Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Monday, 4 March 2013
Script
Facing Fear
Final Draft
Ext. Stable Yard Medium Long Shot. Front of House
Mum:
Mary, go feed Milo
Mary:
Okay
Mary comes from around the corner and walks down the front steps the turns right. The camera watches her as she travels down part of the path.
Ext. Dark Yard
Close up of Mary's face. She questions what she sees - a dark yard with few lights.
She looks behind her at the lighter part, looks back and frowns.
She walks forward some way, towards the darker area.
Flash of claw like shadow
Close up on Mary's face
Mary:
*Gasp!*
Scene shows shadow is from pitch fork
Close up of Mary's face.
Mary:
phew
Mary continues down the path, quickening her pace. Suddenly a scary shadowed face appears
Shadowed Face appears
Mary:
*Gasp!!*
Scene shows shadow is coming from tree
Mary frowns then runs around the path towards the stables. She slows down and walks toward sMilo's stable, looking behind her as she walks.
Shadow of horse's face
Suddenly a huge shadowed horse face appears
Mary:
*Scream!*
Marry drops the dinner bowl and she stumbles back. When she looks forward she sees that it is only Milo. She is uncertain at first but a touch reassures her everything is OK. She gives Milo his dinner.
She looks back the yard and sees it isn't as bad as what she thought and she is beginning to overcome her fear.
She turns back to Milo and watched him eat.
END
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Image References
Reference images taken from my yard. I'm using an a set location so I can go back for any information I need when I want
Sunday, 24 February 2013
After Crit 1 Update
I received both good and bad 'reviews' for my story:
The good was that it was an interesting story, it was different and original and since I have on set locations to use as referencing I know I'll be able to build a strong environment.
The bad was that it didn't feel like it had a real story to it; it wasn't clear why the goblins were there, how it all started etc. So, with the advice of Alex and the class I changed the story.
Instead of aiming towards a game opening, I've now changed to a short animation with a little story. It now follows the young girl as she travels from her house to her ponies stable in the dark and we follow her as she overcomes her fear of walking down the dark pathway.
I'll be able to use lighting and the environment to my advantage when creating scary shadows and a tense atmosphere.
I received better feedback for this story as it has more meaning to it; children are afraid of the dark and its a big step in childhood to overcome that fear.
I did receive criticism though; i was told it still didn't feel as if it had an opening, why was the girl scared?
However, I only have 1 minute to fit this animation in and not a lot of production time so instead of focusing on why shes afraid, even though its a natural feeling for young children, I'm going to focus on getting across the young girls bravery on overcoming the dark.
Here are a few ideas I wrote and a very rough storyboard I did when the idea first came to me:
The good was that it was an interesting story, it was different and original and since I have on set locations to use as referencing I know I'll be able to build a strong environment.
The bad was that it didn't feel like it had a real story to it; it wasn't clear why the goblins were there, how it all started etc. So, with the advice of Alex and the class I changed the story.
Instead of aiming towards a game opening, I've now changed to a short animation with a little story. It now follows the young girl as she travels from her house to her ponies stable in the dark and we follow her as she overcomes her fear of walking down the dark pathway.
I'll be able to use lighting and the environment to my advantage when creating scary shadows and a tense atmosphere.
I received better feedback for this story as it has more meaning to it; children are afraid of the dark and its a big step in childhood to overcome that fear.
I did receive criticism though; i was told it still didn't feel as if it had an opening, why was the girl scared?
However, I only have 1 minute to fit this animation in and not a lot of production time so instead of focusing on why shes afraid, even though its a natural feeling for young children, I'm going to focus on getting across the young girls bravery on overcoming the dark.
Here are a few ideas I wrote and a very rough storyboard I did when the idea first came to me:
Really quick character design
These are just really rough designs to get me started on the look of the characters.
The girls hair is kinda blocky as a guide to modelling.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Monday, 11 February 2013
Video Referencing - Live Action!
Since the environment of the animation is partly based on my stables, I set aside a minute to rough out the sequence of my scene.
This is for referencing, so there are no special effects, sounds or characters, etc and it is a dark, but that also helps the horror side to it.
It starts out with the (imaginary) young girl going about her chores then suddenly hears something scurry across. She looks up, but ignores it then hears a noise at the end of the yard. She heads out to inspect it and makes her way down the path. She then sees something run across the end of the path (again imagine!) that startles her but carries on. Nothing is there when she gets to the end so she goes to see her horse to check on him. She comforts him and looks around and is then suddenly attacked.
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