Here is my previz!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgX9qOTGsfo
fredag 15. april 2011
torsdag 31. mars 2011
More modelling, Textures and Lighting
As you might have suspected (from both the old fashioned sink, and also the old fashioned stove), I try to make the kitchen in an american 50s/60s style. Since Deryck told me not to worry about the Disney- effect, I really take this all the way:P I have made the floor checker- and appearing used/old. The green stuff on the sink, also made it look a lot better (older). Also, take a look at the window. I have added snow on it- not sure if I am going to keep it yet.
Setting the style for the kitchen bench.
Introducing a gingerbread man model for the first time, to see how he looks in the scene.Also testing camera settings.
The kitchen benches are finished.
The gingerbread house!
Notice that the light is brightest where the action is going to take place. I like this, it makes the bench appear more as a stage. I think am going to keep it like this.
Testing out different colours on the walls.. I feel like the pink one is the best, it gives good harmony to the scene. Added tiles. Also added a glass-thingy at the bottom of the window.
Yes, I think pink will work fine.
Added a chopping board for the house to stand on.
THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL TAKES PLACE!
Originally my scene looked like this:
However, I felt it was kind of "flat" to look at, the scene did not have the depth that I wished for. The action will be on the kitchen bench, and as you can see, the only thing behind that bench is..well, just a boring wall. So I decided re-arrange the kitchen. Now there are much more life in the scene, and hopefully more interesting to look at!
Here I have made the foundation for the scene. The action will play out on the kitchen bench closest to us.
I`ve added an old- fashioned sink.
I decided to remove the middle kitchen bench, and put an old fashioned stove in there.
Testing of lighting from the stove, and also lighting in general.
The finished model of the stove, with materials.
However, I felt it was kind of "flat" to look at, the scene did not have the depth that I wished for. The action will be on the kitchen bench, and as you can see, the only thing behind that bench is..well, just a boring wall. So I decided re-arrange the kitchen. Now there are much more life in the scene, and hopefully more interesting to look at!
Here I have made the foundation for the scene. The action will play out on the kitchen bench closest to us.
I`ve added an old- fashioned sink.
I decided to remove the middle kitchen bench, and put an old fashioned stove in there.
Testing of lighting from the stove, and also lighting in general.
The finished model of the stove, with materials.
STORYBOARD
Here is the storyboard I orginally made for the story:
However, as Deryck pointed out- and that I also was conserned about was the length of the story. I needed to shorten it. So I will remove all the walking from the story, and save many seconds there. Deryck also suggested that I can use time-lapse as a method to shorten it. I will upload my previz shortly, to show you how it went!
However, as Deryck pointed out- and that I also was conserned about was the length of the story. I needed to shorten it. So I will remove all the walking from the story, and save many seconds there. Deryck also suggested that I can use time-lapse as a method to shorten it. I will upload my previz shortly, to show you how it went!
FILM PROJECT
ANIMATION FILM PROJECT.
For my film-project I decided to go for a story I developed last semester. I call it Pepperkakemannens Jul (gingerbread mans christmas) for now, in lack of a better title at the moment! I had several ideas in mind for this project, so I shared some of them with both my friends, family and my classmates. The response was the same from everyone: Make the gingerbread man-story, it is so sweet!
PITCH: A lonely gingerbread man makes himself a wife.
My concern was that it might be TOO sweet, too Disney.. But I got the response I needed: My tutor Deryck told me I should never be afraid of the Disney- effect. And one of my classmates, Alf said that these sweet stories should also be told. Therefore: The gingerbread man it is.
THE IDEA IS BORN:
I actually saw the base of the story in a dream a long time ago. And when I woke up, I wrote it down in a hurry. I've noticed many times before that I tend to get the best ideas when I sleep, I don't now if this is a good sign or a bad! In my dream I saw a gingerbread man that makes himself a wife. I was entertained by the "sight" of this little guy that struggled to make a wife- with tools that are much too big for him.
So this is the foundation in my story. However I needed to do much work with this idea, in order to make it function as a story. The method I used to get more flesh to the bone is the "question and answer" way. I asked A LOT of questions, and did my best to answer them.
Example:
WHY does he make himself a wife?- Because he is lonely.
If the gingerbread- man is lonely..then why has he not made the wife a long time ago? Why NOW? -Because he has not discovered the recipe before now.. ( I suddenly got the "trigger" in the story- the moment that the gingerbread- man discovers the recipe).
