So where finally starting our big project, a short film, but before I can start on my short film I have to find a story, draw some characters and environment, so here are some ideas:

Idea 1

Plot:
A girl, taking revenge on a samurai that killed her father. After many years of training she is finally ready, and after tracking the samurai up, an epic battle begins.



These are the characters I came up with, with a little inspiration from manga and anime.

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And for the environment, I’m thinking of a bamboo forest.

And for the genre and the filming style ill just put out some YouTube links for you to see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6P-2eLXzto&feature=related
Describes the feeling of the surroundings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxQ-2gR1DU&feature=related
Describes the female character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCVehsHJzQ&feature=related
Describes the male character.

Idea 2

Plot:

A lonely old man, living alone in a house deep into the forest, he is listening to some music, when he suddenly hear some noises from the bedroom, he walks slowly toward the bedroom door and opens it, and the old man turns into a young man while going in to another dimension.



These are three characters in this story, there is an old man that turns a young man, and a pin up woman that is drawn animated (Disney ).


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The first environment is old, dark and humid. The second environment is young, fresh and clear, there are not that many colors, but there are a few, and they shine up because of the black and white background.

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And for the genre and the filming style ill just put out some picture and YouTube links for you to see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymTENgd1R2s


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The picture describes  the surrounding, and the youtube file describes the humor.






Look at project 5 (Dreaming) for more information  of the storyline.


Project 5

For project 5 we had to write a story, later we were going to share this story with 2/3 other classmates, choose one of the stories and make a story board and animatic.

This is my story:

Dreaming

In a house, far away from civilization, lives an old man, he is sitting in the living room, everything is dark, and the walls are covered with cobweb. The old man is just sitting there thinking about the past, when suddenly he hear some noises from the bedroom, he walks slowly towards the bedroom, opensthe door and walks in. At first, he can’t see anything because of all the light, but he soon realizes that he isn’t in his bedroom anymore, not even in his house. He looks down at his hands, he isn’t old anymore, he’s in his twenties again, “where am I, what kind of place is this”. He takes a look around, when suddenly the most beautiful woman he has ever seen stands before him, “am I dreaming”, he thinks. The woman turns around and walks away, and tells the man to follow her, and he follows. After a while, weird things start to happen, boxes and rocks start falling down from nowhere, and it’s like it’s trying to hit him, big holes on the rode appears right in front of him, he jumps over them. While trying to avoid all this, he falls down some stairs. The woman stands at the bottom of the stairs, she makes him come closer, then she takes out a big hammer and starts hitting him. After following her for hours he starts to understand she is not an angel, she’s more like the devil, he’s beginning too think “what if she has come to take me to hell”. He starts too panic and try’s to run away, he falls of the edge and into the darkness, and he thinks “I’m not ready to die”.


We didn’t choose my story, but I think that’s a good thing, because drawing organic, takes forever.

The links under are the first draft and the final draft of the storyboard.
pt30584s_quest_storyboard_drafts.pdf
File Size: 3681 kb
File Type: pdf
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pt30584s quest STORYBOARD

And last but not least, our animatic.


Project 2,3 and 4


Project 2 was a lift animation, which actually is pretty difficult, especially when it is a heavy small object you have lift, you have to get the weight right and everything. 

I still got a long way to go to get it right.

Project 3 and 4 was lip syncing, one with just the head and the other with the whole body.








   A Small assignment


    We got a small assignment a little while ago, to make a 20 second movie about push and pull.

    The 20 second movie got to have 3 or more of the seven essesntial acting consepts.

    This are the 3 of the seven essesntial acting consepts i think my short film got:



    3. Your Characters needs to have an objective.
        Small actions that leads to bigger actions.


    5. All action begins with movement.
        Little movements you usually don’t see or notice.


    7. A scene is a negotiation.
        A scene that requires an obstacle or a conflict.

The plot: 2 characters that have their finger stuck in a Chinese toy. They argue about how to get their fingers free, and one of them takes out a sissor, he is scared to cut over his own finger and looks away as he cuts over the toy and the other character finger.