Work What Laurie Did

Laurie... Laurie did a lot of stuff, so it's difficult to gauge how many hours exactly he did on my film.  We worked out that it was approximately 32 hours, which was spent on the following areas:

Model and Rigging:


Above are shots from the drum kit that Laurie made for my film.  His design for the kit was thorough and researched, as well as being true to what I asked for.  Not only did he make the drum kit look lush, he made it completely user friendly, so I could adjust the drum kit to my specifications without breaking the rig.  Even more amazing was the rigging for the bass pedal.  The pedal actually worked!  By rotating the axis of the foot, the beater moves as it would on the real thing.

On top of that, Laurie also set up a lighting rig.

I could not be happier with my drum kit, especially after seeing it rendered with the Vector render.  

Shake Script Design: As already mentioned, Laurie wrote a Shake script for Jo and me that allowed our paper frames to be coloured with ease.  This saved us both a lot of hard work, which we are both incredibly grateful for.

Technical Assistant: These hours were the hardest to add up, as Laurie gave a lot of assistance for various technical issues.  From changing the length of key frames, to fixing broken rigs, and even tiny, mundane things such as keyboard short cuts and how to create a playblast!  He was patient, clear and always able to solve any issues that arose.  Laurie was an angel, and the majority of the group would certainly agree.