Thursday, March 15, 2007

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

300


美極了的英雄電影....看了兩次
近期看有三套很喜歡的電影 : Children of men, Pan's Labyrinth 及 300,都是看後感到"視覺大滿足"...

. 300故事相當簡單直接,其實情節也不多,也不是什麼狂"玩橋"的戲,吸引我看的就是想看他怎麼如何利用戰鬥陣式以寡敵眾...
. 視覺畫面每一鏡都像一幅Painting, 構圖燈光顏色對比
. 最好看就是那些混合了快慢鏡的格鬥,與及極其美化了的撕殺...漫畫式的濺血!
. 其實製作成本不高,背景大都是CG做的,也沒有什麼新的技術,就只是用了很多心力去做影像合成部份...仔細地調教燈光,顏色,對比 (那隻犀牛怪很膠...)
.女先知的慢鏡舞動的一幕也是拍得很美,那一場是在水中拍的...
.Ending的Credit也是一流...

待續........

300 Ending credit clips
http://stashmedia.tv/feed/yuco300.mov

300 Concept Art
http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/concept_art.html

300 電影製作特輯- Sina TV
http://tv.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi?id=f43dfb25f89ea27f

Saturday, March 10, 2007

TMNT Soundtrack

TMNT 電影原聲大碟將於三月十三日網上發售。二十三日在美國店舖發售。

The track listing:
1. Gym Class Heroes - "Shell Shock"
2. Jet - "Rip It Up"
3. Cute Is What We Aim For - "There's A Class For This"
4. Cobra Starship - "Awww Dip"
5. Meg & Dia - "Roses"
6. Pepper - "Bring Me Along"
7. Amber Pacific - "Fall Back Into My Life"
8. Billy Talent - "Red Flag"
9. This Providence - "Walking On Water"
10. Ever We Fall - "Youth Like Tigers"
11. P.O.D. - "Lights Out (Chris Vrenna Remix)"
12. Big City Rock - "Black Betty"
13. "I Love Being A Turtle (score)"
14. "Nightwatcher (score)"

Source: Atlantic Records

Friday, March 09, 2007

Kevin Munroe on TMNT

Kevin Munroe has just finished up his first feature length project as writer/director of TMNT. The Turtles first captured his attention in 1995 when he picked up a copy of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from a Canadian used comic bin. He fell in love with the story and concepts then and there, but was in the right place at the right time when he landed the director's chair in 2004.

"When I went to meet with the co-creators of the Turtles, I brought issue one because I figured, worst case, I'll get my first issue signed if I don't get the job. He handed me back the book at the end and driving back to the airport I open it up and there was a picture of Raf and the note 'Dear Kevin, make a good movie or else!' and that's how I found out I got the job."

His biggest challenge has been to make a movie that would appeal to both Turtles fans and newcomers to the franchise. To that end this story is about the family. It picks up where all the adventures have left off and they've now grown apart. But monsters are attacking the world! So they must figure out how to come back together. "It's all about brothers," says Munroe, "especially Leo and Raf. They both want the same thing, but one is doing it in a very noble way and the other has become a vigilante."

Mako, who voices Master Splinter, was the one and only obvious choice for The Turtles' sensei and adoptive father, says Munroe. Mako died five months after completing his recordings in 2006 and there is a dedication to him at the end of the movie.

TMNT, featuring the voices of Patrick Stewart, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Ziyi Zhang and Kevin Smith, opens in theaters on March 23.

Munroe's next movie is Gatchaman, a Japanese anime-style feature with western story appeal, due to appear in 2008.

Source: Anne Neumann March 6, 2007

Hey you!

Thursday, March 08, 2007

3d Animation Studios and Their Movies

除了名聞國際的 Pixar外,其實還有很多 animation studios,以下是其他3D動畫製作公司及其作品,同大家分享。

20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios

Blue Sky Studios is owned wholly by 20th Century Fox since 1997.
● Horton Hears A Who! (2008)
● Ice Age (2002) and Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
● Robots (2005)

AlpaMayo Ent.
Creator of the first Peruvian animated feature film in 2005.
● Pirates in the Pacific, Piratas en el Callao, Piratas en el Pacifico outside of Peru (2005)
● Dragons: Destiny of Fire, Dragones: destino de fuego (2006)

