"The Hobbit" Production Diary *3

Hey guys, already here is the third production diary from "The Hobbit" which is now I'm glad to say is entitled "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (as I might of said before, the classic story will be adapted into two parts and this marks the first. This production diary is so far the best one as it introduces all the Dwarves and features more set footage of Martin Freeman as Bilbo meeting Gollum for the first time (played once again by Andy Serkis) in one of the most memorable scenes from the book. Also in this you see Ian McKellen back again as Gandalf the Grey, Hugo Weaving back again as Lord Elrond of Rivendell and Cate Blanchett as Lady Galadriel. Just seeing all of them back in their costumes and reprising their roles is again as I said for the first production diary is like a trip back to memory lane and you'll hear that from Peter Jackson and some of the other filmmakers in this diary. One of the best parts though is seeing all the thirteen Dwarves together in their costumes and with all their weapons and with their scale doubles (which are for wide shots where the Dwarves have to look small, they have the actors for like the close up shots but from a wide shot they have little people playing the Dwarves cause as you know Dwarves aren't that big but they're still pretty strong. They of course did the same thing for the Hobbits in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.) just seeing that is again......... God I cannot tell you how excited I am about this film as I'm sure all of you are. And there's another treat which appears at the end but I'm not gonna say just gonna leave it as a surprise. Here the diary which shows the cast and crew talking about what their favourite memories are of making "The Hobbit" so far. Enjoy.




One more this guys here is the first exclusive picture of all the Dwarves.

"The Inbetweeners Movie"- Trailer *2

Guys, gotta another trailer for you and I know you're gonna love this one, it is the exclusive trailer for the movie of "The Inbetweeners". For those who don't know "The Inbetweeners", shame on you! No only joking, it is E4's superb comedy show about four Brit teenagers who are incredibly stupid as they try to get with girls but keep on failing. Please if you can watch the show only if you're old enough cause it is quite rude, it is just brilliant and now there's a movie. This is turning out to be one of the greatest years of my life, even though Harry Potter's coming to an end. Anyway here is the trailer for something that will put a smile on your face. As in the movie, Will (the smart one and lead character of the show), Simon (the love crazed loser whose obsessed with one girl), Neil (the complete idiot but excellent dancer) and Jay (the sex-crazed pilock) have finished school and are on their way to Malta, Spain where they hope to.... well you know the rest.

Warning: This trailer contains adult humor and strong language and is only acceptable to those over 18.

"The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn"-International Trailer

Hey guys, got another trailer for you guys and a chance to tell you what I am so excited to see this year. It is sad that we have to wait a year for "The Hobbit" to be released, but in the meantime, Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis have another movie being released this christmas and have the king of Hollywood directing involved. Yes I am talking about the man who has given us; Aliens, Dinosaurs, Soldiers, Sharks and a man who wears a fedora hat and cracks a whip, yes that's right...... STEVEN SPIELBERG. One of the greatest filmmakers of all time has teamed up with Peter Jackson to bring to life one of my childhood favorites, Herge's Tintin. I have been a massive Tintin fan all my life, apart from being a Tolkien/Transformers/Rock Music/Harry Potter and Tom Hanks fan, Tintin was something I adored when I was little. I read every single Tintin comic book and watched every single cartoon there was. I always loved the adventures of Tintin, his dog Snowy, Captain Haddock, the Thompson twins and the Professor because they went on the coolest adventures and have the best action there was and when I heard that there was going to be a film being made by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson (two of the biggest filmmakers in the world) I got so excited, as you can imagine. Plus when I heard it was going to be done using performance capture (even though performance capture films have not been big successes like "The Polar Express") by Weta Digital I got even more like my head could not hold in the excited of what I was imagining it to be. And to top that, the cast I mean, they have Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliott" and Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake) as Tintin, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (the guys from "Shaun of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz" and "Paul") as the Thompson twins, Daniel Craig (007 himself) as Red Raddack and Gollum himself Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, it was just a dream come true. Now I am aware that not alot of people like performance capture movies but I gotta tell ya when you look at this trailer, it just looks so realistic and fresh and...... I just cannot tell how me the biggest Tintin fan in the world am about this film. Which shall be released this christmas. With this and with Spielberg's other film, his adaptation of "War Horse" coming out also his year, he is literally gonna rule christmas! Here's the international trailer for "Herge's Adventures of Tintin" for all you Tintin fans out there like me. Enjoy.