I continued asking and answering questions until I had a lot of solid sentences. With the three-act structure in mind I started to "fill in the blanks" and organize the story in INTRODUCTION, MAIN PART and ENDING. I tried to find good turning points, twists and bring tension to the story. For example, the wife does not come to life when he is finished making her. Oh no..is our hero not going to reach his goal?
Here is my treatment:
For my film-project I decided to go for a story I developed last semester. I call it Pepperkakemannens Jul (gingerbread mans christmas) for now, in lack of a better title at the moment! I had several ideas in mind for this project, so I shared some of them with both my friends, family and my classmates. The response was the same from everyone: Make the gingerbread man-story, it is so sweet!
PITCH: A lonely gingerbread man makes himself a wife.
My concern was that it might be TOO sweet, too Disney.. But I got the response I needed: My tutor Deryck told me I should never be afraid of the Disney- effect. And one of my classmates, Alf said that these sweet stories should also be told. Therefore: The gingerbread man it is.
THE IDEA IS BORN:
I actually saw the base of the story in a dream a long time ago. And when I woke up, I wrote it down in a hurry. I've noticed many times before that I tend to get the best ideas when I sleep, I don't now if this is a good sign or a bad! In my dream I saw a gingerbread man that makes himself a wife. I was entertained by the "sight" of this little guy that struggled to make a wife- with tools that are much too big for him.
So this is the foundation in my story. However I needed to do much work with this idea, in order to make it function as a story. The method I used to get more flesh to the bone is the "question and answer" way. I asked A LOT of questions, and did my best to answer them.
Example:
WHY does he make himself a wife?- Because he is lonely.
If the gingerbread- man is lonely..then why has he not made the wife a long time ago? Why NOW? -Because he has not discovered the recipe before now.. ( I suddenly got the "trigger" in the story- the moment that the gingerbread- man discovers the recipe).
I continued asking and answering questions until I had a lot of solid sentences. With the three-act structure in mind I started to "fill in the blanks" and organize the story in INTRODUCTION, MAIN PART and ENDING. I tried to find good turning points, twists and bring tension to the story. For example, the wife does not come to life when he is finished making her. Oh no..is our hero not going to reach his goal?
Here is my treatment:
Gingerbread mans Christmas
INT. KITCHEN BENCH. NIGHT. It's Christmas, and warm atmosphere in the old kitchen. The GINGERBREAD MAN is sitting alone outside the gingerbread house and sighs. He glances over at the husband and wife decoration-pigs, and looks over at the husband and wife decoration-gnomes. Another heavy sigh. The STAR FLASHES outside the kitchen window and catches his attention.
He gets up, walks curiously towards the window, but stops when the recipe-book in front of him lit up and like MAGIC scrolls a page by itself. He walks towards the book that shows pictures of a gingerbread man and GINGERBREAD WIFE. Turns head to one side when he looks at the gingerbread man. Looks at the gingerbread wife and strokes his hand lovingly over the image. Focuses on texts and other images, that step by step shows how to make gingerbread cookies- and reaches his hand out to touch the pictures as he "reads".
He suddenly "jumps". Stretches his arms curiously, and looks at them. Turns his head and looks at the gingerbread dough behind him. Walks to the dough, sits down and gently squeezes it. Looks at the gingerbread cookie cutters beside the dough, and walks over to them. First he looks at the gingerbread-man cookie cutter, then looks at the other cookie cutters and then back at the gingerbread man cookie cutter again. He steps carefully into the cookie cutter, and lies down in it. Smiles. Then he blinks twice. Rises quickly and walks to where the gingerbread wife cookie cutter lies. Lifts it up quickly and holds it in front of him. Then looks at the book, and back at the wife cookie cutter again. Then he smiles and does a pirouette.
He holds the wife cookie cutter in one hand, and scratches his chin as he looks at the cookie cutter. Squeezes the cookie cutter to make it more female. Holds it in front of him with both hands and nods. Looks down at the dough. Lays the cookie cutter down on it, presses the cutter down and lifts it up again. Drags the rest of the dough away from the gingerbread wife. Lifts her up with a spatula. Carries her to the open OVEN and puts her in there. Closes the oven door with the spatula. Turns on the switch that is next to the door and the oven is lit up inside. Stands with both hands and nose close to the oven door glass. Carries the freshly made gingerbread wife on the spatula. Decorates her with icing.
He sits on his knees beside her, smiles down at her with folded hands. Touches her gently on the shoulder. SMILES. Touches her on the shoulder again. THE SMILE disappears. He gets up slowly, turns around and walks with heavy steps towards the gingerbread house. Turns his head once, turns it back quickly and moves on. Sits outside the gingerbread house and sighs. The star outside the kitchen window FLASHES.