Big Idea Productions, Inc.
Big Idea Productions is an animation company that first released a series of DVD shorts before their feature releases.
● Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
● The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
C.O.R.E. is a special effects house that has branched into feature-length animation.
● The Wild (2006)

DNA Productions
DNA Productions is a 2D and 3D animation company with various distributors.
● The Ant Bully (2006)
● Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

Digital Rim
● Ark (2004)

DreamWorks
The 3D division of DreamWorks Animation was formed when it bought part of Pacific Data Images (PDI). PDI was completely bought out by 2004, and its films are currently distributed by parent Paramount Pictures. PDI, along with Pixar, was an industry pioneer in computer-animated films.
● Antz (1998)
● Bee Movie (2007)
● Flushed Away (2006) (develop with Aardman)
● Kung Fu Panda (2008)
● Madagascar (2005) and Madagascar 2 (2008)
● Over the Hedge (2006)
● Punk Farm (2009)
● Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer (TBA)
● Shark Tale (2004)
● Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), and Shrek the Third (2007)

Dygra Films
Dygra Films is a Spanish company which specializes in 3D films. Created Europe's first 3D-animated feature film.
● The Living Forest, El Bosque animado (2001)
● Midsummer Dream, El Sueño de una noche de San Juan (2005)
● The Spirit of the Forest, Espíritu del bosque (2007)
● Holy Night (2007)
● The Golden Donkey, El Asno de Oro (2008)
● n Search of Oniria, En Busca de Oniria (2009)

Fathom Studios
Fathom Studios is an independent Atlanta-based company that was created in 1994 and has been producing Delgo since 1998.
● Delgo (2007)

Imagi Animation Studios
Imagi Animation Studios is a Hong Kong company, created first 3D-animated Superhero feature film, with sub-division in LA and Tokyo.
● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)
● Gatchaman (2008)
● Astro Boy (2009)

Kantana Animation
● Khan Kluay (2006)

Lions Gate Films and Threshold Entertainment
● Foodfight! (2007)

Manos Digitales Animation Studio
● Plumíferos (2007)

Paramount Pictures and/or Nickelodeon Movies
● Barnyard (2006)
● Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
● The Smurfs (2008)

Pixar Animation Studios
Producing the first computer-animated film, Pixar's films are always considered successful in ticket sales and unique storytelling. They have all been distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
● A Bug's Life (1998)
● Cars (2006)
● Finding Nemo (2003)
● The Incredibles (2004)
● Monsters, Inc. (2001)
● Ratatouille (2007)
● Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), and Toy Story 3 (TBA)

Sony Pictures Animation/Imageworks
Beginning life as Sony Pictures Imageworks, the visual effects division of Sony Pictures, all CG films are now done by Sony Pictures Animation.
● Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2008)
● Hotel Transylvania (2009)
● Monster House (2006)
● Open Season (2006)
● The Polar Express (2004)
● Surf's Up (2007)

Square
Square Enix, a producer of video games, owns the rights to the video game franchise Final Fantasy. Square Pictures was an animation studio in Hawaii created mostly for The Spirits Within. But the main studio, Square Enix, created Advent Children as a direct-to-video release.
● Final Fantasy: Advent Children (video) (2005)
● Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Vanguard Animation
Vanguard Animation is a Canadian animation studio based in Burnaby, BC outside Vancouver.
● Citizen Siege (TBA)
● Happily N'Ever After (2007)
● Space Chimps (2007)
● Valiant (2005)

Walt Disney Pictures
Besides distributing Pixar films, Walt Disney Pictures also creates its own computer animated films through its previously-2D division Walt Disney Feature Animation..
● American Dog (2008)
● Chicken Little (2005)
● Meet the Robinsons (2007)
● Rapunzel (2009)

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures & Animal Logic
Animal Logic, also a visual effects studio, sent some rendering and animation work to other visual effects studios for Happy Feet, which is a first for CG films.
● Happy Feet (2006)

Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company is an independent producing and investing studio.
● Doogal / The Magic Roundabout (2006)
● Hoodwinked (2005) and Hood vs. Evil (2007) (production in Philippine)

Warner Bros. & Legendary Pictures
● The Ant Bully (2006)
● Where the Wild Things Are (2008)

Xilam Films
● Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

當然進步?

以為工作會做得一件比一件好...
經驗又會一點一滴地累積...
第二次再做相同的事又會更有效率嗎?

