Animation progress...

67 seconds. I just counted. That's how many seconds I animated so far. Woohoo! not bad, not bad. Still not amazing, but I'm on schedule that's all that matters. I may be throwing out a few scenes that I did, unfortunately.. but the cuts should hopefully make the story stronger and clearer. Or at least, that's the hope.

ADR!

I did my ADR last week, now I've been relistening to everything and pumping it into my Animatic. I'm almost done. I'm going to show Kathy, Sheila, and Christine this week to get their feedback.

And I'm continuing to animate. I haven't counted the exact seconds I've done but I've animated (rough for some) about 13 shots and I've done the background for 3 main shots, but I may need to redo them cuz some of them look stupid. I've probably got around 40 seconds done (not counting still backgrounds.)

Animating

I started animating. I went over all the scenes I have to do, labeled them easy, medium, or hard... figured out how long each scene is and made a schedule for myself--20 sec. a week. i've been working on some scenes today... they're taking some time because i have multiple characters in them... but they're looking decent so far.

i'm anxious to start animating the dialogue scenes, but i'll have to wait til next week after i have my ADR session.

blah. alright. back to work!

The Cast

I cast my film. Most of my actors are coming in on Oct. 14th for the ADR session.

Here they are:

Petra.... Sydney Banner
Dad.... Jason Kaine
Teacher.... Adrian Borden
Camp Director.... Noelle Messier
Camp Counselor.... David Simon
Rachel.... Charlotte Barrielle

Auditions are underway!

I've had three auditions and several auditions over email... some definite potentials. I'm finally getting some great Camp Director takes... but now I'm running out of choices for the Dad. I had two auditions this morning. Both male. One could make a great Camp Counselor.. but neither feel right for the role of the Dad. Too bass, too not-farmer sounding. One could be great for Brittany's film though...

I had an audition last night--her voice is perfect for Ms. Hart... her acting was there and she took direction well, but I wanted her to go even further with the performance. I guess I'll see what I get from other actors though.

Got two great email auditions for the Camp Director--both had similar takes on her, but their voices have different qualities. One sounds how I picture CD.... I sent her notes back, so hopefully she can show a nice range... then I think I'll know for sure...

Anyway, I'm auditioning my first kid tonight. Actually in 7 minutes...

Actors!

Wow... finding actors is exhausting. I've been listening to demos and scheduling audition for the past three days and I don't know where the time went. Blah. Anyway, there are two people I'm auditioning this week that I have high hopes for. One is for the role of the Dad and the other for Petra. The girl for Petra did a test reading from the script and sent it to me via email... she sounds like how I imagine Petra to sound and she can act. I just need to make sure she can pull off some of the more emotional scenes.

The guy reading for the dad sent me his voice-over reel and he's really really awesomely good... and diverse. He had a nice range of voices and all that good stuff. Hopefully he'll be a perfect fit for the dad character. We'll see though.

I'm having trouble getting voices for the teacher and camp director though... all the woman demo's i've been hearing just don't sound quite right... and the level of acting isn't all that impressive. but i'll keep searching, they're bound to be out there.

the other characters i'm not too worried about since they're minor characters. i'll still look for the best, but i'm most concerned about Petra, the Dad, Teacher, and Camp Director since they're parts have to have more range of emotion and are very vital to the film. Plus I have very specific ideas for those characters and have a right to be picky when I cast them.

So we'll see.

Finding voices...

I had my thesis review today... which went well. For the most part it was small little things to help my film be a little more clear.

We did talk about actors/voice talent. I asked them what they thought about me playing the lead. They seemed a bit split on the idea... some were supportive, others thought professional voices would be the best bet. So I guess I'll audition people for Petra and see if anyone fits... then I'll also record myself and just see which works the best for the part. =)

Anyway, in the meantime I posted on LA Casting and have gotten quite a few hits. I've emailed a few people back to have their demos sent to me. Not enough of them have samples online, which is frustrating. I don't want to have to call 20 people if their voices aren't even right...