Gingerbread wife is surrounded by a MAGIC light as she comes to life. Then she gets up and looks at gingerbread man. Walks towards him. The gingerbread man sees her and gets up quickly. Gingerbread wife opens her arms when she approaches the gingerbread man. They hug each other. The star outside the kitchen window FLASHES and shines stronger than ever.
fredag 4. februar 2011
PROJECT 11 - PRODUCTION PLANNING
This week we have made production plans for this animated short:
What we have made is a FLOWCHART and a TIME-ESTIMATE.
Here is my FLOWCHART:
And here is my TIME- ESTIMATE:
Self-reflective text:
I have looked at some different flowcharts. I wonder if my flowchart is to "linear".
In my oppinion, the point of a flowchart is to show that "first you do this- and then you do that". A visual setup for the right order to do things.. But now I wonder if I am wrong. Maybe the point of a flowchart is to show how different parts of the production depends on each other, and also how they kind of "circulate". Maybe THAT is what a flowchart is all about- and not necessarily just the order of when to do things. In my mind it is natural with a "linear" flowchart- since the team consists of one person only. (And one person can just do one thing at the time.) But like I just wrote: Maybe I should have made a flowchart that focuses more on showing how the production parts depends on each other and possibly circulate- no matter if the team consist of one person- or a big team.
Unfortunately I have not had access to my classmates production plans for this project. To bad really- it would have been nice to see how others have solved this.Especially how they have estimated the time for the making of "This Side Up". I have really struggled with the time-estimate. In my time-estimate Liron Topaz has 9,5 weeks to animate 2:30 min. (This Side Up has something like 2:30 min. animation, not including the titles).
2:30 min = 150 sec.
150 sec/ 9,5 weeks= 15 seconds per week.
...15 seconds per week..isn`t that a little too much? I do not like it.
One other thing I do not like, is that the post-production must be done in only one week according to my time-estimate.
I do have 4,5 weeks for the pre-production (including Pre-viz, modeling, rigging and skinning). Is that too much I wonder..
I have analyzed my flowchart over and over again- but I just cant get this right.I must say- there is nothing about my time-estimate that i DO like. But at the same time- I just dont know how to do it better. So I hope that my tutors will provide me with feedback- and tell me where I have done wrong. Right now my only conclution is that there is no way that Liron Topaz made this film in 16 weeks.
What we have made is a FLOWCHART and a TIME-ESTIMATE.
Here is my FLOWCHART:
And here is my TIME- ESTIMATE:
Self-reflective text:
I have looked at some different flowcharts. I wonder if my flowchart is to "linear".
In my oppinion, the point of a flowchart is to show that "first you do this- and then you do that". A visual setup for the right order to do things.. But now I wonder if I am wrong. Maybe the point of a flowchart is to show how different parts of the production depends on each other, and also how they kind of "circulate". Maybe THAT is what a flowchart is all about- and not necessarily just the order of when to do things. In my mind it is natural with a "linear" flowchart- since the team consists of one person only. (And one person can just do one thing at the time.) But like I just wrote: Maybe I should have made a flowchart that focuses more on showing how the production parts depends on each other and possibly circulate- no matter if the team consist of one person- or a big team.
Unfortunately I have not had access to my classmates production plans for this project. To bad really- it would have been nice to see how others have solved this.Especially how they have estimated the time for the making of "This Side Up". I have really struggled with the time-estimate. In my time-estimate Liron Topaz has 9,5 weeks to animate 2:30 min. (This Side Up has something like 2:30 min. animation, not including the titles).
2:30 min = 150 sec.
150 sec/ 9,5 weeks= 15 seconds per week.
...15 seconds per week..isn`t that a little too much? I do not like it.
One other thing I do not like, is that the post-production must be done in only one week according to my time-estimate.
I do have 4,5 weeks for the pre-production (including Pre-viz, modeling, rigging and skinning). Is that too much I wonder..
I have analyzed my flowchart over and over again- but I just cant get this right.I must say- there is nothing about my time-estimate that i DO like. But at the same time- I just dont know how to do it better. So I hope that my tutors will provide me with feedback- and tell me where I have done wrong. Right now my only conclution is that there is no way that Liron Topaz made this film in 16 weeks.
CONSEPTUALIZATION WEEK 2
Denne uka skal vi igjen presentere en av ideene fra uke 1- denne gang også med storyboard. Vi har også laget hver vår animerte production logo.
