Sunday, 20 April 2008

The Finished Video

Here is the finished animation. There are a few small issues with speed and camera angles but on the whole I am very pleased with the outcome.

Thursday, 13 December 2007

Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Artist Impression



An impression of our 'world'.

Improved Animatic for Storyboard

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Test scene





This is the 3D style we will probably be using. We need to think of a way to implement the etchings and characters.

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Like Our Island But In Reverse?


This image from

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10816

Gives an idea of our spiral and path. Ours would rise upwards though not into the ground.

Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Etchings Required For Story

All Flat 2D Images. No perspective drawings.

OBJECTS

Earth
Bird
Boat
Lightning Flash
People
Crowds
Animals
Sheep
Cows
Grass
Landscape
Debris (Floating in sea showing devastation)
Tree (Uprooted)
Nazca Image-Powerful Image


STAGES

Coal Mining
Industrial Revolution - Cogs
Factories - Chimneys
Deforestation
Famine/Poverty
Adverse Weather
Transport Pollution
Waste

Thursday, 29 November 2007

Detailed Storyboard Sequence Images - Camera Shots


The Giant of Atacama

Symbolic Drawings - Ideas for the Top of The Island

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/nazca-lines.htm



Symbolic Drawings - Ideas for the Top

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/nazca-lines.htm

Detailed Imaging within the frames

Frame 1

Etchings

Earth

Modelled

Space - Sky

Frame2

Etchings

Earth

Modelled

Clouds

Frame 3

Modelling

Mist - clouds

Frame 4

Modeling

Clouds -

Island

Frame 5

Modeling

Island


Frame 6

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 7

Modelling

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 8

Modelling

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 9

Modelling

sky

Etchings

Lightning flash

Frame 10

Modelling

sea crashing waves

Etchings

birds

Boats struggling

lightning flash

Frame 11

Modelling

Man and women (backs)

bench

cliff scene

Etchings

lightning

birds

Frame 12

Man and women (backs)

bench

cliff scene

Etchings

lightning

birds

Frame 13

Modelling

Bench

people back view

Cliff path towards the spiral

Bridge

Etchings

People, crowds

animals, sheep, cows grazing, grass

Frame 14

Modelling

whole island

people walking

sea - getting rough raising

Etchings

Crowds

upturned boats

Frame 15

Modelling

island

People

Etchings

Some landscape - people, animals, etc.

Frame 16

Modelling

Bridge on island

People

sea waves

clouds rolling


Etchings

people at sea

animals in sea

devastation - objects floating in the sea

Birds in sky

Frame 17

Bridge on island

People

clouds rolling

Etchings

Some landscape - people, animals, etc.

lightning flashes

Frame 18

Modelling

Spiral Island

People

Etchings

Cogs

chimneys

coal mining

mining shafts

mining wheel

Frame 19

Modelling

Spiral upclose

People

Etchings

Cogs

Coal mining

Mining shafts

Chimneys

Mining Wheel

Frame 20

Modelling

People

Spiral

Etchings

Cogs

Coal mining

Mining shafts

Chimneys

Mining Wheel

Frame 21

Modelling

floor of spiral, wall

Etchings

Coal mining

Frame 22


Modelling

Spiral stair

People

sea

Etching

Cogs

chimneys

coal mining

mining shafts

mining wheel

Uprooted tree

debris

Frame 23 - 30

Etchings we need

Coal mining
Industrial Revolution
Factories
Deforestation
Famine/poverty
Adverse weather
Transport pollution
Waste

Frame 31

Modelling

Top of island

sea

Etchings

Nazca image - powerful image

Frame 32

Modelling

Top of Island

People

Etching

Nazca image

Frame 33

Modelling

People

Island Top

Sea

Etching

Nazca image

Debris in sea

Frame 34

Modelling

People

Island

sea

Etchings


Boat in distance

other debris, tree

Frame 35

Modelling

Sea

Edge of island

Etchings

Boat

Debris

Frame 36

Modelling

Island from distance

Clouds

Etching

earth

Frame 37

Etching of earth on background of sky

Frame 38

Fade to Black

Colour exploration







We want to use the shades of colour in the last image. The blues will work really well with our stormy ocean scene. We probably do not want to use as many shades of blue, just a few dark ones.

Wednesday, 28 November 2007