Attached Link: Alone

Hi, all --

My partner just posted a short film I created about a year ago on YouTube.  It's linked here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV3f5HxSV48

All of the character animation was done in Poser, imported to and rendered in Carrara.  I used some stock Daz characters and built morph targets in Carrara.  Mimic Pro was used for the lip-synch.  I built all of the spaceships, interiors and alien planetscapes in Carrara.  Eric Winemiller's excellent toon!pro was used in the rendering process.

I also used AfterEffects, Photoshop, Particle Illusion, Adobe Audition (for sound editing) and Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing.  I composed and peformed the score using Sonic Home Studio.

I made Alone in six weeks for a short film competition, which I won.  The rules for the competition were that the film had to include a spaceship, a character of interest to a gay or lesbian audience, and the following line of dialogue:  "Telecommunicating Across the Universe."

Check it out.  Hope you enjoy it!

 - Dex

congrats, dex! finishing that many frames in 6 wks is impressive IMVHO.

Looking good! A lot of work went into that one!

That was great!

holly

Congrats Dex - great job! Are we going to get to see what happens to Derek next???? hint hint

You wear "all-the-hats" brilliantly on this one!  You're becoming a true auteur with your distinctive style. Kudos!

Thanks for the comments, everyone.  I appreciate them.

As for a sequel, probably not -- at least for a while.  My partner and I have started a new project using the same techniques (though looking a bit more "cell shaded").  This will be 7 or 8 short films, all of which build together to tell one story, resulting in a feature length project. 

I'm sure I'll be popping in periodically with updates and with questions!

 - Dex

Good luck Dex - keep us updated! I'd love to see your films as you go along  :)