Some of you may be aware of this project, with which I've had a love/hate relationship for the past three years or so: an experimental attempt to completely replace all of the visual effects from an entire episode of Star Trek. For this exercise, I picked one of the most popular (and technically-challenging) episodes of the series, "The Doomsday Machine":
About a year ago I quit after getting almost halfway through the episode. Work was a bear, and frankly I was burned out from spending hours in front of a computer at work, only to come home and spend more hours in front of my computer, laying out scenes and editing footage. Also, I wasn't satisfied with the quality of the work I was producing... I needed a break to refresh my batteries and improve my skills. I figured if I got the "itch" to start this project up again, I could always come back to it someday.
Well sir, the new Star Trek movie gave me an itch, and I've been a-scratchin' it:
The teaser and opening credits premiere tomorrow night here, and Act I should be ready by mid-to-late July. The overall goal is to finish all four acts to coincide with the release of the 2009 Star Trek movie on DVD, which means I've got about four months to crank out four acts... tight, but doable.
This is the third time I've attempted to complete this project, and it's going to be the last (and this time I mean it). If I don't finish it this time, it'll never be finished... but this time I really do think I'm going to do it. I've got the itch bad to get this done, and with all the renewed interest in Star Trek I hope that this project will get a little visibility this time around. Wish me luck!
(p.s. Additional screencaps may be found in this thread.)
About a year ago I quit after getting almost halfway through the episode. Work was a bear, and frankly I was burned out from spending hours in front of a computer at work, only to come home and spend more hours in front of my computer, laying out scenes and editing footage. Also, I wasn't satisfied with the quality of the work I was producing... I needed a break to refresh my batteries and improve my skills. I figured if I got the "itch" to start this project up again, I could always come back to it someday.
Well sir, the new Star Trek movie gave me an itch, and I've been a-scratchin' it:
The teaser and opening credits premiere tomorrow night here, and Act I should be ready by mid-to-late July. The overall goal is to finish all four acts to coincide with the release of the 2009 Star Trek movie on DVD, which means I've got about four months to crank out four acts... tight, but doable.
This is the third time I've attempted to complete this project, and it's going to be the last (and this time I mean it). If I don't finish it this time, it'll never be finished... but this time I really do think I'm going to do it. I've got the itch bad to get this done, and with all the renewed interest in Star Trek I hope that this project will get a little visibility this time around. Wish me luck!
(p.s. Additional screencaps may be found in this thread.)
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That shot actually had originally been the other way around... 
