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Katie Shields, Artist's Statement 2022
Without including the picture of the real dog in my credits, I’m sure none of you would have expected this film to be based on a true...

Katie Shields
Jul 25, 2022
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Presenting "A Warm Heart" ...Part 2
A young girl forms an instant connection with an animal in the wild, believing that it must be saved. Captions Provided: So, here we are...

Katie Shields
Jul 25, 2022
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Presenting... "A Warm Heart"
A young girl forms an instant connection with an animal in the wild, believing that it must be saved. Captions Provided:

Katie Shields
Apr 20, 2022
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"A Warm Heart" 99.999% Done
I say 99.999% done because there are some very minor things that I may want to change while I go in to do captions. Such things include:...

Katie Shields
Apr 20, 2022
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B-Cut! Woot Woot!
I present to you the B-Cut of "A Warm Heart" (still not 100% sure about this title but we are rolling with it for now). There are...

Katie Shields
Apr 11, 2022
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April 4th Update
No April Fools here when I say all lip sync is done (a week early) and rendering is well underway. For some reason my renders are coming...

Katie Shields
Apr 4, 2022
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Surprise! Another Update!
Getting some renders done and chopping away at that lip sync! There are a couple of shots that are half rendered and half lip synced, so...

Katie Shields
Mar 30, 2022
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Lip Sync! Render! Audio! Move! Move! Move!
So, animation (aside from lip sync) is entirely done. I have just received the edited dialogue for the Father and will be getting Lynn's...

Katie Shields
Mar 28, 2022
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MAJOR Update
Animation has been well underway at this point and we are almost at the finish line. In the last week, I was able to do a lot of...

Katie Shields
Mar 20, 2022
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Capstone Update, 3/14/2022
Updated Schedule: Updated Shotlist: (It's pretty marked up right now, but hopefully still legible to not just me.) Updates Since Rough...

Katie Shields
Mar 14, 2022
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Self Care Coming Right Up + Another Week 8 Update
I will be taking this next week off to give myself some rest after working myself so hard on this film. I am really enjoying the outcome,...

Katie Shields
Mar 4, 2022
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Week 8 Update
I've taken some critique from Rough Screenings in terms of cameras, but there is still more I'd like to do (ie make quick cuts in the...

Katie Shields
Mar 1, 2022
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Texturing Updatessss
If you've been following my blog or just know me, you know animation is where I like to be so needing to take a break to texture was not...

Katie Shields
Mar 1, 2022
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Mission: Rough Screenings Is a Go
I'm pretty proud of where my film is right now being that I keep remembering that I challenged myself with animating two people and a...

Katie Shields
Feb 15, 2022
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Animation Update: Week 4.5
Updates: - My Father rig broke mid animation. Apparently, he doesn't like it when I shrink him down to the size of my exterior...

Katie Shields
Feb 8, 2022
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Animation Update: Week 3! Wowee!
Week 3 has been something else. For quite a while I only had Lynn's rig because my rigging artist was behind schedule (which is very...

Katie Shields
Jan 28, 2022
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Update on Week 2 of Animation
I'm not drowning in work (yet), so I've been able to keep myself on track with my animation schedule and I'm pretty happy about that. The...

Katie Shields
Jan 18, 2022
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Animation is Underway!
These are two clips I animated so far this week. They happened to be right next to each other, so I decided to export them together to...

Katie Shields
Jan 11, 2022
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Spring Blocking Schedule
For every film I have done, I like to have my master schedule for the entire production, but I also like to have mini schedules for each...

Katie Shields
Jan 6, 2022
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Updated Shotlist, Asset List, and Schedule
Milestones to Reach for Spring 2022: Week 4 - Some shots ready for rendering Week 5 - Picture Lock to send to Composer and Sound Designer...

Katie Shields
Nov 29, 2021
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