誰說的?
學過的轉眼即逝,集體失憶天天發生。

誰可以不作檢討而必然進步?
誰說的?誰說是理所當然的?

Monday, March 05, 2007

Staff Screening in US


Production Manager, Emerald + Technical Support, Ken + 3D Artist, Otto
還有映相果個應該是Daniel + Invisible me...


上星期日,在公司附近Galleria 的 Pacific Theater 舉行試片,由於返美行程有變,未能參與,可惜。看!那超大的Banner....!!


Will 穿著美國的Staff專有的TMNT Tee。我又要.....

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Exclusive Video Interview: Kevin Munroe Reveals the Turtles

More WonderCon coverage for you here! Writer/Director Kevin Munroe, hot off of TMNT, was on hand to promote the heroes in a half shell up in San Francisco this weekend and the IESB sat down to talk with him.
Munroe revealed which voice over actors were cast as the famous ninja turtles including James Arnold Taylor, aka Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Clone Wars, as the voice of Leonardo.

Long ago, a Sensei counseled a grief stricken boy as his older brother prepared to leave for battle. He said, "child, why do you cry? You're both part of a family and a family is a bond that cannot be broken by war, by stife, by force or neglect. And more importantly, you are brothers, and brothers you shall remain despite time, argument and even distance." Master Splinter TMNT 2007

There is no doubt in my mind that Kevin Munroe has a gem with TMNT. He gets it, he's one of us, he is a geek.

Written by Stephanie Sanchez Saturday, 03 March 2007 http://iesb.net/
Click here for IESB's exclusive video interview with Kevin Munroe.

TMNT Animation Bay Visit!

New Spider-Man 3 Art


據說《 Spider-Man 3 》會是香港的第一部IMAX電影。由香港UA院線與美國IMAX公司的香港首間IMAX戲院,將於6月1日在九龍灣Mega Box商場開幕
。《 Spider-Man 3 》是我最期待的 Superhero Movie,到時一定要看IMAX版。
Picture Source: Sony Pictures

Saturday, March 03, 2007

想要什麼...

以為自己想要的,往往與自己真正需要的有所差距......
有時候也許最攪不清楚的就是自己。

TMNT Original Comic Book Reprint

買XBOX 360 TMNT game有最第一代最元祖復刻漫畫送....
When you order TMNT for Xbox 360 from ebgames they are including a reprint of the original TMNT comic book which was what inspired the early tv show and movies.

大部份以電影為主題而開發的console game都是一舨好玩的, 希望這個例外吧 ! 我未玩過...no comment

Four TMNT TV spot

四段 TMNT 的電視廣告3月3日在美國播放 :
● TMNT spot 1
● TMNT spot 2
● TMNT spot 3
● TMNT spot 4

resource from: comingsoon.net

CGI movies in US

2006年是有史以來最多CGI電影推出的一年, 都是以動物片為主。最近上的Open Season實在有點"膩"了, 也提不起勁去看... 2007上的CGI電影也不比06少...

未來將會上映的電腦動畫電影︰

The coming CGI movies

2007
● Happily N'Ever After — January 5, 2007
● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — March 23, 2007
● Meet the Robinsons — March 30, 2007
● Shrek 3— May 18, 2007
● Surf's Up — June 8, 2007
● Ratatouille — June 29, 2007
● Neanderthals — October 2007
● Bee Movie — November 2, 2007
● Foodfight! — 16 November 2007
● Delgo
● Hood vs. Evil
● Space Chimps

2008
● 9
● Cat Tale
● Kung Fu Panda — June 6, 2008
● Where the Wild Things Are
● American Dog — Summer
● Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
● Horton Hears A Who!
● Gatchaman
● Madagascar 2 — November 8, 2008
● The Smurfs — November 2008

2009
● Punk Farm
● Rapunzel
● AstroBoy

20XX
● Toy Story 3
● Shrek 4
● Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer
● Hotel Transylvania
● Untitled Warcraft film
● Citizen Siege

過往曾在美國上映的電腦動畫電影︰
All CGI movies

1995

● Toy Story — November 22, 1995

1998
● Antz — October 2, 1998
● A Bug's Life — November 14, 1998

1999
● Toy Story 2 — November 18, 1999

2001
● Shrek — May 16, 2001
● Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within — 11 July 2001
● Monsters, Inc. — 2 November 2001
● Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius — December 21, 2001