"The Hobbit" Production Diary *2

Hey guys, now we're taking another look at the making of "The Hobbit". As you may remember Peter Jackson who has returned to direct the incredible world of Middle Earth to bring to the screen the prequel to three of the most successful films of all time. And he gave us the first ever production diary into the exciting look behind the scenes and now after a long wait here is the second production diary. For those of you who are avid Tolkien fans like me, this one is a sheer wonder for you because you get to see Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins for the first time in costume, make-up and wig and him on his knees talking to Lord Elrond (played once again by Hugo Weaving) in Rivendell. And you also see Andy Serkis doing the first ever performance capture for Gollum in one of the most memorable scenes in the book, where before Bilbo (who accidently stumbles into Gollum's cave) meets and plays a game of riddles with him, finds a very special ring. Here's the diary where you not only get to see Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis (who is not only playing Gollum but also serving as second unit director) but also have a chance to some of the cast and crew talking about what they're going to do in their breaks from shooting the film. Also you even see Peter Jackson and his crew doing location scouting in the beautiful lands of New Zealand which once again portrays Middle Earth. Right I'll shut up and let you enjoy this second production diary and get even more excited about the film, which we've all been waiting for for a very long time.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" UK Trailer

Hey guys, now we go from Robots to Chimpanzees. A new trailer for another film I'm so excited about seeing is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". This trailer is I think has just recently been released is the new UK international trailer. I gotta tell you as I've said before the visual effects enhancements by Weta Digital the same visual effects company behind "Avatar" have produced something so spectacular. Here's the trailer enjoy.

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Trailer*3

Hey guys here's the final trailer for "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and it is by far the best one. I'll be giving you guys a full review of the movie very soon as it opens this Wednesday but I'll be able to see it first as I'm going to see it in IMAX 3D. God that'll be wicked.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Soundtrack

Hey guys more Transformers stuff now, with the tracks from the official soundtrack of the movie and it so rocks.

Trasformers: War for Cybertron: The Movie

Hey guys, this week on my blog is Transformers extravaganza. And here for the first time I've got a movie uploaded on for the first time on my blog. But in this case it's just cutscenes and role play moments from the awesome video game "Transformers: War for Cybertron". This game is just fantastic because it shows the war on Cybertron, the Transformers planet. This shows the Autobots and the Decepticons fighting their war on their home planet before they come to Earth. The movie starts off with the Decepticons making havoc and later the Autobots cleaning up their mess. Enjoy the ride and once again, roll out!

Inspirations Pt 15- Transformers Special

Hey guys what's up, as you may know we are days close to the release of what will be this summer's biggest blockbuster; "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". To celebrate the release I've got here tons of pictures from the internet of my favourite Transformers characters, if you don't know who any of them are I'd be happy to tell you their names. Also they are of course in two different categories; Autobots and Decepticons. Autobots are the good robots who fight the evil robot forces known as the Decepticons and both transform from vehicles and fight an epic war that started on their planet known as Cybertron and have now continued it on Earth. So her they are, enjoy and roll out.

AUTOBOTS:




Air Raid


Arcee


Bumblebee


Ironhide


Jazz


Jetfire


Omega Supreme


Optimus Prime


Ratchet


Scattershot


Sentinel Prime


Sideswipe


Silverbolt


Warpath

DECEPTICONS:


Barricade


Brawl


Breakdown


Dead End


Demolisher


Frenzy


Lazerbeak


Megatron


Onslaught


Rumble


Shockwave


Skywarp


Slipstream


Soundwave


Starscream


Thundercracker


Trypticon

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship-Overview

Hey guys, so the presentation was last week and it went quite well. We did talk for a little longer then we expected but I did get to talk about what my part was about how we could use Cadbury's 25th anniversary as a method on how to sell our Cadbury's product through Brainient.

What I've learnt about working on this I project. I learnt that Brainient is an excellent interactive way to sell whatever product you can think of. There are so many possibilities with it and I think it is a lot better then showing how to sell your product through a slideshow of A3 size sheets of cardboard paper.

It was also very interesting to work to learn what methods you can use to sell something, I actually found it very fun and can't wait to do it again sometime.

Until then take care.

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Hey guys, had another subject which I didn't get to talk to you guys about and it's entitled Enterprise and Entrepreneurship or E + E for short. What me and few friends of mine are doing is a presentation of how to sell something for a business company so kind of like "Dragon's Den". I know it doesn't have anything to do with animation itself but I suppose it's good practise to sell I guess an animation project. Anyway here is what we're trying to sell. We're trying to sell an interactive programme called Brainient to Cadburys Chocolate. My job is to show how we're going to do through the internet which people think is the best way to sell a product. So anyway here's what I've got in mind and that I'll be presenting to everyone on my course on Thursday is this;

Basically Cadburys are celebrating this year their 20th anniversary for Cadbury World. We thought that that would be an excellent opportunity to use Brainient as a well to sell Cadbury's chocolate. We take websites of sponsors to Cadbury world and we place a link onto the top page so when we people go on the websites for let's say Sea Life Centre, Warwick Castle family themed events, they can check out this excellent option that will sell Cadbury's chocolate and hopefully it can get them excited for the 20th anniversary for Cadbury World.

So that's pretty much it, I'll tell you guys how the presentation goes in the next few days and until then, take care.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Trailer*2

Hey guys, got the exclusive second trailer to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". As you may know from the blog I posted when I showed you guys the first trailer, that Weta Digital the incredible visual effects team who brought Gollum and the Na'vi to life have done the apes and I can tell you and I'm sure from this trailer you may agree that what Weta have is milestone achievement in special effects.

World War One Project- Day 5: Final Animation Frames Pt 3

Hey guys here's more final animation frames for the final piece still on day number 5.