Gabriel Verdugo Soto
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How i have endure with this project for so long
I think that the most important psycologic aspect that has enable me to endure this long (currently 5 years), is that i have learned in the process; as my goals in this proyect have been beyond what i, at the moment of setting the goals, knew, the uncharted territory and the joy of solving problems have[…]
A tiny adventure in sound design
I did some sound design for Elulu, Beldrum v2.0 it’s the name of the instrument i invented and used in this video, the version 1.0 of Beldrum it’s part of the Original score i’ve already did for the movie. The Beldrum was recorded in this video using a piezzo-electric mic (the black clamp that you[…]
I’ve reached the 30 minutes mark!
Yay!, i’ve finally reached the first half hour of movie, wich means a bit less than half of the movie so :D I also made a tiny little turntable video with the three main characters of the movie, the textures were made using Gimp painter, with the GPS brushes, 3D on blender. Greetings!
Elulu new teaser
Almost a year ago i uploaded Elulu’s first teaser, so i’ve decided to upload a second teaser of the movie, with some new images, and the final version of the movie logo and the final version of BELOFILMS corporate image. To be noted though, that it is not a trailer, a synopsis of the story[…]
Elulu, this year so far
For the past six months i have been making some big changes, structurally wise i changed the place of some scenes, and using the same backgrounds i redesigned some scenes to add new content, also i made some new conections between the characters, because i realised that it was lacking some human cohesive force, and[…]
Things i’ve learned on filmaking while making ELULU.
It’s best for video editing that you render the music in instrument separated layers and then arrange it as you like on the video editor, you can even mix layers from diferent tracks to make new music as needed, and of course make the track you did on the first place. It’s handy to render[…]
New site is online!
Hello!, as i’m currently making a render that takes forever (of a new scene i added, in wich i have to use the photorealistic render engine instead of the normal render engine), i have some spare time so, i redesigned the website and logo of BELOFILMS. *The silhouette you can see on the new logo[…]
Random updates
C: Elulu’s trailer was posted on BlenderNation yay! Here is the link: BlenderNation 2015 goal was to reach the 20 minutes animated mark, i´m currently on 19mins. animated and 17mins. rendered, composited with the backgrounds, and mounted on the timeline, so hopefully i will reach the 20 minutes milestone before 2015 christmas. On my procastinated[…]
Elulu teaser
It has been a long time since i posted here, but, everything is moving forward still, lots of work though, running a blog seems just more work, that’s why i havent posted in a while, but! here is a teaser for my upcoming movie, i reallistically expect to finish it within the first quarter of[…]
Elulu sneak-peak
It´s been a loooong time since i write here but!. Finally i can see something!!, after 2+ years, i can finally animate :D, the render takes too much though, but i´m happy with the outcome, i hope to finish all the animations (not the renders), before my next birthday :P (end of may), but who[…]
I have reached 1.000 colored backgrounds!
So, to celebrate with everyone i want to share with you 2 videos, on one you will see the modeled, textured and rigged 3d characters that i have so far, and on the other there are some animated backgrounds that are part of the “other dimension”, the music is part of the original score i[…]
Elulu render test
Just some quick test to see how the background works with the textured character, i like :D. A quick update about the Elulu movie status, i hope to finish the color grading of the backgrounds and the music this year, then i will make an animatic with those, and after that will model some models[…]
Elulu is back on production on monday!
I have a new computer!, so i can go back to work on monday :D!, it´s 3x faster than the pc that died, so i hope i will be able to speed up a little the workflow and recover the 2 weeks that a i lost making no advance in the movie… anyway, i´m not[…]
Stand-by production
Unfortunately from a month or so, my computer is kind of dying, problem after another i have manage to sort it out, but right now is currently on intensive care, i´m now currently installing for a second time in a month the Operating system, i hope it breaths again :/, at least everything seems to[…]
Small Elulu update
I have just passed the 500 color and pre-composed (cuted) backgrounds frontier yay!!
Interesting making of anime films
Kanon (2006-2007), animated series by Kyoto animation And finally a small documentary of Culture Japan, about how Anime is made at the animation studio called JC Staff Greetings!
Elulu – preview #1 – Backgrounds
Hello!, a little preview of my first movie (on the making), showing some color graded backgrounds! The original size is 4k (4096*2160 pixels), the camera movements are made from stills in a stop motion dolly, the music is part of the original score i did for the movie (96 khz-24bit). Cheers!
