LAUAN603 - Shot 11

"Shot 11" took over two weeks to complete.
It is perhaps the most complex sequence in terms on animated acting and one of the longest sequences in the entire film. Despite being a complete pain to colour, I am incredibly pleased with how this turned out. I think this sequence might be the best thing I've ever animated so far - almost everything about it works so well. Hopefully the rest of the film can keep up this level of quality.

The file size of the clip is too big for Blogger, so here is a Google Drive link: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tk7Shsseq--h2f8Vozk2OE1K7txJ5Wpm

Today I also began the roughs for Shot 12.
Since we lost the ability to use the uni's facilities this Wednesday, I want to make as much progress on this sequence as possible as it is also one of the more challenging scenes in the film and I would prefer to get most of it done in the more comfortable and practical set-up that uni provides, although the rest of it I will do at home with my own copy of TVPaint.

(Update: never mind we're in lockdown)

LAUAN603 - Storyboards for the Mythical Deer

The other day I agreed to help out on Petra's film by storyboarding the opening paper cut-out sequence and providing an animatic (see bellow).

 

I provided 2 versions with slight differences in timing and shot composition.
I also opted to help animate the scene. With the current state of things however, I'm unsure as to what will come of that.

LAUAN603 - Much ado about Music

When it came to the soundtrack for 'Stupid Question', I had a plan and three backups:

Plan A: Get in touch with music friend from home to see if he'd like to do it.
Plan B: Contact a music student.
Plan C: Look on Fiver.

Plan A fell through, so I'm currently attempting contact with a music student I met the other month. Hopefully they won't be too busy, especially since the film doesn't need much doing for it.

LAUAN603 - Full Speed Ahead

With the voice actor situation finally coming to an end, I wasted no time when it came to knocking out some more animation for the film. The following clip is the first time I've animated Ben and it was completed in just a few hours:

Much like I have done with Rover's close-up, I will redraw the background in order for it to look cleaner. I encountered a strange issue when it came to the audio file of this clip. where it would randomly make a sharp clicking sound at around the 1 second mark. After some research, this was resolved by converting the file from .mp3 to .wav. Hopefully this problem doesn't come up again, or at least not too often.

The next major hurdle to tackle is the film's soundtrack.
Stay tuned...

*UPDATE* Done another one. I've still got to get the hang of making the books appear consistent because they're a bit too wobbly at the moment. Also, the audio file in this one sounds off - will need to work on that.