentary filmmaking
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Friday, October 2, 2009. Because I’ve not got very much work on (although I know it’s all about to kick off again just in time for the new baby), I’ve taken the opportunity to try to make my life a bit easier. Right now, when ever I have to produce a pitch or give someone an idea of what I’m planning to do, I end up spending most of my time making things look good and not much time actually laying out my ideas. I’ve also created a storyboarding “kitR...I’m...
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Documentary filmmaking: June 2009
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Friday, June 26, 2009. Lots of work on, and possibly some more on the horizon, but unfortunately, the cover I’ve been working on for Nature isn’t now going to happen… a pity, but it sometimes happens. Friday, June 19, 2009. This week I’ve been writing articles (one, ironically enough on how to make your render farm more efficient! These are REAL spaceships – or at least proposed designs for interstellar craft based on known physics – i.e. they&#...Anyway, if you we...
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Documentary filmmaking: September 2009
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Monday, September 21, 2009. Stock footage is a strange discipline for the 3d artist. You have no brief so you can create anything you like, but at the same time, the overriding need is to be generic – if your footage doesn’t appeal to a range of people for a range of reasons, it just won’t sell. I also took delivery of another package for review – and I just had to try it out. This was videocopilot.net’s Action Essentials – a fantastic sto...Great stuff –. Anyway, ...
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Documentary filmmaking: August 2009
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Friday, August 28, 2009. Finally the trilobite documentary is ready to send to the client. It was supposed to be last week, but I had a problem. The motion on the DVD flickered in an unpleasant way during pans and fast movement. I realised this had something to do with the fact that I’d shot it at 24 frames per second and was burning a DVD at 25 FPS, but I was really surprised by what turns out to be the industry standard solution…. Of course, that’s only usu...
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Documentary filmmaking: January 2010
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Follow me on twitter: @Christiandarkin. Monday, January 11, 2010. The new year has started with few resolutions and a lot of ideas. I’m still finishing off the trilobite documentary and I think the end is finally in sight on that project. I’m also painfully aware that my tax recipts need adding up and presenting by the end of the month. I’ve been doing the work in dribs and drabs this week as the new baby has meant I haven’t had enough sleep to be confident in my adding up…. Looking through the websites ...