2002
● Ice Age — 15 March 2002
● Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie — October 4, 2002

2003
● Finding Nemo — 30 May 2003

2004
● Shrek 2 — 19 May 2004
● Shark Tale — October 1, 2004
● The Incredibles — November 5, 2004
● The Polar Express — 12 November 2004

2005
● Doogal — 24 February 2005
● Robots — 11 March 2005
● Madagascar — 27 May 2005
● Valiant — 19 August 2005
● Chicken Little — 4 November 2005

2006
● Hoodwinked — 13 January 2006
● Ice Age: The Meltdown — 31 March 2006
● The Wild — 14 April 2006
● Over the Hedge — 19 May 2006
● Cars — 9 June 2006
● Monster House — July 21, 2006
● The Ant Bully — July 28, 2006
● Barnyard — August 4, 2006
● Everyone's Hero — September 15, 2006
● Open Season — September 29, 2006
● Flushed Away — November 3, 2006
● Happy Feet — November 17, 2006
Dates listed are the first public non-festival release in the United States.

The non-US CGI movies

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Jose Lopez's Art Blog


Jose Lopez,負責TMNT的主要角色設計,善於運用簡單的幾何圖形及直線與弧形。TMNT大部份都是他的手筆。出色的Character Designer,很喜歡他的設計。

他blog裡的artwork以character design及sketches為主。TMNT 後他參與好幾套WB的Batman動畫,現在製作 TeenTitan。

工作上一直都是與他以電郵往來,第一次見面是在與他合作了大半年後,即06年的ComicCon。當時在Artists Alley 的攤位當中,被一些好作品所吸引,欣賞了很久很久,突然感覺很熟悉。我問他是否曾替 imagi 工作...他說是....原來眼前的artist正是 Jose Lopez。很有趣的相認。

http://www.desoluz.blogspot.com/

Sunday, February 25, 2007

imagikids 在星島兒週


刊載於今天的星島日報。在此再次謝謝Cathy當我在美國時待我 "打點" imagiKids的工作...

Klaus Badelt scores TMNT....


The Hollywood Studio Symphony records TMNT


Orchestrator Robert Elhai, composer Klaus Badelt and scoring mixer Joel Iwataki

轉載自: SoundtrackNet
...SoundtrackNet reports that Klaus Badelt created the score for Warner Bros.' TMNT. Here's a clip: Recently, composer Klaus Badelt was at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers to record his score to the upcoming CGI animated feature film, TMNT. The first major feature film produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the film focuses on everyone's favorite heroic Renaissance-named pizza-eating martial-art reptiles, and their mentor, Splinter.Visit the link above for more on the music....

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Comic World 香港 23

Comic World 香港 23 原來就是明天...
有空去看看吧,支持本地漫畫創作 !

九龍灣國際展貿中心 - 地下展貿廳
12:00- 8:00

Comic World 香港23 官方網頁

Friday, February 23, 2007

沉迷電郵!?

據英國每日電訊報報道︰「.....英國一項研究調查發現,沉迷電郵對智商的影響比毒品大,沉迷電郵的人智商降10點,比吸食大麻者的跌幅大一倍.....」

咁我死梗咯,我的智商降硬咯.... 因為回覆電郵已是我生活的一部份了....沒有email似乎不能工作。的確經常查閱及回覆電郵會令人無法集中,更不要說是創作了。
現在每日平均用上兩小時以上回覆電郵,我會集中一日"二戰"︰早上第一戰,放工前最後一戰。有時午飯後又會一戰。我通常第一時間是"殺"哂 Spam and Junk mails,早上第一戰會以重要性按次序回覆所有的電郵(多數來自美國) 。回到家就 check自己私人的 email,但相對很少。

還好,朋友很多少轉寄d低B無聊的電郵.....否則就煩。順便一題,我無 email phone又甚少回覆SMS。不過放假在家時,又會常常心陏陏想去check吓。 無論如何,email的確已成了生活中的一部份了。

Book Cover Illustration



無意中找到這幅舊作。曾替一間出版社畫了一批圖書的封面插圖,這是其中最喜歡的一幅《武士英魂 - 唐吉訶德》。很討厭書面的設計,是過份的Over design,我估當時那位設計帥剛剛玩3D,太興奮地係唔係都3D一餐。因此我把它們通通擦走了,換了英文Heading... (Acrylic on watercolor paper)

Non-United States CGI Movie

以下是其他國家製作的電腦動畫電影,只有英國的動畫能在美國發行。
This is a listing of all CGI films which did not originate in the United States. The films from the United Kingdom were the only ones to receive wide releases in the US.

