Author: Terry Hancock

Terry Hancock is the director and producer of "Lunatics!" and the founder for "Lunatics Project" and the associated "Film Freedom" Project. Misskey (Professional/Director Account) Mastodon (Personal Account)
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Animated Writing Using Dynamic Paint Reveal

In our pilot episode, we have a montage in which Georgiana and Hiromi go through some of…

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October 2017 Summary

Highlights Mission Control Room, monitor animation and flicker effect test. Soyuz interior set rigging, with controls for…

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Soyuz-SF Console

Materials Rigging for Console Lights and Screens

This week, I’ve just about completed finishing work on the Soyuz-SF Descent Module Interior (SDM) set. A…

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September 2017 Summary

Highlights Dressing “Aquarium Room” set for Press Conference. Character lighting & blocking, with glass reflections. Tuning glass…

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Final Assembly of the Press Conference Sequence

After many months of neglect, I am finally putting together the pieces for the “Press Conference” scene….

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Compositing Technique for Freestyle Transparency and Proxies

The last couple of weeks, I have been very happy to get back to some blendering! I’ve…

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Reclassifying Assets for TACTIC Migration

Migrating data from one system to a radically different system typically requires a lot of thought and…

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August 2017 Summary

Highlights First render tests of the “Aquarium Room” set and the “Press Conference” blocking. Site construction, installing…

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TACTIC Replication & Backup

TACTIC Replication & Backup

I’ve been considering how we want to set up our virtual-studio asset-management system. There are a number…

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Virtual Studio Plan

July 2017 Summary

Highlights Articles published about Virtual Studio, TACTIC, and Afanasy. Dug trenches. Laid pipe and cable for East…

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Afanasy Schema

Virtual Studio Addendum

Apparently, our Virtual Studio project is interesting to more than just us. I got a number of…

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Virtual Studio Plan

Studio Progress and Development Plans

Happy Moon Day 2017! It’s been over a year since I first posted this video explaining what…

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