Elulu (OMMP) current status
This is the current progress of my first movie In 3D: 8 x 3D Characters modeled, textured and rigged 4 x 3D props, modeled rigged and textured 2 x 3D chartacters modeled and rigged *** I still have to model, texture and rigg more characters Backgrounds: 26.154 x photo files, complete backgrounds of 64 scenes[…]
OMMP comet
Just a little update on the OMMP, here are the three model stages of the comet from the scene 60: 1:First i carved a polystyrene ball 2:Then i added epoxic clay and modeled craters and holes, i printed the pattern of a rock that i have, applying pressure with the rock over the clay, i[…]
The first minute of my first movie
Hopefully the next 74 minutes will be ready by the end of 2013, early 2014… Tech specs: 4k, 96khz-24 bit, (for now, only stereo audio, i will make it in 5.1 eventually) This is the OMMP, at first i was going to make it in 3d stereo, but due to lack of technical equipment and[…]
Storyboard camera movements
Even though there is no standard on how to draw the camera movements on a storyboard, this is a comprehensive guide of what i have seen used, and of what i use to draw the camera movements on a storyboard, above all, the most important thing is to be clear, that´s why if you don´t[…]
CC-Resources 02: 9 Storyboard blank templates
Download the 9 Storyboard templates 3 Blank templates of Storysketch (4:3, 16:9, and Cinemascope) 3 Blank templates of Storyboard (4:3, 16:9, and Cinemascope) 3 Blank templates of Animatic (4:3, 16:9, and Cinemascope) To learn how to properly use this templates click here: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3
CC-Resources 01: 30 texture images
Download the images
The H2 Drumbody has arrived
The award of the Hydrogen drumkit contest has arrived from Belgium :), thanks to Thijs Van Severen for sending it, and organize the contest, and to Michael Wolkstein (aka Wolke) for making with his own hands the awesome H2 Drumbody :); here is the prize: And to celebrate with everyone, i have just finish a[…]
My brother´s Indiegogo campaign: Moonito
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Feed for my uncompressed Hydrogen drumkits
Hello, Thijs Van Severen, one of the developers of Hydrogen (an opensource sampler software) told me that for the official Hydrogen server my drumkits are going to be recompress due to backup issues, so, just to make the uncompressed drumkits available to everyone y decided to make a Feed: http://www.belofilms.com/H2drumkits/Feeds/BELO-list.xml and here are the instructions[…]
YAY! I won the Hydrogen drumkit contest
i won the spring drumkit contest :D, XD i sent 5 of the 11 eleven drumkits so it was ovbious that i had more chances of winning than the other participants XD, anyway, the drumkit will be available to download for everyone soon, here is the winners announcement , and to celebrate that i won[…]
Storyboard and Animatic templates
The next step of the Storysketch, even do it is not a pre-requisit, it´s the Storyboard, the idea of the Storyboard is to have a deeper aesthetic development, that´s why the template for Storyboard has a bigger frame size than the Storysketch template, now, the next step of the Storyboard is the Animatic, the animatic[…]
OMMP current status
A movie made only with opensource software and only by one man, that´s the aim of the OMMP, and if everything goes according to the plan, it will be released on late 2013, as of right now, i´m on schedule (: The OMMP started on January 2012, and this is what i have accomplish so[…]
DIY anamorphic flare filter
Here is a cheap solution if you want a straight light flare, like the one an anamorphic lens gives, you will be needing a fishing line, permanent markers ( if you want a colored flare), and a way to hold this in front of the lens (for this i used a third party cokin P[…]
Two more Storysketch templates
Here you will find two blank templates to be filled in, they have different aspect ratios, and as the idea of making a storysketch before making a film is to see how the story will be told, how the story will be framed, the format in wich the film will be shown must be same[…]
The Storysketch
The Storysketch is used as a comic to tell the story of a movie, every frame is going to be a different shot, it is the early stage of a storyboard (A more artistically elaborated storysketch) , the idea of the storysketch is being able to fill it in quickly, without too much hazzle about[…]
The Frankenlens
The franken lens, (:, just a fun proyect of the weekend, i took an old polaroid camera, of the ones that printed the images in the 80´s, took out the plastic lens and placed into mi micro four thirds camera, the tubes that you see are macro tubes, that are used to been able to[…]
Hydrogen drumkits
As part of the ¨OMMP¨ since January 2012, i have been recording samples to make music, as i´m using Hydrogen (opensource, available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS) a drum machine, running on Ubuntu (opensource OS), i have created several drumkits, that i will be uploading from time to time, this post is to let[…]