2000
● Condor Crux, the Legend, Cóndor Crux, la leyenda — January 6 (Spain/Argentina)
● A.Li.Ce — August 1 (Japan)

2001
● The Living Forest, El Bosque animado — August 3 (Spain)

2003
● The Bee Julia and Mrs. Vita, L'Apetta Giulia e la signora Vita — September 19 (Italy)

2004
● Terkel in Trouble — April 2 (Denmark)
● Pinocchio 3000 (Canadian) — July 9 (Spain)

2005
● The Magic Roundabout/Doogal — February 11 (UK)
● Pirates in the Pacific, Piratas en el Callao aka. Piratas en el Pacifico — February 24 (Peru)
● Midsummer Dream, El Sueño de una noche de San Juan — July 1 (Spain)
● Thru the Moebius Strip — (China/france)
● Valiant — March 25 (UK)

2006
● Free Jimmy — March 17 (Norway)
● An Egg Film, Una Película de huevos — April 21 (Mexico)
● Khan Kluay — May 18 (Thailand)
● Dragons: Destiny of Fire, Dragones: destino de fuego — July 27 (Peru)
● The Emperor's Secret — September 8 (Finland)
● The Ugly Duckling and Me! — September 10 (France/Germany/Ireland/UK/Denmark)
● Flushed Away — November 3 (UK/USA)
● Arthur and the Invisibles — December 13 (France)

2007
● Krakatuk, Кракатук — August 23 (Russia)[2]
● Fly Me to the Moon (Belgium)
● The Spirit of the Forest, Espíritu del bosque (Spain)
● Holy Night (Spain)
● Plumíferos (Argentina)

2008
● The Golden Donkey, El Asno de Oro (Spain)

2009
● In Search of Oniria, En Busca de Oniria (Spain)

portrait 031

Thursday, February 22, 2007

portrait 030


要等到哪天,才能再見藍天? I miss the Sunlight of California so much...

portrait 029 - 呆


很久很久沒有作畫,在沒有意識下畫了這一幅。

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

猪年快樂 !























家中長毛豬同大家拜年 ! 祝大家豬年進步、夢想成真!身體健康、齊齊整整。

imagikids open now!!













imagi 新推出的漫畫網站 imagiKids 正式開幕!

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

兩年一大變!

在這裡工作了七年,每完成一個大project,例必執位大改革...做完了TMNT,相信也不例外。有人歡喜,有人憂愁,有人得亦有人失。

兩年一大變已成了慣例。自己也漸漸習慣了。好想安份地做好一個簡單的角色,每天只需舒適地因循地輕鬆地工作...但由開始至今不論工作性質及角式也是不停地變。唯一不變的是我仍然是個當前鋒的爛頭卒,継續"開山砍石"!

要改革要轉變才有進步,希望會變得更好。
I hope it is not only a change, it should be an improvement

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Home !

暫別LA返港的一刻,反而有點捨不得...
捨不得一起友善又有才華的artists、捨不得互相照顧、每天一起"Hair"的戰友兄弟...也捨不得LA的晴朗藍天和加州陽光,與及寧靜、整潔和寬敞...還有超美味的Hamburgar及駕駛的樂趣...

返到香港馬上接觸到的是污染、擠迫和噪音...
如果不是太想念家人,在LA多留一回也不錯。

明天有很多很多工作等待處埋......

Sunday, February 11, 2007

TMNT Promo & Merchandising Partners

In anticipation of the March 23 release of the all-new CGI action adventure TMNT, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced promotional and merchandising partners for the movie, based on the world-renowned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.

