ENDA Episode 61→ The time when ENDA challenged himself for the first time
The problem? It was VERY ambitious, I had not written the script yet but I knew that the complexity of doing it, even for a previsualization would be hard.
During the Grand Line series I mentioned how I tended to avoid challenging myself out of fear of not finishing the projects. However, things were not always like that.
There was a time when I was in the animation school, and I went beyond my limits.
It was during the last semester of my first year. The course was Previsualization and as the name says it was about creating 3D previsualizations for stories we came up with. There were 3 assignments: a first story project, a 3D previsualization clone of a film scene, and the final project.
The first project was very regular on my part and I got very deserved hard feedback.
For the clone, I was extremely meticulous and made an almost frame-to-frame clone of a scene from “The Conjuring”. This time the comments were far more positive and I had improved many aspects.
Nonetheless, when I had the final project in front of me. Something was pushing me to use it as a chance to make reality one of the story ideas that I want to tell based on one of my favorite neo-classical songs.
The problem? It was VERY ambitious, I had not written the script yet but I knew that the complexity of doing it, even for a previsualization would be hard. Not to mention this was a story that I wanted to tell and I would not be conforming with a “good enough” this time.
However, I chose to do it, because I wanted to see that story on a screen and not just in my mind.
I knew I would be working non-stop on this project and I was right: it took me even the additional weeks we got after the Christmas holidays. I had to experiment with a lot of tools to make the sets, test a lot of camera framing, and above all: figure out how to make a timelapse effect in a 3D scene.
Nevertheless, in the end, the project came out well and on time for the presentation. There was just one word that came of the teacher when he finished projecting it in class: “Excellent!”
But the more important part for the first time in a while, I was proud of something I did.
And I think that is the core of the matter: it was the first time I challenged myself for real, but I’m making sure that it won’t be the last. Not with everything that I’m preparing.
Curious already?
The journey continues…
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