20 Images

  So for week 6 I have to compile together 20 images to present that will communicate my film to my fellow classmates and tutors. During Week 5 I worked hard to produce those 20 images of different scenes, camera angles and After Effects-effects, to try and show how my film will flow.

 

 

I know I would like to use geographical location to show that she is travelling around the world, and not just anywhere and everywhere, although Animation does give me the freedom to do this... I know I also need to use colour, weather and the seasons to show the passing of time (this is where I can have some serious fun with colour) and also a little character performace to help the audience to connect with her on her quest.

 

At the beginning of this week I was given some brushes by an animation graduate that would help me immensley with my concept and background painting in Photoshop;

 

 

 

Above is what I got from my first attempt with playing around with them, and this is probably my most favourite piece of concept art so far!

 

But I plowed on and produced a few more scenes, some had more time taken on them than others... some were just to show the range of weathers/colours/moos etc.

 

 

 

I was really happy with some of these, not only the ones that took a few hours, but also the ones I bashed out quickly... they all help me to form ideas about what I want and don't want in the film anyhow! I'm particularly pleased with the studies of my girl character... I really needed to pin her and her little boat down, which I know feel I have done! Note the last image where I've painted a scene with an After Effects simulation in mind... I think this works quite nicely!

 

Looking down this row of images, I am reminded of how I wanted the film to flow in the order of the colour spectrum... I still feel that this would be beautiful... however... would transitions from contrasting colour to contrasting colour not be more dynamic?

Hmm...

 

I had also toyed with the idea of changing the light for a spectral/spirit in the shape of a bird? I thought that if she has this kind of guardian bird in every scene, either following her or sat somewhere in the scenery, then it is the bird that she offers up it would all tie in together nicely and would make a nice transition through the frames. Here is some research and some deisgn ideas;