The first week of spring break I took off to visit my parents. Unfortunately, my roommate broke her knee so we spent the majority of that week trying to sort her out and get her back home for surgery. The rest of the time I spent working at my job.
I did however, spend some time connecting with the RCA students I met last Friday online, and wrote an email to the two I was interested in. They were both happy to take me onboard and one set up a call for us to discuss the expectations for the project. The second added me to a discord server for their project where I will receive updates for my tasks.
Durning the second week I managed to finish my initial character designs. I tried to implement aspects of thier respective Commedia costumes, while also trying to create distinct silhouettes with vibrant palettes. On my slides for the 2nd interim I will create more detailed breakdowns for each character’s design and personalities.
I also bergan working on expression and pose sheets, trying to reference shows like Ed, Edd and Eddy, and The Ren and Stimpy show for those exaggerated expressions. Unfortunately, I didn’t get too far with this as I work extra hours during holidays.
I have also been wondering if I can get away with no dialogue. I love voice work and voice acting myself, but having to write dialogue and audition people and record seems like a huge undertaking I won’t have time for. I think it will depend on the story I settle on, and whether there will need to be dialogue to express some of the beats.
I thumbnailed all the beats in StoryBoard Pro, and timed them all out. It seems like I should be able to fit the beats I want, though it is slight;ly over a minute, but I’m not totally sure about the story. I may have to book a tutorial before the interim to edit.
I’m finding it very difficult to give enough context to the events, so the audience can understand what the story is, even though there won’t be an onscreen resolution. I am still sticking with the concept of an interactive film, in that the camera will always follow the audience POV. Below I have the updated beat sheet.
During the third week I spent most of my days at work, and it was also my grandma’s 80th, so I was doing a lot of family events. I didn’t have as much time to work on the animation test I started, but I hope to use this test as the opening scene for the film anyway. I also put together a callout for sound artists as I still very much need them for the film. I hope to get back on track during the week before the second interim as I’d really like to have more progress than I have right now.