Her er min production logo, som jeg eventuelt kan bruke i filmprosjektene mine:
Når det gjelder ideeene- så har jeg valgt å presentere "LIV" om igjen:
PITCH:
To løvetenner vokser opp ved siden av hverandre i en veikant- og blir raskt bestevenner. De opplever årstidene og eldes sammen.
STORY:
EXT.VEIKANTEN. VÅR. DAG. En bil suser raskt forbi, og motorlyden blir borte i det fjerne. LØVETANN 1 med grønn knopp VOKSER sakte opp av jorda i veikanten. Strekker seg og ser seg rundt. LØVETANN 2 begynner også å vokse opp rett VED SIDEN AV. Løvetann 1 følger nysgjerrig med. De ser på hverandre. Løvetann 1 vinker til løvetann 2 med bladet sitt. Løvetann 2 er først litt sjenert, men rekker så frem bladet sitt og håndhilser. Løvetann 1 peker opp på himmelen. De holder hverandre i bladene og strekker seg fornøyd med hodene opp mot sola.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. SOMMER. DAG. Løvetennene holder hverandre i bladene og har hodene opp mot sola. Løvetann 2 ser bort på løvetann 1 og oppdager at vennen har fått GULT BUSTEHODE. Løvetann 2 peker på vennens hode. Løvetann 1 kjenner på hodet sitt , og kjenner så på løvetann 2 sitt hode. Da åpner også knoppen til løvetann 2 seg- og også han får gult bustehode. De "hopper " av glede og gir hverandre en klem. En marihøne rusler forbi. Løvetennene følger nysgjerrig med. En humle lander oppå løvetann 2 sitt hode. Løvetann 1 vifter den vekk med bladene. Begge løvetennene ser på humla som flyr vekk.
EXT.VEIKANTEN.SOMMER.KVELD. Løvetennene lukker seg for kvelden, og sover med hodene mot hverandre.
EXT.VEIKANTEN. SENSOMMER. DAG. Løvetennene åpner seg. Begge har fått HVITE HODER. Løvetann 2 rister seg sånn at noen av FRØENE fra hodet FLYR opp i lufta. Løvetann 1 ser på, og rister seg han også.
EXT.VEIKANTEN. SENSOMMER.KVELD. Løvetennene ser på solnedgangen sammen, og gir hverandre en klem. Frø fra begge to svever opp på den gulrøde nattehimmelen.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. HØST. DAG. Et gult høstløv detter ned foran løvetennene. Løvetann 2 har mistet alle frøene sine, og HENGER MED HODET. Løvetann 1 har fortsatt noen frø igjen, og er friskere enn vennen sin. Løvetann 1 ser bekymret bort på vennen og prøver å dytte ham opp med hodet. Løvetann 1 tar vennen sin i bladet og prøver å muntre ham opp ved å hoppe opp og ned. Løvetann 2 prøver å hoppe litt, men blir sliten- og henger fort med hodet igjen.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. SENHØST. DAG. Løvetann 2 har blitt brunere i stilken og henger veldig med hele kroppen. Et vindkast river i begge løvetennene. Løvetann 1 prøver å beskytte vennen sin ved å holde rundt ham med bladene sine.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. TIDLIG VINTER. DAG. Årets første snøfnugg lander stille over de to VISNE LØVETENNENE som holder rundt hverandre.
EXT. PÅ EN ENG. TIDLIG VINTER. DAG. To FRØ FRA LØVETENNENE ligger ved siden av hverandre i delvis nede i jorda.
HER ER STORYBOARDET TIL LIV:
SELF-REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER:
Jeg har presentert min første ide (Liv) mer formelt enn min andre ide (Herr Natt). Jeg har skrevet treatment til "Liv", mens "Herr Natt", er mer som en kort historie uten regler for oppsett. Dette har nok sammenheng med at "Herr Natt" er en ferskere ide- som jeg er veldig glad i, men ikke ville presse inn i et treament før jeg har fått smakt mer på ideen. Jeg syns i grunn det er positivt å presentere ideene på en formell måte- rett og slett fordi jeg også tenker mer over hva som er gjennomførbart og ikke da. Jeg tenker at forskjellen på formell og uformell "idesalg/kommunikasjon" blandt annet er effektivitet. Hvis jeg presenterer ideen tydelig og formelt, så tror jeg det kan være lettere for andre å komme med innspill og råd. Det er nok også lettere å få presset sin kule ide på et filmselskap hvis ideen går klart frem, altså blir presentert på en gjennomtenkt måte. Det er vel business- alt sammen. Kjøp og salg.
