H&H :: Prospect – Cee's Pod Manual, ToC & Cover Design

Cee's Pod Manual Design

Cee’s Pod Manual Brief Proposal: (NOT APPROVED)

This is a rental vehicle, Damon isn’t familiar with it and has never piloted one before. It’s supposedly idiot-proof, instructions are functional and dense. The manual is as old as the vessel and has been updated over time by both the corporate rental office and renters who have added printed and hand-written hacks and fixes, annotating the book as original parts are replaced with improvised parts over time. The manual has been battered and coffee stained.

There might also be extra papers stuck inside, renter’s contract, receipts. A tabbing system similar to Nuclear Procedural Manuals helps the pilot or copilot quickly navigate to the section they need (“takeoff” / “landing” / “fueling” / “thruster repair”) and within those are decision trees.

The binding is either screw-post, bolted, or rubber band bound

Storage Pouch Dimensions: 12x16”

Tentative Manual Dimensions: 9x6” Vertical

Table of Contents

Orbiter Structure
Solid Rocket Boosters
Auxiliary Power / Hydraulics
Caution and Warning Systems
Communications
1. Radio Operation
Cruise Systems
Dedicated Display Systems
Electrical Power Systems
Environmental Control and Life Support
Escape Systems
Guidance Navigation and Control
1. Detaching from Freighter
2. Docking
3. Launch Sequence
  1. Cylindrical Key
  2. Gel Epoxy Gun iii. Bio Cartridges
4. Terrain Landing
5. Aquatic Landing
Lighting Systems
Main Propulsion Systems
1. Thruster Operation (eye scanner)
2. Stabilizer Operation
Mechanical Systems
1. Calibration
2. Engines
Orbital Maneuvering System
Waste Management
Manual Overrides

Detach launch sequence (as described by Zeek)

Checklist, book fits in pocket to left of dashboard
Prep flight cartridge stored in the back, fill with Gell
Punches in sequence based on hand written coordinates taped above monitor, screen fades up, heats up to full brightens
Small adjustments / priming for launch
Detach from freighter (pull heavy plug)
Float off before gaining autonomous control, pre-atmosphere flip hits rough space, corrects the malfunction and initiates the parachute

Assets:

Cylindrical Key

Gel package / epoxy gun

Operation Cartridge

Small screen w/ lens

Handwritten coordinates

Eye light aiming thrusters

Radio

Stabilizers

Proposed Covers:

Revision Rounds:

Final Approved:

H/H Corp :: Spring Break! (NOT ;D)

We finally wrapped on Werewolf... behold, the posters & packaging:

And now we're working 3 days / week at Green Moon Studio where they're producing a feature-length film based on this short:

https://vimeo.com/90049558

See more @ http://shepfilms.com/prospect

Some assorted collateral we've created:

Keep an eye on us, we're always learning and making new stuff!

H/H Corp :: Updates!

After wrapping on Werewolf, all that’s left is to produce some posters and the packaging. We should have those done within the next two weeks. Production on Night of the Hunter is continuing with character rigging tutorials and now that the script is done, we can move on to storyboarding the animation. Gabe and AJ have their first video conference!

*Bathrobes sold separately.

We were contacted by the friend of an independent video production house, SHEP Films, based here in Seattle. They are currently producing their first full length feature film based on their short film Prospect, and looking for designers to help with some Type design and logo work. Given that we haven’t built our portfolio site yet, we spent the evening putting together an Instagram for H&H, filled with a mix personal work and things we’ve designed together over the course of the year, and made this!

Here's Prospect

https://vimeo.com/90049558

Hopefully we hear back soon!

What we’re currently reading:

H/H Corp :: Home Stretch!

Nearly done with the (epic) post-production on Werewolf. Learning new techniques to motion track and composite the 3D Wolf head from Cinema 4D into After Effects. Here are some short videos showing how it's done.

Also learning how to build a glitch effect and then distortion map it to a 3D element AND how to create a random opacity flicker with a custom expression and control sliders:

Work continues on Hunter with script revisions and the beginning stages of character and set design. It'll be great to wrap on Werewolf so we'll have more time to focus on what's next.

Virtual Reality / Week Five :: Tutorials and Development

https://vimeo.com/202652946 The Camp has beautiful sounds and is almost ready for a live walk-through! Can't wait to make some s'mores!

Started a Unity tutorial to develop VR for Occulus. Perhaps not the smartest endeavor since we don’t have access to an Occulus yet, but I’m hoping that the basics I learn will apply to developing for VIVE even if I’m unable to show or use the finished product.

Ok, that didn’t work. You definitely need the Occulus plug-in to run in Unity and see live-feedback. Lesson learned.

Cool. Moving on…

How about Learn VR Dev School?

