RJ Test Animation

Since our first animatic we have had to make a few changes. Our new idea still has the same principle but we've taken out Lady Justice and focused more on the victim and offenders feelings and what they go through. We wanted to go for morphing transitions from one shot to the other. So I did a quick test animation in After Effects to see if I could do it. I'm pretty happy with it as it looks how I imagined it. I watched an interesting tutorial to help me the blobs moving along a motion path.

 

VFX 'Loving You' Storyboard

I got sent a storyboard and a concept board of the collaboration shot I am working on, which is helpful to see how and what green screen we would have to use. He did mention some more shots that he wanted to include but they were not in the storyboard, which is fine as he told me where they were going to go anyway and it doesn't really affect me as he is going to have to edit it all together anyway.

VFX Collaboration Shot 'Loving You'

An update for the collaboration shot which is now called 'Loving You'. Alex sent us some moodboards on how the room is going to look as he wants to build the room from scratch. The room aesthetic isn't relevant to me but it's nice to get a feel for what he wants to go for. The main inspiration was from an episode of MythBusters, where they glued objects to the ceiling and people were still walking around in the room.

VFX Storyboards

Here are the storyboards for two of my shots for my VFX project.

Shot 01 - Split Personality

I decided I wanted to try and imitate the Hemlock Grove advert, so I based my storyboard to the part in the advert that applies to me.

Shot 02 - Typography 

This is a rough board on how I want my shot to look. I'm not sure about the colour scheme, I might change my mind.I want to do a mix of Maya and After Effects. The word will be made and animated in Maya and then imported into After Effects to add a background and any final touches. 

Shot 03 - Collaboration

My classmate found a student who needed post production students to help on his project and I was invited to join. The student studies Fashion Photography and for his project he is making two films and I am working on one of them.

Basically the idea behind this film is that a couple has recently broken up and the woman is walking around a living room in a house she used to live in with her partner. As she looks around there will be cut shots where the room is upside down and she is on the floor. The break up has literally turned her world around. Alex wants the audience to feel uncomfortable but not enough to put them off. 

My classmate and I will be working on turning the room around.