It Worked!

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Have you met Algebra?

Getting to know Algebra

Manchego's new roommate

View of backyard

Bad cat: wise Lady

Final Animatic!

Final Animatic

Comments on Final project

I have been so far unsuccessful loading video onto this blog directly. The link feature was also not working last not, so unfortunately, you have to copy and paste the YouTube link to be taken to the video.

I had arranged for the voice talent of Moose to be recorded on Monday. He ended up getting sick and not be able to reschedule on time. Although I collected a variety of sound effects, I just ran out of time on the sound.

The first part of the animatic, up to Algebra waving the Canadian flag, is meant to be the show opener. "Beats for the Opening Sequence" basically outlines the VO for this part.

The shot of Algebra sleeping on Moose proceeding the Canadian flag, is the beginning of the first episode where you meet the characters and Moose learns a little bit about the food chain on the deck. Some of the shots have been altered/omitted from the Episode 1 guide. Some things were too difficult to model in the time. I had to steal a Santa and animate it in After Effects. (Remeber, he flies like that because he is supposed to be drunk).

I had some difficulties with the scale of objects I chose. Moose is made in such a way that he can't really eat cat food, for example. Manchego doesn't fit in Moose's head. Moose's head isn't as close to the bottom of the roof as I imagined. Although I love 3Ds Max, I don't know how I am going to be able to model talking animals anytime soon, so I may have to go back to flat animation or some combo of 3D sets and flat mouths/characters.

More Scans

link to movie/animatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lUdfhlBTY

new scans

Final Review

Finished story board or animatic that is clearly a scene from the 1500 word story.

From 1 minute to 3 minutes

sequential order

The big 3:

interactive locations

compelling actions

interesting characters

previz:  make your film before you shoot it

scceenplay-->shotlist--> drawing

text image dagram

camera moves

shot types

crane

CU

WS

Dolly (zolly)

American shot=knees up

steadicam=stabilizing device that keeps the movement fluid

boom: up on a boom

POV: subjective shot

reaction shot

pan

tracking

zoom

rackfocus

low angle

high angle

establishing shot

MS

ECU

cutaway

dutch angle

over the shoulder

2 shot

cross dissolve

Overhead views (diagram) and interpretting them to shots (image)

Aspect Ratios:

SD4:3

HD=16:9

16mm 1.66 or European projection

super 16 

35mm 1.85:1

'scope

Perspective: try to decide what kinds of perspectives would be applied 

1pt

2pt

3pt.

Figure drawing with puppet:  relative proportions

Fleshing out a stick figure using ellipses

Eyes at center of face

rest divided into 1/3s nose/mouth/chin

ears equilateral to eyes

Santa's theme song

Santa's sleigh should be playing a Christmas song that is remixed like the Vengo bus with a big speaker on the back. And possibly have ground effects.

Film Noir

Algebra is always set in film noir style lighting.  This references the wood slats she is always hiding behind and is always in shadow.  Also, she supposedly has too much terrible knowledge.  Actually, this femme fatale is just totally ignorant, although she has had possible disturbing things happen to her in her past.

Canadian Tundra:

Link to gaming art

Assets still needed

Reindeer style harness for moose

Manchego

Christmas decorations.

party stuff

possible person? (Erin, Santa, legs)

cat food for dish (could be bit map)

hand or bag dropping food.  Could be bit map

Bird to be killed

predesigned elements from the internet

Jack and the Bean Stalk

Futuristic story of Jack and the Bean Stalk told in a time where there is nearly no food.  All food has been patented by a few companies and they own the rights to all food--even wild examples. People are prosecuted for eating/growing food without paying the licensing fees.  Through corporate bioterrorism, whole crops have been poisoned with the suicide disease.  Crops have been bred to kill all other crops and the resulting plant has a very low yield.  Only a few crops are left.  Food has become flavorless and has little nutrition.  Many types of people or races have died because peoples immune systems can not handle the new food.  Perhaps undesirables have been eliminated in this way.  Also super diseases, virulent competing plants and plagues have evolved.

Jack lives at home with his single mother.  They are nearly starving.  They have a rare cow, who is also starving. 

The cow is either:

1. One of the last non-bioengineered animals.  It is partly starving because it is only fed the bioengineered food that is made to kill all non genetically modified animals
2. An unlicensed cow.  The family has been caught with it and Jack must trek to the big city to return it
3. The cow is licensed to the family but they cannot afford to renew the license, Jack must return the cow to Monsanto.

Jack meets a mysterious man on his way.  He trades the cow for the seeds.  

Either:

1. This is illegal.  His mother is very fearful that the seeds will get them into trouble.  And now they haven't returned the cow and have something else illegal. She throws the seeds into the ground
   
2. People no longer remember how to plant seeds or that they grow into food.  His mother doesn't even understand what they are.  All food is cloned/people know longer food doesn't come in bags
3. The mother is from the old country and that is why they have a  normal cow