TheLandscaper

The Landscaper as of April 25

2010-04-25T16:24:00.000-07:00

My film thus far- Will most likely finish it over the summer here and there as it is so close to being done..

The Landscaper from Nathan Dickey on Vimeo.

Rough Cut

2010-04-03T02:05:00.000-07:00

Alright matt, lol.. here is what I have so far.. hopefully I will be able to get everything done and still have time to edit the timing and audio- as both are in dire need of attention, but alas the visuals must be completed before I worry about that-

Stanley

2010-03-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

This blog has been kind of a fail in that I have been concentrating more on trying to make the film than to upload stuff haha, but here is a pic of stanley

Title Change

2009-11-10T20:10:00.000-08:00

As the film is now less about a retired man trying to landscape his yard and more about a retired man who loves birds and is only attempting to cut the grass to assist the birds... I will probably change the name to something like "The Bird Lover" although it doesnt have a very nice ring to it, it is clearer and might get peope in the right mindset as the film begins.

Edit: It sounds so horrible that I must include other options-

a) Bird Haven b)Cutting Edge c)Stanley's New Toy

And thoughts or ideas are welcome!

Landscaper Leica #1

2009-10-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

Here is my Leica Reel as it stands so far, I will be continuing to refine and add/remove bits of course.

Stanley Sculpt

2009-10-01T00:52:00.000-07:00

Today I decided to do a sculpt of stanley's bust- Even if the design changes somewhat it is handy for some of those crazy angles to see just how much of the eyes you can see in a low angle, etc

It was really fun to make, quite relaxing

Character Design - Thus Far

2009-09-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

These are very early explorations of the main character "Stanley" I really want something structural, especially when it comes to the face. Currently however my plan is to animate and clean up a certain amount using Digicel Flipbook, therefore the design must be simple- keeping the restrictions of cleaning up in that way in mind. The picture of Stanley on the riding mower is an example of how it could look using that program, I like how it is looking but there is still some stuff to work out. I guess when it comes down to it, the animation test will tell me what will work and what will cause me to go into early retirement.

Mower Reference Model

2009-09-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

Though the option exists to use Maya/3D objects within traditional animation, I made this only for reference when it comes to drawing/animating from different crazy views. Helpful as it allows me to break from the generic 2 or 3 views that I tend to draw.

The Landscaper Hath Begun

2009-08-31T18:46:00.000-07:00

Though school has not officially begun (another week) I may as well say the film has begun as it is all I can think about while myself slugging away at my manual labour summer job.

It was this job actually that inspired my fourth year film idea as of late. I consider the three or four years I spent there to be "Research"