Excited to see that they have a Twitch channel where you can watch VR development live on Thursdays at 7:30PM PST. I know where I’ll be this Thursday evening!

https://www.twitch.tv/vrdevschool

Mid tutorial, the charming Lee Wasilenko mentions part of the Steam VR Prefabs includes a Camera that functions as “Ears” aka, the Audio Listener. I got excited thinking that this meant that the user could speak and the Ears would “hear,” only to google-discover that the ears are really speakers. I’m not sure about the terminology and hope I’m wrong.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-AudioListener.html

Tangential aside: discovered this fascinating discussion about SteamVR audio…

I’m curious about the writer who calls theirself “Cherry2000” (how cool would it be to befriend a developer who is this well spoken and might be my gender / age? or at least aware of pop culture androids that predate the year 2000?) alas, they have a private account.

The comments are also intriguing, just the personality and voice of people who are in this deep.

Another interesting distinction in the prefabs is the head camera HMD view vs window view from the Head.

Interestingly, I was offered an option for not including the Unity watermark intro ahem, the “splash screen” — I declined it against my better judgement … we’ll see how that goes.

It looks like I’ll definitely have to save this out as a package and try to load it up on the MSI to interact with it live while developing. Building on a remote Mac and then migrating to the MSI for feedback/interaction is not a great workflow. Developers should really have access to a permanent terminal connected to the system while they are working.

Fascinating information about creating experiences for standing (expanded play area) and sitting. The volume of space you take up varies on the Y axis accordingly and things need to be designed to those specs.

This baby is gonna have to wait until I can get my hands on the MSI:

Personal glossary additions:

HMD: Head-Mounted Display

GUI: Graphical User Interface (previously I’d been calling everything a HUD, Heads-Up Display)

Last but not least, Gabriel and I have both applied to be early adopters / developers for the HTC VIVE Tracker...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3dRGoD_EXQ

FINGERS CROSSED YOU GUYS!

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And it looks like full-body tracking is on the way:

https://youtu.be/Khoer5DpQkE

Virtual Reality / Week Four :: Reading & Experimentation

We're playing with Cinema4D’s ability to render 3D objects with 2D cell shading:

https://vimeo.com/201621714

Building cozy off-world colonies:

Now reading:

*don't judge these books by their covers. no, really.

We were also lucky enough to meet Stephanie, a VR Developer for HBO and alumna (thanks be to Jill Vartenigian, again) and are reaching out to set up time for a blitz-tour of her office.

H/H Corp :: Werewolf, Branding, Hunter + Futureworld!

Teaser footage from our latest shoot:

https://vimeo.com/201803246

H/H Corp Branding continues with The Brand Deck card sorting game. Courtesy Jill Vartenigian <3

Results are in, Hanneld/Herrin Corp IS: ADVENTUROUS DEPENDABLE MULTIFACETED

We are NOT: SUBTLE CONVENTIONAL

Baby steps closer to establishing Hanneld/Herrin Corp.

We’re remaining agile and have had flux in our timeline again:

Moodboards for Night of the Hunter (1955), we have a loose script and are excited to take on an epic animation project using 2D & 3D in AfterEffects and Cinema4D.

We're also hoping to ride the coat tails of the popular HBO Series Westworld (2016) with a reimagined title sequence for Futureworld (1976) – the subject matter is ripe for VR & 3D with a retro vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9sytPC1l0o

We've outlined our next steps to keep on track:

WEREWOLF Final cut of Werewolf w/ soundtrack by Thursday 2FEB Start post-production, AE / 3D Special Effects

HUNTER Complete rigging tutorials by Saturday 4FEB Revise script Storyboarding Saturday 4FEB Character & Scene design Week 5

Virtual Reality / Week Four :: C♯, Physics, Fun

Our first foray into Unity was a simple roller-ball game. We were able to keep up with the C♯ required to apply physics, and even took it a level further by researching materials & textures to make it on-brand for Hanneld/Herrin Corp. We then packaged it and were able to experience/play it via the Vive in 360 VR; totally insane. Here's a somewhat less impressive video of how that looked first person: https://vimeo.com/200871005

Excitingly enough, there's a GitHub-like repository that banks C♯ code that you can apply to your own creations: enter VR Tool Kit. The VR Test went very well:

https://vimeo.com/200729628

We finally got back to Northgate to check out Facebook's Occulus Rift. (After making appointments and trekking out only to have nobody there to offer the demo and then later, having one of our appointments lately cancelled...)

Double not-cool, Facebook!

https://vimeo.com/200780085

Our estimation: In short, the hardware UX is outstanding. Far superior to the HTC Vive. The headset is lighter, more easily adjustable, and more comfortable.

There's a single cable coming from it rather than a bundle of three. The headphones are integrated into the goggles eliminating the awkwardness of dangling earbuds (and the hygienic/ear-hole size differential issues that come with earbuds).

The highlight of the whole experience is the hand controlers. Within seconds, you accept the fitted controllers as real hands – you can touch, point, and grab – all with haptics that immerse you in the experience.