Her er min production logo, som jeg eventuelt kan bruke i filmprosjektene mine:
Når det gjelder ideeene- så har jeg valgt å presentere "LIV" om igjen:
PITCH:
To løvetenner vokser opp ved siden av hverandre i en veikant- og blir raskt bestevenner. De opplever årstidene og eldes sammen.
STORY:
EXT.VEIKANTEN. VÅR. DAG. En bil suser raskt forbi, og motorlyden blir borte i det fjerne. LØVETANN 1 med grønn knopp VOKSER sakte opp av jorda i veikanten. Strekker seg og ser seg rundt. LØVETANN 2 begynner også å vokse opp rett VED SIDEN AV. Løvetann 1 følger nysgjerrig med. De ser på hverandre. Løvetann 1 vinker til løvetann 2 med bladet sitt. Løvetann 2 er først litt sjenert, men rekker så frem bladet sitt og håndhilser. Løvetann 1 peker opp på himmelen. De holder hverandre i bladene og strekker seg fornøyd med hodene opp mot sola.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. SOMMER. DAG. Løvetennene holder hverandre i bladene og har hodene opp mot sola. Løvetann 2 ser bort på løvetann 1 og oppdager at vennen har fått GULT BUSTEHODE. Løvetann 2 peker på vennens hode. Løvetann 1 kjenner på hodet sitt , og kjenner så på løvetann 2 sitt hode. Da åpner også knoppen til løvetann 2 seg- og også han får gult bustehode. De "hopper " av glede og gir hverandre en klem. En marihøne rusler forbi. Løvetennene følger nysgjerrig med. En humle lander oppå løvetann 2 sitt hode. Løvetann 1 vifter den vekk med bladene. Begge løvetennene ser på humla som flyr vekk.
EXT.VEIKANTEN.SOMMER.KVELD. Løvetennene lukker seg for kvelden, og sover med hodene mot hverandre.
EXT.VEIKANTEN. SENSOMMER. DAG. Løvetennene åpner seg. Begge har fått HVITE HODER. Løvetann 2 rister seg sånn at noen av FRØENE fra hodet FLYR opp i lufta. Løvetann 1 ser på, og rister seg han også.
EXT.VEIKANTEN. SENSOMMER.KVELD. Løvetennene ser på solnedgangen sammen, og gir hverandre en klem. Frø fra begge to svever opp på den gulrøde nattehimmelen.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. HØST. DAG. Et gult høstløv detter ned foran løvetennene. Løvetann 2 har mistet alle frøene sine, og HENGER MED HODET. Løvetann 1 har fortsatt noen frø igjen, og er friskere enn vennen sin. Løvetann 1 ser bekymret bort på vennen og prøver å dytte ham opp med hodet. Løvetann 1 tar vennen sin i bladet og prøver å muntre ham opp ved å hoppe opp og ned. Løvetann 2 prøver å hoppe litt, men blir sliten- og henger fort med hodet igjen.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. SENHØST. DAG. Løvetann 2 har blitt brunere i stilken og henger veldig med hele kroppen. Et vindkast river i begge løvetennene. Løvetann 1 prøver å beskytte vennen sin ved å holde rundt ham med bladene sine.
EXT. VEIKANTEN. TIDLIG VINTER. DAG. Årets første snøfnugg lander stille over de to VISNE LØVETENNENE som holder rundt hverandre.
EXT. PÅ EN ENG. TIDLIG VINTER. DAG. To FRØ FRA LØVETENNENE ligger ved siden av hverandre i delvis nede i jorda.
HER ER STORYBOARDET TIL LIV:
SELF-REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER:
Jeg har presentert min første ide (Liv) mer formelt enn min andre ide (Herr Natt). Jeg har skrevet treatment til "Liv", mens "Herr Natt", er mer som en kort historie uten regler for oppsett. Dette har nok sammenheng med at "Herr Natt" er en ferskere ide- som jeg er veldig glad i, men ikke ville presse inn i et treament før jeg har fått smakt mer på ideen. Jeg syns i grunn det er positivt å presentere ideene på en formell måte- rett og slett fordi jeg også tenker mer over hva som er gjennomførbart og ikke da. Jeg tenker at forskjellen på formell og uformell "idesalg/kommunikasjon" blandt annet er effektivitet. Hvis jeg presenterer ideen tydelig og formelt, så tror jeg det kan være lettere for andre å komme med innspill og råd. Det er nok også lettere å få presset sin kule ide på et filmselskap hvis ideen går klart frem, altså blir presentert på en gjennomtenkt måte. Det er vel business- alt sammen. Kjøp og salg.
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