Another festival

Knightmouse has just been announced as a finalist for this year's NAFA ShowFest International in Sydney to screen on August 16th at Ritz Cinema in Randwick.

details here NAFA ShowFest Finalists

Recent news

Just found out this week that Knightmouse has been nominated for Best Animation in Queensland New Filmmakers Awards (QNFA) this year which will be announced on 6th August, 2010.
I don't like our chances looking at some of the other nominees on the list but it's nice to be nominated anyway.
Details here - QNFA webpage
and here - 2010_QNFA_NOMINEES

Also we've been selected for screening at Shorts On The Green Film Festival at Surfers Paradise on June 13th.
Details here - Shorts On The Green

That's all for now. Hopefully more news to come in the near future.

Film Festival News

Knightmouse just got selected for screening at West End Film Festival on 28th March outside Rumpus Room Bar at West End.
Details at www.westendfilmfestival.com.au

Trailer!

We're done. Heres a trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK_j376ooKY

AWESOME

Nothing screams dodgy student film like a lens flare.
Ha!..... We've got two.

render update

34 second render.
screw indirect lighting. I'm happy with really quick render times.

Almost finished lighting one sequence. Only 4 more to go.

Render sneak peak

Here's a peak at some render tests I've been doing today.
I'm trying to get at least one sequence done in next couple days.

27 sec render with Mental Ray. Simple lighting setups.


The same render with Final Gather takes 2 min 43 sec.

For what you get for the extra time rendering I'm more than happy to go with the 27 second render which will save us some valuable render time over next couple of weeks and save us some headaches too.

P.S. - It's 2:30am and I'm still at uni. Screw this I'm goin home now.