la película, pero no la película

The film, but not the film.

the animation that almost was, but may be again

Part of my apprenticeship with Charlie this past summer was animating a two-person scene. I'd roughed in the keys, he'd given amazing feedback, and then the monster that is fourth year took over my life. I might find time to come back to this, but it will have to wait until after grad. Nonetheless, here are a few snippets.

The Sculptor

After a long haul, our 3rd year group film was finished last April 2010. It feels far, far in the past by now (after two internships and a semester of fourth year having come and gone), plus I think we've all made significant artistic growth since third year. Nonetheless, we did it, we learned a lot, and hopefully it was a good dress rehearsal for this year's independent films.

I suggest watching it full screen & in a dark room.

website

I'm alive. Barely, but I am alive. Thanks to those who continue to visit the blog despite my absence. School has gotten incredibly busy, but we're in the home stretch now, so I'm just trying to push forward until the end.

In the meantime, I'm also working towards being one of those professional animator peoples, so I've made a website! jamiemetzger.com is my first website, so please give me any feedback you want to.

(click on the image to go to the site)

I'll be constantly updating it as my demo reel evolves, and there's some new life drawing posted. Still feelin' like a rookie, but jumping in nonetheless!

Charlie B . 02 . The Wine Lover

The Wine Lover from Jamie Metzger on Vimeo.

Coming up for air. It has been a crazy two months here in the Philippines, and things are just winding down. I'm off to India in a few days, and will take a short break before continuing on with the summer internships. The amount of knowledge and skill I've acquired is more than an entire year at school. Of course, I couldn't have even started these placements without the prior learning done at Sheridan.

Here is the second test I've been working on with Charlie. Again, only keys for now. It needs some fixing, but we're running out of time, so it's on to the next assignment. This was a long one (almost 30 seconds), but the character was so much fun to work with. Thanks also to Robin for the design loan, and to Charlie for helping me modify it for animation. Now moving forward to the next and final assignment!