To Shoot A Rurf: DVD

Anyone interested in getting hold of a copy of the TO SHOOT A RURF DVD should email Dwarfed Films here and include the subject "TSAR" in the email reference box.

The DVD extra's for To Shoot A Rurf include a number of audio tracks explaining the making of the film, animation tests, lots of still images and early concept designs and other goodies.

The DVD costs 20 Euro(exluding P&P) and is only available from Dwarfed Films.

Also go visit the To Shoot A Rurf blog.

Office Hours: office location + more car pics!

Here is an image of the office location from the film Office Hours. This building is radically different from the way it first looked. The small, open-plan cubicles have been replaced with enclosed large wooden "box-offices". This set looks much more intimidating and fits in with the pseudo 1950's/modernistic tone of the film.
Click on the image to view it larger.

And also here is a picture showing three different vehicles from the film: a taxi, a small delivery vehicle and an ordinary car.
Again Click on the image to view it on a larger scale.


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Render Size details

A couple of posts ago I said that Office Hours' frame size was 720X288 when instead I should have said that it is going to be rendered at 1920X540. The letterbox sized image will then be exported to DVD format at HD 1920X1080 standard. The frame size of 1920X540 comes after much experimentation with various layout combinations.
Why not full HD render, you may ask? It's because we want the the screen to have black borders top and bottom. It's a purely cosmetic choice - it just looks better, kinda like having a painting with a frame rather than without:)
It will cut down on any artifects or strange flickering type glitches that popped up sometimes in To Shoot A Rurf.
Just wanted to clear that up!

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Crappy Vista burner software

I was trying to burn a Data DVD today using the burner software that came preinstalled with Windows Vista. It is completely crap! It took almost an hour of waiting just for the files to transfer to the burner. And I cannot believe that they decided to use a caveman-style drag and drop way of adding folder/files to the burn list. Anyway, when it eventually tried to to the actual burning to DVD it got about three quarters of the way before failing and giving me a "failed burn" warning. It also said that the disc in the drive was faulty. What a load of crap!
Well I'd had enough and installed Final Burner, the FREE burning program. It burned the disc correctly in about 10 minutes.
Why the hell did Microsoft include such a poxy burning software program? Once again FREE SOFTWARE comes to the rescue.

Visit Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware and download Final Burner.

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Office Hours: more car images

Two ne images from Office Hours, showing a red car and a smaller green one.
The narrow-lookingframe size of these in these pictures will be the frame size of the completed.
film.

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OFFICE HOURS: new car model

Here are some brand new images from Office Hours.
They show a new 3D car model designed for the film's street scenes.

Click on the images to view descriptions and images full scale.

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Busy

Hi, just letting you know that we've been real busy lately and haven't been able to update as much as we'd like.
So keep checking the site for new stories and updates when they come!

Office Hours screenframe size

With Office Hours we are going to use a narrow frame size, much narrower (ie; letterbox stylee) than that of To Shoot A Rurf, Heli-Ball or even The Darkside. In fact we were thinking of using a narrow frame for Rurf but it proved awkward for shot composition and layout purposes.
If you're confused then think of it like this: normal PAL frame is 720X576 pixels; Office Hours frame might be closer to 720X288 pixels.
The exact frame size hasn't been locked down but it will add to the cinematic qualities of Office Hours. We feel the tighter screen size focuses attention better rather than having the viewers eyes wandering all over the shop! And it just looks damn cool in tests we've done.

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To Shoot A Rurf at Angel Film Festival

To Shoot A Rurf is screening at the Angel Film Festival in the UK.
You can see the film on Saturday 15th September 2pm - 5pm, King's Head, Islington.

To Find out more about To Shoot A Rurf go to www.toshootarurf.blogspot.com


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