Applied Animation- Finishing Anamatic, Presentation, Set Designs -Week 6

Finishing Anamatic, Presentation, Set Designs -Week 6

This week was a busy week as it was the build up to the presentation for next week. I am so proud of the work I have been able to achieve with the animatic as our tutor said it was nearly a finished digital animation. Although it is still jittery and sketchy, it shows enough detail and movement to let the audience understand what is going to happen. The slight colour, lets the characters stand out and the leaf change become more obvious. This was a lot of work to complete but I didn't want to let the group down so I worked hard to complete the animatic early. This can now go on the presentation and show what needs to be completed.

This is the background mood board for what we hope to produce. This will either be in digital or watercolour depending on what the set will look like physically. This is to make sure that the overall look will be coherent. As long as I can make it look dense, green and full, it will work for what it is supposed to be portraying.

Here are some designs of different rainforest trees that were a possibility for either the Orangutan tree or the trees surrounding. I did these in watercolour to quickly show colour and what the background could possibly be built up to look like. These concepts were to test out the trees possibility for a nest that the Orangutan's could be in, the taller trees could all work as they have lots of foliage to cover the nest and keep them safe inside, but the smaller ones are obviously more for the surrounding forest trees.

To figure out what the sets will physically look like, I started sketching out what they will look like for both designs. The first, very closed in and safe for the animals inside, and the second open and free like forests should be, yet sadly showing deforestation from construction vehicles. This set will be shown at the end. These were done in watercolour again to carry on the aesthetic from before. These really helped my team understand what I was wanting to create and gave them a chance to look into what needs to be achieved and how their characters will be placed within the first set.

This is a close-up of doing set 2 and adding the construction vehicles and deforestation into the scene. This also will help show the scale of the set and how big it needs to be compared to the toy vehicles. The stumps will replace the trees half way through to show the change, so they will be placed within the set and the ground will be made browner. The ground placed on the greener set before this stage, can then be brushed off so the change can be seen.

Set 1 is a lot more closed and close packed in. The leaves will be going up the edges and the tree stump can be seen showing at the back corners and across the front showing it to be more enclosed, but also adds more depth. It will then be covered with twigs and straw to build the nest. I have also included, along with various notes, the camera view, so the corners and edges cannot be seen so it has no harsh corners, only curves.

This is set 2 in its two stages. The green stage at the beginning before the destruction, and then the redder scene from when it has been destroyed. I have made this harder for myself as I have added extra trees, but I feel they are needed to show the depth of the forest and how packed in the trees are, so it shows by the end they have all been cut down, the scale of how much forest that they plough down and burn. the tree will also have vines and different branches going everywhere so it looks more realistic to what we are trying to show. The set has to match what the puppets will look like so hopefully they will all go together and immerse the audience.

This is the plan for the set 1. This shows more detail on how it will be constructed and what it will be constructed using. This is so that when it comes to making the sets, I have something to follow and use as a guide. 

This is the second set and how I am going to build it. It shows how I will be using mesh, foil, paper mache and then glue gun glue for the texture. This is how I will be hoping to build it as we dont want to spend a huge amount just on materials. This is why I will have to try and source as many as I can to keep the price down.