Sprint Three Close

              

    This sprint has drawn to a close. A great deal of the sprint was spent troubleshooting live compositing. Yet I remained productive. Our production is set in a post apocalypse. So I sought to create a look indicative of meek soldier, likely stationed to the store room during his service. 

    Our scene lacks context aside from dank, dark, and dirty. I took to applying a tattered, rough look to all clothing. 

                    

    I started by heading to the Army Navy Surplus Store in town. I picked up a cheap work shirt I felt resembled that of a low ranking soldier. I used art charcoal, a razor, and tea bags to survival damage the shirt. Charcoal used heavily to imply crawling through and surviving amidst rubble. The tears were to show that this individual has been through a lot. I wanted to singe some areas of the clothes but felt that it would be overkill.

                      

    Given the simple nature of our production I opted to implement some props to give the actor business. So I brought a crucifix to give some humanity to the character. Taking it out of his shirt to kiss it or hold it to his head. All he has left is a sliver of hope that the audience knows isn't going to get him far. The polaroid is one of my wife. For context its a photo of her in front of her parents house before we moved, just blurred for privacy. This is to add another human layer to our character. He's looking at a photo of a loved one, we can only assume is deceased as he soon will be.

                         

    The under shirt was given the same treatment as the work shirt. Applied to the areas where visible rather than just a total weathering.

      

    The pants were so dark they didn't benefit from the charcoal as much but it was still used for continuity. I put the pants on and slid around on my knees on the concrete to get some initial weathering and took a razor at angle to fray it. Some cuts and tears here and there and viola. Aged pants. I made sure to really tear at the bottom for more of that tattered look.

 

    A large portion of the sprint was spent trouble shooting live compositing. The first week spent in the studio room and the next in the class. After a great deal of tweaking and adjusting the camera, green screen, plug-ins, and project file I'm confident we can get a recording done before the deadline. The set up and break down was time consuming as opening a project file. Nonetheless, we are close to a rough finished product.