Process Book

My process book for this semester is going to be similar to the last one, but it will have far more content. Here's what I plan to put in it:

The spring project proposal
Seminar reflection paper
Senior year reflection
Screenshots of the website I am making
Screenshots of the final animation
Photos of my space in Proximity.
The postcard from Proximity
Smaller prints of the characters from Proximity
DVD featuring the completed final animatic, final animation, the demo reel and all the animations I had in Proximity.

Animation Website

I'm currently trying to make a website using the program iWeb. Here are some screenshots.

Spring Reflection / End of Semester Plans

The opening for Proximity was about what I expected. I don’t think there was too much trouble. Installing the work was confusing at first, and I did have some trouble formatting DVDs for the screens I was given, but I was happy with the result. If I could change something about it I would’ve put the demo reel I just made into the show. I also wish I had some good quality concept sketches to put in the show, but that would pushing the boundaries of how much space I was given, which I was already doing. I would feel a lot more comfortable about installing another show in the future.

            My senior thesis project is technically completed, but in my eyes it’s the bare minimum of completion. A lot was cut out of my project to make sure that it was ready to be on display at my senior show. Right now, it’s satisfactory to me, but I will come to be more proud of it once it goes through a lot more tweaking. It’s very unpolished compared to the work I usually produce; it doesn’t even have sound yet. I will resume this project, but I do think I pushed myself past my limits while working on it and I need to take some time away from it so I can be more enthusiastic about coming back to working on it later. There are other things I have to work on in the meantime. I do promote myself already by posting my videos on websites YouTube and Vimeo, but I need to go even further and find even more video sites to post my work on. I have already made a demo reel, as suggested during my review before the show, and I am currently working on making a business card for myself, although I won’t have it printed until I can find myself a permanent address. I also need to make a website for myself, which I’m looking forward to doing. I also have been brainstorming ideas for animations I can make after graduation, so I keep myself busy. I don’t really have a deadline for any of these tasks, but I work fast and it’s safe to say most of it can be accomplished in the remaining month before graduation.

Everything I'm Putting In The Show

One monitor will play my work from seminar:

Completed animatic with sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RyvBtOdky0

Completed final animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJuiM49yfc

Along with this I'll have my printed characters and possibly storyboards and/or screenshots of the animation.




The other monitor will play previous animations I've made:

The More You Don't Know Parodies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-FmL_ov1qs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmJ68XChNwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTPMwUer_eI

Dance Of The Cloud People:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0_a7FEs_I

Swat That Fly!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWOu6ZboWrA

Doll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acbXT-NW10M

Super Montserrat Fighter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0V7-f0j5d0

Beautiful World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouxJkRs_OX0

Animation Update 03/28/12

New additions since last update:
       -New animation of the dog's delayed reaction at the starting line.
       -Little tweaks to things like the background crowds, rejected notice.
       -Completed animation of the tortoise falling into the pond.
       -The footage of the hare climbing up after the bridge has been extended.

I have a lot on my mind and a lot less time to work on this project therefore, changes are going to be made that were not in my original plan.
I sought critique from someone outside of class that has not seen my progress on this animation in a long time. My goal was the get the opinion of someone who has not seen the work in progress over and over again. Much to my delight, they said that most of the story reads cohesively as it is now, meaning I only need to add a few more things. Most of the scenes that do not appear in this current edit are going to remain left out of the final piece.
With that said, here is a list of scenes that will be cut or altered:

Scenes altered:
       -The scene with the sheep setting the pitfall trap will be cut, and replaced with a scene after the hare falls in the hole showing that the sheep was watching the hare fall in.
       - The explosion on the bridge has been what I've wanted to animate the least since this project started, so we will instead see the hare running on the bridge and get a view under the bridge of explosives attached to the bridge before seeing the sheep push the trigger. The explosion will be left out and will go right to the scene where the hare falls down the gap, perhaps with some wooden debris sprinkled in. Since the explosion is different this means the gag with the chunk of land being sent in the air is now cut.

Scenes cut entirely:

       -The dog stopping at the fire hydrant.
       -The ending with the sheep being squished by the chunk of land, due to the explosion now being off-screen. There will be some sort of gag at the end however, most likely the sheep getting squished by another boulder pushed by one of the other characters.

Things I'm still unsure of:
       -I'm not sure what to do about the scene with the mirror. I will likely take it out, but then I also need another excuse for the dog to stop so the tortoise can collide with him later on.
       -Sound...I'm looking to see if I can get someone else to make sound for me. However, sound is not near the top of my priorities.

So, it's been a while since I've posted. Now you know what I've been working on and thinking about. So my project may not be done in time for the show, but it should be done shortly after.

Animation Update 03/07/12

This week I put each of the new walk cycles in their respective places and added crowds to each scene that needed them.

Animation Update 2/29/12

Even though a lot of time has passed since I last checked in, I couldn't accomplish a lot while I was sick, unfortunately.

New additions to this update:
          -New scenes involving the hare
          -New backgrounds
          -New walk cycles are featured at the end of this
                 (they will be moved to their appropriate scenes later)

Animation Update 2/08/11

I try to put in 5 hours a day on this. Usually during weekdays, it ends up being 4, and on weekends it ends up being 6 or 7, so it evens out.

New additions since last time include:
       - Finished backgrounds added to scenes that previously had blank backgrounds
       - The characters now move when you see them at the starting line for the first time
       - New animations of characters stretching
       - Slight tweaks to things, a lot of them involving the sheep
       - A bird's eye view of the characters approaching the lake, which was not in the storyboard or animatic. It replaces a different shot of the characters running towards the camera, which would have been much more difficult to animate.
       - Getting closer to the last scene; the rocket breaking down.

Animation Update 2/01/11

I'll try and have a weekly update on my progress.
So, here's everything I worked on since the semester began.

Previously in Design Seminar...

Just to show off my progress on my animation so far, here is video of my animatic (preliminary version) that I completed around the beginning of December, and what bits and pieces I have done of my final animation so far, as of last week: