A brief interuption

Just a brief interruption as a I've been directing people here and there haven't been links to much previous work. (I need to get organised and build a proper website).

Here's the Hey Negrita Music video I worked on with David, James, Grace, Ben last year.

http://vimeo.com/11617688

Shot 8 and 9 combined line test

Well this was two shots though when I put it into practice I thought having a zoomed shot 9 would spoil the movement. I have also changed it very slightly from the animatic where originally his arm was going to reach out and let out a little gasp. However this is pointless as he's about to do the same thing again pratically in shot 10 when he watches the circus truck go off into the distance. Slightly poor planning on my part, but I don't often see things like this until I start trying to animate it. Anyway I have changed it so he's running around confused in a circle like animals do when paniced instead.

I have an updated animatic to at the moment, but I will upload that after I've bought the liscenses of http://www.sounddogs.com to use the clips, luckily most sound effects I'm using with liscence to use in theatre etc only cost a couple of dollars each, so I'd recomend it to anyone whose stuck for ideas and can't afford a proffesional.

Walk Cycles

While I was doing background and key frames I was having some difficulty with the characters due to lack of practice and understanding of the way they move. So I thought now would be a really good time to do some walk cycles and turnarounds.  I’m just going to update this post as I go, as I test various characters out. Then I’ll resume key framing hopefully a little easier.

First of is the bear walk cycle. It needs more in-betweens, but as a rough it works alright. The back legs of real bears seem to move a little faster than the front which was hard to get my head round at first.

Second is just the keys for the Old Blind Lady. Not working particulary well the arms seem to be mucking up and shrinkage but I'll fix that.

Current Animatic

Here is the animatic as it currently stands. Still lacking in sound. What I will probably do is make a mock up of the sound using samples off the internet and perhaps some mumbling noises from friends (as theres no speech as the bear can't understand humans) to show what I want then work with a musician as I have no experience with recording and adding sound proffesionally for a film.

Designs continued

Character Designs

Some more designs. One is the clown that I didn't have on me to scan last time, the other is another drawing of the bear. I was trying to emphasise the bears weight more by increasing the size of the hump on his back. I may increase his weight a fraction, but at the moment I'm still running with the first designs.

 

Vehicles Designs

The following are designs for the transport in the film.

Location Designs

Plans and rough designs for locations.

Basic Animatic

This is my first, very rough animatic. Various timings and the addition of a few more shots would improve it. However I've spent long enough on this version and feel I've reached a point were I can move onto tidying it and making the layered animatic.

Character Designs (Almost Final)

These are the character designs that have been completed so far. I may slightly alter or tweek them, but there will be no drastic changes from these current models. I may largen the hump on the bears back, to make him more like a real bear and fatten him slightly. The blind old lady is pretty much set in stone. I need to practise the guide dog more as my drawings arn't completely consistent for him yet. I have two different designs for the clown as I was originally going to clone the same clown over and over for the scene when the clowns pursue the bear at the end. However I have come up with two designs, the first one is my favourite, but I like the other one two so I may use both. I seem to have misplaced the other one for the moment, but when I find it I will just update this post and add him on the end.