Animatics


ANIMATICS !

My last 'online' animatic, from now on I will make changes with also renders or animation added to it. 
And I want to keep that a bit as a suprise for the end ;-) btw, this music is from the movie 'Black Swan',
the final score will be made by Vidjay Beerepoot and Sound Design by Ronnie van Overveld.
The edit became a bit of a mess because I was changing it a lot.. but.. well, than the final edit will be something NEW to you! ;-)

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A previsual of 'Little Freak'
And great news, I've got Voice Actors!
Stefan Prince as the father
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12 year old boy from Weymouth, England: Adam Nightingale as the Little Freak!
(I'm not satisfied at all about the birdscene, I'm going to change a lot about that...)
WIP


A birthday wish! (newest animatic!)










I had around 20 different concept of little deformed boys...
here are some
OLD ANIMATICS of OLD CONCEPTS



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My first Idea was to make a trailer about an interesting deformed character, In the beginning I was thinking about a kid who has a weird mouth, almost like ... yea.. an anus... My idea was that he would walk away from home, because he had to break free so he could live his life more adventurous. I thought a Trailer would be 'easy' but after a while I realized that it's more complicated because of all the sets I have to make.
I didn't finish it, but the most imporant thing was the scene that he wants to sneak out.  and before that you see a few ''things he remembers as a kid''  when he 'escapes' his life is adventurous, he gets in trouble and has some successes. the idea of the end would be that he is in the hospital and hears news.....
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Then, I was thinking about my main goal: Animation. And I made a short scene... Still too long.
My idea here was that the boy would think they are going to the circus as audience, but than after the circusman grabs his face he realizes that only HE has to go the circus. 
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I was thinking of a totally different camera, and wanted to do it quickly in 3D...
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 I thought the 'circus' flyer was too literally, and also the circus guy as a 'bad guy' coming in the house..
I thought it was all too much... It made me think about a new approach: what if the kid already knows it, and this a short about the last evening together. They all know what's going to happen, so lets enjoy the last hours with a nice last supper. The circusman is also more nice guy now, but when they go outside and the parents are out of sight, he can be more of a mean guy? So the audience will be more interested what will happen to him. 

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I need to think think think!
What do I want to show the audience in those few seconds? I don’t need to tell the people he’s deformed, they already know that. So what else can I tell about him? Maybe he has a hobby? Or an ambition, I need to think about the things I want to tell about him, in the time I have.
*Ambition? Something Creative?
*I need to make clear ‘something’ is going to happen, or that something is wrong.
*Or, something is Special about the evening. -Perhaps by a present he gets for his ambition? Pen&ink?
*Warmth of the family – We need to see them have fun or take care of eachother.
*Sympathetic - we can see this through his acting.
* The last thing I want to tell the audience is that he gets sold.


We see some stuff he made. And we see some broken tools that need some replacement…Packing a bag perhaps? Meanwhile mother is cooking? Father is keeping the fire on. Mother is a little clumsy because she’s sad, slips a potatoe out of her fingers and we see it’s a deformed one rolling towards the kid. He picks it up and looks at it. Like a small hint and a Symbol of a dormed ‘thing’slips out of the hands of the mother. Like he has this night.
We see  a few potatoe slices, and a poor ‘feastmeal’ He starts to cry, mother puts his arm around him, then a big bubble of snot appears, and they all can’t resist to smile about it.
Stuffed, kid is resting on his dad’s breast, mom is crying silently. A Knock on the door.
Kid is ready to go and sees his dad get payed by circusman. first afraid hidden behind a wooden beam, but then the circusman offers a lollypop and they go.
We see them drive away by horse wagon. 

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 still not satisfied at all... It doesn't feel like 'one short' new one coming soon!
Maybe I should turn into another different way... ..  I did like the tension more in the previous one... there is no growing suspense or whatever now..... well.. Bedtime. I'll see tomorrow :)

OKE

in a few days I got so many totaly different ideas, I was not happy with this,
it was SO depressing, that I was like : Do I want to work on this for several months?
I was thinking of concepts that were even worse for the character.
And then suddenly I was thinking of a completely different idea.
A deformed guy living in a mill and having magic things going on etc. But that story
was so out of a sudden, and it was no good. but It helped me come up with a new and maybe better concept:

A deformed boy is crying, then he gets comfort by imaginary wooden friends, they get more and more fun, until he got pulled out if his fun and is back In reality: he get pulled roughly and a curtain opens, he’s on stage.

I really want to make it not more then 70 seconds... Well.. thats ti for now, I'll have to think what
he's doing during those 'fun moments' :)



allrighttt, after a lot of days ,
I've finished this animatic, but I allready Know I have to change a lot again.
But I'm happy to have this totaly new one now... So now I can make changes etc.
Things I'm thinking of are like 'do i  need the imaginary friends' and the way
it's all shown now, I probably can improve it... but this is it for today:

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Okay.... again: SOMETHING NEW :P

I decided to DO dialogue, at first I didnt'want it to, but now I"m going for it.... I guess :P
here's a first one.. it is 3 minutes, and will be even longer maybe!
It sounds too long for only me to animate but it contains around 1.25 of sitting animation wich is less work
than having a lot of walks etc.  it has around 30 seconds of animation with more movement...
but the rest is just no movement shots, and listening to the dialogue. Parents are offscreen.. so more than 1 minute no animation at all
Intro is too fast etc.. and sorry english folks... dutch dialogue :P

too explain what my idea now is:
*introduction, you see 'Freek' working , cutting on a wooden statue.
*then he hears his parents talking about selling him.
*then it's diner time, and Freek tries to be kind.
*Freek notices that mam appreciate it, and is trying too hard by being kind.
He cleans the table but because he wants to be too fast he drops down a plate.
*He gets crazy and fals down on the floor at the door..  Don't sell me pleease! 
Then the parents are like : what is wrong with you? We just wanted to sell this violin...
then they leave and we see the wooden statue from the beginning: the family happy together.
(don't mind the crappy music)
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TALKING LIGHTS:



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Little freak (a struggle between him and the circusboss)


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