Category: Story Development

The actual renditions of the story itself, from a written to visual development.

animation (Pedestals)

Animation production in progress, more to come. The temporary delineators of dark and light have been removed, to be added in again soon.

Feb.08.2010
Also posted in Technical Concerns

Quick Edit

Fiddling with cameras can be annoying, but I finally feel like I can settle on most of what’s here, and the good thing is, I get to render less frames….

Jan.26.2010
Also posted in Technical Concerns

Story-line

The servant wants light and the master controls it. The master asserts his control by rationing out light to the servant in return for a tax that has to be…

Jan.25.2010

work in progress

An interesting development, I find that as I refine the blocked in animation on the animatic, my piece gets shorter and shorter. I think it bodes well for my rendering…

Jan.24.2010
Also posted in Technical Concerns

cutting down

Well, I’m still a ways from being done, but the story/animatic is in that final stage of decision-making. The story is there, now it’s just a matter of tweaking shots…

Jan.13.2010
Also posted in Technical Concerns

Animatic update

I took another pass at the animatic for the end of semester. Of course, you’ve probably figured this is going to be an endless progression from now on, but I…

Dec.17.2009
Also posted in Technical Concerns

Making the Animatic

Animatics are tricky things. Every time you think you have them sorted out, you see something you want to fix. After the first (crappy) animatic I posted, I decided I…

Dec.12.2009
Also posted in Technical Concerns

Shot Breakdown 3

As the animatic progresses, I keep finding ways to shorten and merge shots together so that they can make sense and not drag on. This is the newest list of…

Nov.18.2009

Shot Breakdown Part 2

Credit sequence starts with a montage (sorry, it’s corny) of the servant collecting fruit. An arduous climb, a few fruit in a tree and the careful handling of each piece…

Oct.14.2009

Shot Breakdown

scene 1 Establishing scene, the servant is working hard collecting the fruit. It’s rare and the light is receding with every moment that passes. The servant counts how much he…

Oct.08.2009