● McDonald's -- Kids can collect one of eight TMNT premiums with the purchase of a Happy Meal. The promotion is supported by television, radio and digital advertising.
● Airheads -- For a limited time, a special lime green-flavored Airhead will be inserted into 12 million packs of the candy. Each package will also include a TMNT "tongue-tickling" tattoo. The promotion is supported by TV advertising.
● Time Warner Cable (TWC) will air TV spots across TWC stations promoting a TMNTsweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to Warner Bros. Studios and secondary prizes. TMNT clips and footage will also be available On Demand to TWC subscribers. Additionally, TWC will hold advanced screening programs in three markets, as well as mall events in Dallas and Los Angeles, all of which will include TMNT Ubisoft video games and Time Warner Cable prize giveaways.
● Cool Cuts 4 Kids -- The salon chain for kids will offer TMNT coloring books, card games and other fun items to customers, who will also have a chance to enter in a sweepstakes where the winning Cool Cuts family will be treated to a private screening of TMNT. They will also distribute advanced TMNT screening passes to customers in the Dallas market.
● Kmart -- Customers who make a $10 minimum purchase of
TMNT movie toys from Playmates, including action figures and role play items, will receive an exclusive pack of four collectible TMNT Movie Trading Cards while supplies last.
● Hot Topic -- Home of a national TMNT sweepstakes where the Grand Prize is a VIP Fly-Away trip for two to Hollywood that includes a tour of Warner Bros. Studios and a TMNT movie screening.
● Wal-Mart -- 1,000 top Wal-Mart stores will give away movie posters while supplies last to every customer making a TMNT movie toy purchase.
● Toys "R" Us -- With a $20 minimum purchase of Playmates TMNT movie toys, including action figures and role play items, customers will receive a $5 TMNT movie-branded Toys "R" Us gift card while supplies last. A special TMNT movie feature shop will be erected in the Times Square store in New York City.

4Kids has also signed on 35 licensees to support
TMNT, with products ranging from action playsets and vehicles (Playmates) to videogames (Ubisoft) to an exclusive line of retro and movie apparel at Hot Topic.

Source: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

Friday, February 09, 2007

忙爆!

在LA的日子13

這星期忙得不得了,Production Designer出埠了,要代 理他的工作,還有協助新來報到的Creative Producer及Line Producer儘快投入工作......直至晚上才有可以處理香港的工作,累透了。

Monday, February 05, 2007

Outlet visit

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今天之內在highway駕駛超過4小時,四處走,跑了近200 miles... 疲累透了。經驗值馬上暴昇,車速高達時速90英里... 在香港哪有這樣的機會?

去了Outlet,但是接近零收穫...

Sunday, February 04, 2007

一個口號!

第一次在美國聽到有關曾特首角逐連任的口號:「我會做好呢份工!」
馬上起雞皮!感覺
很討厭的,特首一職豈能只當做一份工?

昨天朋友傳來的...︰
曾特首角逐連任搵左「我會做好呢份工!」做競選口號
如果換轉其他行業或者其他人應該會咁講:

地盤佬:「我會鑽好呢個窿!」
氣功師:「我會發好呢次功!」
八達通公司:「我會整好八達通!」
天文台:「我會測好呢個風!」
整容醫生:「我會隆好呢個胸!」
鐘錶師:「我會整好呢個鐘!」
廚師:「我會爆好呢碟蔥!」
麻將腳:「我會碰好呢隻東!」
PxCx 公司的專業員工:「我會五點九就鬆 ... ... 」
........................


TMNT website updated!



TMNT的官方網站最近更新,除了
teaser 及 trailer,還有故事簡介、電影劇照、wallpapers, AIM icons, and a screen saver等... 當中也有很多effect。

有WB一手包辦真好
,讓我們可以輕鬆一些。

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Todd art blog

在美國其中一件最快樂的事就是可以和很多不同的artist一起工作,他們都是滿有才華和天份...從他們身上可以學到很多。

Todd是負責 environmet design的 concept artist,他的blog裡的作品只是我所見過的很少部份。



http://toddartblog.blogspot.com/

Friday, February 02, 2007

TMNT Studio Visit!

ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! 訪問監製Tom Gray及導演Kevin Munroe...