Meanwhile, the HTC Vive controllers feel like cartoon ham hocks:

Lastly, Occulus has the ability to design and experience sound ––there's a microphone and you can speak, be heard, and understood. Let that sink in for a second compared to the one-way street of sound in the Vive. Right?? The jury is out on the game design / interface – there are many studios that are producing works of varied quality (both in polygon count, resolution, and storytelling) and we had limited exposure to multiple applications and no exposure to the onboarding process.

Up next: continuing Unity & C4D tutorials and we have coffee scheduled with two gentlemen from a local VR/AR startup Visual Vocal. Stoked to see the practical application of these emerging technologies.

H/H Corp :: Werewolf, Hunter, Branding, Lecture!

We had our second (and last!) shoot for Werewolf on Saturday. Here are some lovely details of the pages Gabriel created for the shoot:

And a behind-the-scenes video:

https://vimeo.com/200780671

And some stills:

Next up: editing the footage and adding MAGIC in AfterEffects.

We were delighted to shoot again with Katie Strand.

We're continuing work on Night of the Hunter (1956), we have a tentative narrative, the text transcribed, and will turn out moodboards this week.

We got back the headshots taken by the talented Galen Andrus.

Here's the moodboard we gave him:

And the final results:

NOT BAD AT ALL.

We also attended a motion graphics lecture at Adobe.

But first, we had dinner at Two Shoe BBQ in Frelard. We're off the sauce for the month of January, but still know how to party...

Ahem.

Back to the lecture. The brilliant (and stand-up human) Jorge R Canedo Estrada spoke to a packed room – Here's his reel:

https://vimeo.com/185496774

Pretty cool, right??

We learned a lot and got a lot of tips and cool sites––and we're sharing them with you since you couldn't go :)

Here's another cool, useful thing he made:

Inspirational sites:

Wine after Coffee - animation & motion channel curated daily by the best animators. Here's an example:

https://vimeo.com/132508549

Learn Squared - tutorial site; Jorge has one on here that we'd love to take:

Super cool design houses where Jorge worked:

And last but not least: 5 Alarm - a website that Jorge was saying is a sad alternative to custom composed music (but implied it was better than the free shit we've all been using.) Bookmarked!

Not a bad week, all in all.*

*we did not make it to the gym. not even once.

Virtual Reality / Week Three :: Research, Troubleshooting, & Tutorials

Hanneld/Herrin made appointments at Best Buy Northgate to checkout Facebook’s Oculus (you can too: https://live.oculus.com/)

BUT... WE WERE THWARTED! The demo dude had gone home for the day.

These were our faces:

But we are not easily defeated and have rescheduled for next weekend (and will call ahead day-of before making the trek):

We’ve finally got the Vive/MSI running smoothly (albeit tethering through our phones to connect to Steam) and have had some time to get to know the capabilities, feel, UX/UI, of the VR world.

Gabriel just started in on a tutorial for UNITY that uses C♯

(if he plays the wrong note, we’ll all B♭)

And… I’ve fallen in love with this Portal robot dog that loves my belly scritches:

Next up: A little Unity3D Tutorial :D

Marc, Erik, we're gonna need the Jamiroquai floor ASAP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9b7LWfnxQ

H/H Corp :: Forging Further

Continuing work on Werewolf, a big prop came in on Friday and our second shoot is scheduled for Wednesday:

H/H Headshot Photoshoot with the fabulous Galen Andrus:

Late-night branding exercise for H/H Corp (Thanks Jill!):

Watched Night of the Hunter (1955) our next movie package:

Title style inspiration:

https://vimeo.com/10005002

Aaaaand we’ve started working out together 3x/wk at the MAC:

American Werewolf in London :: Script / Storyboard / Schedule, OH MY!

We're shooting the first weekend after finals with the fantastic cinematographer, Katie Strand. Storyboards are a lock for the WOLF sequences. The EVIL BOOK sequences are still in the hopper.

We're hoping to learn some new techniques...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8A9e4Lp0N0

American Werewolf in London :: Kickoff – Sketches & Moodboards

We've watched American Werewolf in London and have compiled our notes and initial sketches. d80ad11d-286d-4026-9f0d-bb57b2078338

Here are or proposed mood boards:

We're slightly behind schedule, but feeling optimistic...and we have a revised timeline to help keep us on target for the rest of the year:

We're hoping to do a lot of live-action footage and we already know what wolf-mask we won't be using:

John Carpenter's The Thing :: Sketches & Shooting

https://vimeo.com/190033718

Couldn't resist trying out the new stencil (light board + blown-out candle + 1,000 IG filters)

John Carpenter's The Thing :: And We're Off!

Same drill – Opening title sequence, Packaging & Posters. We've watched the movie and the special features which was a great move because the covered the practical effects used for the reveal of the title in the original sequence. Another added benefit is watching interviews with cast and crew–the names in the credits are no longer anonymous, we have faces and voices to go with them which adds another dimension to animating them.

https://vimeo.com/99871834

https://thepropstop.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/the-thing-art-of-ploog-special-edition-artbook-and-storyboard-special-kickstarter-review/

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