3d short animated inspirations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMAUuyx6TNo - nice character design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JahYDFR1Df0 - nice environments and character design – different rendered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAdCa4CIgx0&feature=related - nice character design, nice use of camera, nicely rendered..

New beginning...

So...3months of story ideas...I'm wandering what for...cause now we are back at the beginning.

This is a new one though as Andi has suggested young Damien and i work together as she feels we come from a similar place with story ideas...And she really liked Damiens Love letter ideas.

To be honest, in the beginning I was like...i do not want to animate any more flying paper...how is that supposed to look good on a reel? But firstly...how the hell do you do that in 3D??? But the idea stuck with me...i hated it so much I began to love it...yes it will be a challenge, but after a little bit of research i began to see some huge potential in this idea. And Im sure as technical challenges go, that Darren would be able to suggest how we can do this...

So Damien and I have decided to start over with an idea...i had some...

40days without chocolate
fluro green toe nail polish

or what about damiens original idea...

bascially its letters from one man to another during the war...but we don't realise its another man until right at the end...up until this point the audience would believe it was a beautiful women and a handsome soldier man. The last scene is one of them gravely ill in bed...the other man walks in and sits down and holds his hand...fadeout. so it would be controversial a bit...a gay animation *raises eyebrows* but also thought provoking and romantic. I ran it past mum...she was really in to but her face did change when she realised it was two men. She says she wasn't uncomfortable with it...but didn't like the idea that she got it wrong...that it was a man and women...ahahh..like she felt she had been cheated...but she wanted to know why it had to be 2 men. I said because if it was a man and women we have all seen that before and it would be really memorable...and also after watching a few historic movies over this weekend, it was amazing to me, just how many were gay back then but they had to keep it so secret...

So thats the short of it...but I was thinking the paper letters could still turn into things...like when he describes something of the war, the letter turns into a paper aeroplane and then a real bi plane and we see a little bit of a in air dog fight...or the letter turns into a peace crane for the end of war etc...But I guess it doesn't have to be 2 old guys who went to WW2, it could even be more modern approach like 2 soldiers fighting in Iraq or even an iraq kid and an american kid writing to eachother and we see them hug at the end or something....showing that they dont care for the reasons the war is on...they just want it to stop and get on with life and make it better...i dont know...

get some musical inspiration here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en03MHejlxs for paper aeroplanes and love letters.

3rd and Final year Animation Project

Prior Learning –

Advanced skill sets: -

· Maya - modelling, unwrapping, texturing, painting weights and animating

· Photoshop - used extensively for texturing for Maya projects, digital painting and photo manipulation techniques.

· Traditional Media – Painting and Drawing

· Hardworking

· People person who prefers to work in a team, but can work competently alone as well

· Good motivator

· Researcher

Average Skill sets: -

· Maya – Rigging, SFX, lighting

· Adobe After Affects

· Flash

Areas I’d like to explore: -

• Directing
• Pre-production
• Compositing of live action footage and 3D/SFX
• Compositing of 2D and 3D animation
• Sound

Areas of interest – As far as animation goes I am in love with 3D, the realism it can achieve but yet still be so imaginative i.e lighting in Ratatouille (2007)

Future direction – Right from the beginning I knew I wanted to be an animator working in the film industry. To be applicable I will need proven storytelling skills, acting skills, strong understanding of traditional animation principles, an art background that shows a thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form. I believe right now in theory I am doing/or am fully aware of this, but I haven’t produced enough work to show I understand these requirements. But it is what I am hoping with my final film project.

I hope that I will be able to still work on my own short films while working at a studio, so I have some creative outlet of my own being.

In 1 years time I would recently have completed a quality short animated film with an awesome team…so my phone is ringing busy with potential employers wanting to arrange interview dates.

In 5 years time I will be working for Pixar.

Synopsis and treatment

ARIKA jeopardises her species anonymity in order to save them from extinction.

ARIKA resides in the local river that runs through the local town Dungle Bay. Being the curious young toddler she is, she enjoys going on adventures and learning as much as she can about everything around her. One day ARIKA ventures too far and into immediate danger. Her father becomes enraged to find she had ventured to places he had told her were off limits and sends her to her room. But ARIKA realises this danger is a threat to her species, and decides to break the number one rule and befriend an OLDMAN who will help her save the river!

Practical info on the film

· Drama with some light comic elements

• 3D modelled and animated but would like to incorporate some 2D elements i.e “Le building” (2005) so maybe even just experiment with toon rendering.
• Script Approximately goes for 5mins in length – but currently working on another draft to refine this.

Below is ARIKA the main character of my concept. I am thinking of changing her colours, to not be so close to that of water...