SIFF Spring 2014 - My Faves

So, as part of my "watching-things" binge, I've finally gotten around to watching all of the SIFF entries this weekend (all 7 hours worth - wow!)

Anyway, I thought I'd post a few of my own personal favourites. Note, this is just my personal opinion. Of course, there were a number of good films that I liked, but these few stood out in particular for me.

My top 3 SIFF Favourites, in no particular order:

"The Merman" by WhiteBlueCherry
Although this film is quite long (at 43mins) I found this to be a very sweet & enjoyable film, and it kept my interest the whole time. The storytelling and voice-acting was very well done :)




"Arsenic Show" by Willoshanna Will
I'll admit, I am already a big fan of this guy and I've been subscribed to him for a while.  He has a very unique and highly creative visual style, and this video does not disappoint. "Arsenic Show" is offbeat, highly stylish, and very cool :D
Content warning: this vid has some brief nudity, so may be semi-NSFW




"I'll Forget You Not" by Sylentwhisper
Even though the story was a little unclear (until I read the description), I loved how this was put together, the sims, sets, music & cinematography were lovely and it all just flowed together really nicely :)



Overall, very impressed and inspired by everyone's creativity this round, I think the next round (SIFF10) is going to be crazy-good.

Sad News

I'm withdrawing "Going Under" from SIFF, I'm just extremely unhappy with how the film is turning out, despite having made over 20 custom anims and working very hard on it.

I'm so frustrated right now, it's hard to put into words.

Sorry to Simatography, and anyone else looking forward to it.

And sorry to ShakespearesSunshyne, you have been so lovely and supportive of my machinima projects in the comments (I have really appreciated it) so, I feel bad for letting you down too.

I'm going to eat some chocolate now, and binge-watch Game of Thrones or Hannibal or something. Anything that gets my mind off smashing up my Sims 3 CDs.

(P.S. I'm not abandoning the project completely, I still think there are some good custom animations in it, and the basic story is interesting. But I just can't deal with it right now). 

Few Teaser Pics

Ok, I'm gonna get this up by this Friday night (USA time) and I have let Simatography know. (Even if the final edit sucks spectacularly, at the very least I've submitted something that I can get constructive criticism on).

Here's a few teaser pics. They're kinda boring.

(Still not sure on the deranged knight-guy, he might end up getting cut from the film, because he's kinda freaky.)

Next post will be my film. Either that, or I'm crying under a big pile of doonas. 

Running late

Running a bit late with my SIFF film.

I will post here as soon as it's done. (It's a nightmare to edit.)

In the meantime, you can catch up on everyone's awesome SIFF films here!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQh8duBqcfgFVHkY5KkBxGnqKIoh9ciJ

Yay!!!

Fridge Getting Funky

Another accessory I converted.  I have my reasons.  Excuse the low-quality vid.

Still working on SIFF film. (I don't know why I leave these things till the last minute!)

SIFF Poster: "Going Under"

Here is a poster I made for my upcoming SIFF Film.  I'm quite crap at graphic design, but I gave it a go anyway.

(right-click & open in new window for a larger view)

I can't believe it's March already, omg! Still so much to do.