As you might have noticed, it’s been a while since our last update. So first let us make clear that the project is alive and also well. We’ve made tons of progress, most however not yet fit for exposure. This year though, things are going to change, but as always with Summer Breeze, you’ll have to be patient.

We spent the past year blocking, animating and working our cameras, as well as further developing our characters and environments and adding more props. Our biggest effort went into deepening our characters, looking for little gestures and behaviors that will enrich their performance and tell us more about who they are. Charlotte, our choreographer, was instrumental in this process.

On the environment front the biggest achievement is probably the village hotel and Ed’s room. We have been working and reworking this one from the very start, never able to get it right. Finally this year we managed to come out with a villa we are completely happy with — In other words, we finally have the Italian hotel where we would love to reserve a room for ourselves : )

So, what can you expect for this year? New shots, new environments and, most excitingly, new - previously unexposed - characters. By August we expect to have six minutes of the film fully rendered. At that time we also plan to release five posters featuring our six main characters.

We hope you will stay tuned — Please check our site from time to time, because until SIGGRAPH, that’s where the new things are going to be visible. Please be in touch, we would love to hear from you!