Applied Animation: 10th - 16th April 2017

This week I was mainly working on creating my storyboards. The first of these, the jungle, was rather simple since it was more or less just the same exact idea that I made in my sketch. I first made the complete image and then worked backwards because then I could simply hide other layers to show how the camera pulls back through the layers of trees. One small change that was combined was an idea from Chloe's sketch where the monkey was swinging from it's tail. 

The second storyboard was made in a similar way. I created the finished image where the crane, buildings and train are all in line to create the square, and then I moved them further down in earlier frames to show how they move into line. I really like this idea but we have also had doubts about it because it is the most different to the others. The other idents have the square actually involved in the scenery, whereas this is just that there is an illusion of the square from other objects. We will talk about this as a group and see what could be done to make it feel more included.

The space storyboard was very simple since the main thing that is happening is the spaceman moving towards camera as the camera keeps backing away too. There wasn't too much to show in the storyboard other than camera and framing actions. The interaction of the yellow square bumps into the astronaut and makes them both float through space. I like this idea though the action of it is rather simple. I will add some subtle movement to the character as he is floating through and also some frame by frame action when he gets hit by/jumps on the square. I am very excited to do this. 

Next step is animatics. I will do this by taking the layers I have made in photoshop for my storyboards and using them as assets to animate and show the movements.