{"id":188,"date":"2017-01-12T01:50:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T08:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprocketless.com\/?p=188"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:48:03","slug":"nearly-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprocketless.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/12\/nearly-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly There!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A typical shot is rendered in separate layers, such as foreground elements, middle-ground character performances, and an out-of-focus background set.  Over the past year, I tracked all of the 160 shots or shot-layers for Catching the L Train<\/em> on a pipeline spreadsheet, where only final, locked shots were labeled in green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With only two shots remaining<\/strong> to polish and lock, the board is almost entirely green!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The pipeline spreadsheet kept me organized<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

BY THE NUMBERS<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Workhorses built by Dirk Mensonides<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The 160 separate shot layers resulted in more than  24,000 finished frames<\/strong>.   Each scene was rendered several times<\/strong> before the lighting, FX, and performances were locked. Rendering was handled by a render farm of 12 dedicated computers running 24\/7 for months at a stretch to make this 6.5-minute film possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A typical shot is rendered in separate layers, such as foreground elements, middle-ground character performances, and an out-of-focus background set.  Over the past year, I tracked all of the 160 shots or shot-layers for Catching the L Train on a pipeline spreadsheet, where only final, locked shots were labeled in green. With only two shots remaining … <\/p>\n

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