17/10/2016 - Capstone

My animatic is complete, I just need to put it into after effects now and put in the time codes. The scene will end with Slade and the creature charging head on at each other and clashing creating a powerful energy field.

I am going to create some quick style guides before I go into animating it so I can get an idea of what colors to use.

13/10/2016 - Capstone

Iv had to add in a few more shots that were not in my story board to make everything flow better and tell the story better (as well as ending it sooner than anticipated) I now just have one shot left to do and it will be a shot of Slade and the creature charging toward eachother and the scene will cut as theyre about to clash. This was suggested to me by Mike. I will begin my rough animation very soon.

Slade is whacked into the wall by the Lizard creature. He falls to his knees and brushes off the ruble. 

10/10/2016 - Capstone

I have started running out of time to complete my animatic so I have decided to cut it short and end it in the middle of the fight sequence. This means I have had to change some of the shots and add some new ones so that it does not just end abruptly in the middle of the fight.


This is what I have completed so far and I will only be adding in 1 more shot to end this so I can start animating it as soon as possible.

08/09/2016 - Capstone

I have started work on my animatic and I have reached shot 6 and started on shot 7. Some of the challenges I have faced have been trying to get Slade drawn on model. I think to over come this I will take the best drawings of him and then use them to correct the other drawings of him in other shots ( for example in shot 5 he isnt drawn as well as I drew him in shot 6). I think what has been working well for me is that I knew exactly what i wanted to happen in this scene from the start to the very ending, I just had trouble thinking of how I wanted to show it in the shots at first.  Now that I know exactly how I want the shots and camera angles, The animatic wont take long to finish even though I am behind schedule for it. 

29/08/2016 - Capstone

Today I basically finished my storyboards ( I have maybe 2 or 3 left to finish) and I can get started on my animatic now. Starting from where my last storyboard finished off, Slade follows the reptile creature into the woods. He stops and shouts out " I know youre out there, and I know why youre following me.. Show yourself!!". The creature jumps out from a tree branch and kicks Slade to the ground. The creature then charges towards Slade in an attempt to slice him up with is tail and sharp claws, but Slade uses his telekinesis to lift up a large rock and smack the creature out of the way and into a tree. The creature then wraps his tail around the rock, and slings it towards Slade who narrowly misses it by ducking. The creature, now furious, runs and jumps towards Slade in what would be a fatal attack, but Slade is saved by the Aliens who appear in their ships and trap the creature in a stasis field. This is where I got up to and after this they lift the creature up into the sky and vanish from sight along with the creature. Slade then lights up a cigarette and blows smoke out and then that will be when the credits show.. 

25/08/2016 - Capstone

This week I finished off the rest of my model sheets and have almost completed my rough storyboards. The challenges I have faced with this were mostly trying to find the right camera angles for my shots and I still need to change the opening shot of the house to a more interesting angle because at the moment it looks quite flat. I will resolve this problem by researching online more about camera angles for shots (in this case the opening shot)

I have an idea of exactly what I want to happen in this scene and so it shouldnt take long for me to finish off the rest of the storyboards and then get the animatic completed shortly afterwards ( especially now that iv had the experience of making one) I will try and finish the animatic off this weekend and if I get it done then I would have caught up to my schedule and I can start animating sooner than i anticipated.