*M* Smitten - Birds test

*M* First few frames done!

 

Its not much, but I'm pretty happy with them. I'm working in greyscale to help make it easier for me to work. I may consider putting in small amounts of colour i.e the orange scuba suit to make characters stand out.

The First 4 frames are extended to allow panning to occur in final cut.

The frames from newspaper story to first ocean scene is a little test. Not sure whether it works, but I think it could be a possible transition between the pontoon and ocean scenes

*M* More Raven Box Concept Stuff

It looks quite boring, but this is the kinda the look I want for the Raven box interior. Sophie specified that it should have wooden textures inside. The last concept I did was more focused on the fact that these Ravens are very patriotic, and their feathers are very dark. I wanted to make sure the ravens stand out.
The other way we can make the Ravens stand out is by using lighting, and that's what I was looking at mostly here. More WIPs to come!

EDIT
Raven box now comes with furnishings and shnizz!

I think more could be done to this, but I like it so far. The lighting looks pretty darn good too. It should help draw attention to the ravens which will be situated in place like below:

EDIT

Got feedback on concepts. Taking wooden interior thing a little too literally.

Hey hey Emu - have seen your latest box interior....doesn't have to be wooden at all...should perhaps involve wood so you can tell the exterior is wooden, but wall paper or colours could work  - really have a play....I'm going to attach the concept bird in case you want to drop it in to sketches....

Hope your dissertation's going ok....mine's paaaaaaainfulll...


Sophiex

Most recent story edits By Andy Kinnear

Okay, I need to clarify that I DIDN'T DO THIS ANIMATIC. This is all Andy Kinnear's work. I just want to post this on here to show you what I'm working with, and for me to easily find and check every aspect of the story. 





EDIT

Here's a message Andy sent to me.

that script is being revised at the moment and i have a newer one that i will present with the storyboard but the camera looks great

So yeh the script is going to be different, but I'm going to leave it for now, until I get the update.
I'm really glad he likes the camera. Looks like that concept work is finished, another tick on my to-do list.

EDIT 2
Here's where you can find the storyboards Andy has done.

 http://thedeepgroup.blogspot.com/2011/02/storyboard.html

And here's where you can see the script

 http://thedeepgroup.blogspot.com/2011/02/current-script.html

I have printed all this stuff out so it is easier for me to look at while working.
FULL STEAM AHEAD!

*M* WIP Raven Box Concept

*M* CONCEPT TIME

*M* Texture tests and line edits. That's a lot of cameras in one post O__O

Please click to enlarge, to see more detail.

Phwoarrr these cameras keep getting more and more smexy! Yep, I've been playing around a lot with the design, textures and colours. Me and Andy went through the images in the last post, and as you can see from the numerous scribbles, we managed to pick out some nice texture combos, and altered the design again. We came to a solution with the polaroid photos, and what happens to them when they get taken. They drop down into a lower compartment to be stored and looked at later on. They don't fly out the front,  like conventional polaroid cameras. So I enlarged the lower part of the camera (The base) and also rounded off the edges to make it look less sharp and pointy. You can see the before and after in the above picture. I also couldn't decide which texture would be suitable for the flash "supports" so I've shown two versions with different textures for each.

Above you can see the results of some photoshop messing about! I had a go at altering the settings, and it came up with some interesting alterations. I think some of the changes are a little too vivid, but I quite like the 2nd and last sets. I think generally the right versions with the silvery "supports" work best as well.

I shall await Andy's feedback now. I will also be doing some animatic work very soon for The Deep, so look out for that!