CS/SHH!: Can you talk about the design being CG?
Munroe: Yeah, I really wanted to go after this look of just feeling like a comic book. Both in the design and in the rendering of the animation, I think there's a lot that happens in between panels in the comic book that you fill in. In your mind of how this pose got from here to there, or what happened from there. The idea and the hope that this movie would feel like it's everything that happens in between those panels. That sounds so stupid and cerebral, but after you get it in motion, hopefully you saw some of the stuff. It's basically, as they are moving; you can freeze frame the movie. I was going to say 163 times and leak it into the internet, but you can freeze frame it and create a great comic book if you went through it, just the way it's posed and framed. As far as the lighting of it, I think I said this at Comic-Con, we lit the whole movie in black and white before we added a stitch of color to it, which was really fun just going after that Frank Miller kind of very black and white comic vibe to it just in term of the lighting. In the re-design of the Turtles, I didn't think we'd get away with Pete, but it was just one of those things where just making them feel like teenagers, just a family of teenagers sitting on the sofa arguing; and what's in the TV series now works for the TV series, and it's really great that 2D aspect. But it's really weird that they're just so big and buff, they don't feel like teenagers to me; so when we approached Pete with it, he was all for it, and he was really great. So we just tried to work and make each of them different to match their characteristics and stuff; just really going after the graphic novel. It isn't real, so there's no reason to go after and replicate reality; but I just wanted to create a believable alternate reality. I think we did in the lighting and effects and the colors.

全段訪問

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

You Miss me too?



忍耐一下吧,回來再和你玩過飽!我的小芝麻...

Monday, January 29, 2007

City Snapshot


經常路過的熱狗檔。


公司安排的Apartment,環境不錯。


Galleria,是Sherman Oaks 其中最旺的地方,附近的Tower Record,是我以前每星期必去的地方。可惜以後再沒有機會了,因為已經結束營業。再不能在此打書釘......

熱鬧的星期天



Sunday, January 28, 2007

Exciting Driving Experience

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上次留美工作近半年,由於沒有車牌,若沒有同事"接濟",每個週末的活動範圍便只能在Apartment兩公里之內。在LA若沒有車便尢如癈人...從未想過要擁有車牌的我終於明白常說考個車牌來旁身的道理。回港後馬上走去考個牌,以便日後不時之需。天暁得何時又會被昭...果然又要再返LA...

今次雖然有備而戰,仍然是個新牌仔,還有我認路有點問題.....
不過今天還是膽粗粗地一個人走去租部車來揸... 還滿載乘客 woo!真剌激 !! 有時候生活上有很多第一次經驗縱然是小事,但還是會叫人興奮的。

一有車馬上可以去吃米粉、到港式超市入貨!

PS 一生租的第一架車是韓國製造的 KIA, Rio LX

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Happy Night

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美國的Artist同事每次知道老細來LA,他們便很高興,因為每次老細都會請大家"狂歡暢飲"。

今晚也很盡興。吃完韓國燒烤再轉下場.....人人也很"High",精神上快樂但肉體卻受罪。
一晚之內喝7種酒︰Beer + SoJu + SaKe + Whiskey + Champagne + Vodka + Jägermeister.... 唔"湯"就有鬼咯!

Thursday, January 25, 2007

兩個好消息!

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今天TMNT的color timing終於做完了! yes!!!! 在超大銀幕看效果也不俗。
還有香港派來的Reinforcement > 兩名3d artist終於抵步...行李都未開就要馬上開工,又Jet lap,認真無陰公。無計啦,服役打仗呀...

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

想念我嗎?


沒有我在的日子,你們也一樣快樂吧...

奧斯卡動畫最後三強

2007奧斯卡動畫最後三強:
★ Cars
★ HappyFeet
★ Monster

今年DreamWorks輸哂囖!大家點睇?

之前的參選動畫名單
奧斯卡官方網站

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

閒時的搞作

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在這裡閒時的搞作(無車揸時)︰

● 看NBA
差不多日日都有得睇,在這裡三週看NBA的時間已經多過去年全年。

● 看Discovery Channel
很多限多好看的節目如"Future Weapon", "Dirty Jobs", "Mega Builder", "MythBuster" etc.

● 行超市買餸
每星期一定要去一次,否則決水決糧。唔夠菜吃無得"去"...

● 發呆或早睡...

● 無無聊在街上聽歌散步...很寧靜

● 與屋企人煲電話粥...

to be continue...

Monday, January 22, 2007

One of my Favourite Fast Food

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快餐之中最喜歡這間California Chicken Cafe,專賣燒鷄,可配答各式各樣的side dish如飯、沙拉、薯蓉、意粉或鮮雜果等,好好味。每星期至少會吃一次。

Dynamics BigDog Robot


之前曾經睇過這段片,那機人能上山落水,走在崎嶇不平的路上仍然能保持平衡...勁呀!無意中又給我再找到。我懷疑Metal Gear Solid 4 裡面的機械兵的設計意念也是來自它。
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