Treadster Media, makers of cool, fun, high quality Unreal Engine machinima. Created by Dave Tyner.
When does perfection become the enemy of good?
My dad Peter Tyner, the writer for our Double Kill machinima series has said these words in reference to the making of the film. Making sure every model is lit perfectly, animation is timed right, not too much dialog but not too little, etc…all takes a tremendous amount of time, skill, and effort from the entire team.
As I learn more about being a director and producer – I find there are challenges and opportunities around every corner. We are coming down to the end of the production cycle and have caught some big “oh shits” that are calling for a replacement of almost 3/4 of the film shots. With sound work already complete, this presents a major challenge. So why do it? I could release the film as is and people would probably like it a lot. Ricky Grove has said in the past…”it’s not what they don’t see” and he’s right. However – it would not be as good as it could be. But by that logic I could tweak about 97,834,987,398,472 other things to make it as good as it could be.
I have to ask myself though am I letting perfection become the enemy of good?
I have released our latest short film called “Fate of the Union” - Enjoy 
click image to watch!
Special thanks to:
President Obama for being a good sport and knowing that the ONLY thing that matters right now is getting people back to work!!
TermiATT for the score idea.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TermiATT
deucer for the great title!
Ricky Grove
http://rgrove.com/
Phil Rice
http://z-studios.com/
I discovered the following truth while digging a small fish pond in the rural foothills of Northern California– Raccoons can’t swim and eat at the same time.
Can anybody do two things at once? Not me. Writers can’t write and edit simultaneously. Lovers can’t perform and critique their performance at the same time. Something either gets lost, or never happens.
Producers and animators are in the same boat.
We’re poor judges of ourselves. If we knew how to be better, we would probably already be better. Besides, if perfection were instantly available, life would have no meaning.
As a sculptor I will tell you that every piece of finished art comes from a formless mass of clay. Vision is the motivator, experience is the teacher. Perfection comes by degrees.
Don’t rush it. Most of what you produce in this life will be crap to others… but stepping stones to you.
Posted on October 8th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Show the movie to someone whose opinion you trust. Make some tweaks, show it again without telling them what you did, and if they can’t tell the difference or don’t care, stop right there.
Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Great comments guys thanks. Matt I like that approach.
Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
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