This has been a busy week — at home, anyway.  My daughter, Anastasia, turned 2 on Tuesday the 21st.  Coincidentally, my editor’s son, Christian Miller, was born on Tuesday.  So now they have the same birthday, though Anastasia has laid claim to it for far longer.  So, I spent a lot of time with her, and not so much on the movie.  Because of this, I’m moving my personal Wendell deadline to Labor Day.  I’ll have a 3-day weekend from the day job then, and no toddler parties planned, so I should have plenty of time to crack down.

What I did have time for, however, was this:

I created a 3D environment in After Effects, based on a painting that local artist Danny Schmidt did special for the movie.   I cut out pieces of his beautiful painting, recreated it in After Effects, and composited Pupsock & Wendell into it.  This was my first finalized shot working with green screen and virtual sets, so I was very excited about it and took the time to get things right.  I like this picture, but it doesn’t really compare to how awesome it is seeing the shot in motion.

Jim finished off another Giacomo shot, which will find its way into a new trailer I hope to have ready in September.  Then, I put him to work on the hardest Giacomo shot in the film, which I hope he will blog about soon.  Hint, hint.

Finally, I’ve gotten roughly half of the recomps done.  I hope to be finished with that annoyance by Wednesday.

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