Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Revised Storyboards *UPDATED*

Sorry again that it's taken so long. Confidence in myself went down the toilet and I started second-guessing EVERY panel...and that's my excuse. That, and life gets in the way.

Anyways, if you have comments/critiques I'd love to hear 'em, but please make them specific instead of "this looks bad" or "this needs to be better" or "this isn't funny enough."  These aren't to show EXACTLY how the story will be told...but hopefully they're a good enough visual reference. Obviously we'll make changes are we start churning this thing out.




CHANGES: Larry starts on the bench so we can avoid animating a walk cycle.  REGARDING THE BRIEFCASE, it's going to be UNDER the bench...instead of on the bench and getting in the way. I forgot to remove it from number 9, so just ignore it. He sniffs the sandwich, then looks down when he hears the "coo coo"


Ignore the briefcase from 16 & 17

CHANGES: He looks at the sandwich, then at the pigeon...doing the math in his head. He slowly scoots over trying to avoid/ignore the pigeon but then SUPRISE! The pigeon's already there, waiting for him.

 Tug of war is pretty much the same, just reversed. He's on the RIGHT now and the pigeon's on the LEFT

The same, just opposite direction from before.

 CHANGES: Fixed the direction issues with the Alka-Seltzer throw. Different view of him on the ground and we actually see the pigeon hop down. Lots of pigeon walking animation. Could remove the walking (number 40) and just cut  to where the pigeon's standing there
about to eat it (number 41)...

 CHANGES: Different viewpoint for explosion. Removed the standing up/brushing feathers off part. He just sits down now, "whew glad that's over" and pulls out cookie.

Included the "Saruman Shot" as I like to call it. In the Two Towers, Saruman is up on his balcony and the camera zooms out to show the backs of the thousands of orc warriors. Hopefully we can do the same thing on a smaller, but still equally epic scale. Camera zooms out showing the army of pigeons ready to attack poor Larry.


*THE END!*











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8 comments:

  1. NeumannJuly 31, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    I really like the change with how the bird ends up biting the sandwich. I was going to say that it seemed a little bit strange at first. But you already noticed. This makes a lot more sense.

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    1. NeumannJuly 31, 2012 at 5:08 PM

      And I think it adds to the ominous stalking bird feeling when it suddenly transports to the other side of the frame and bench.

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    2. WesleyAugust 1, 2012 at 10:10 AM

      Thanks! You have no idea how many different versions I've done of that stupid pigeon biting the sandwich...

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  2. UnknownAugust 3, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    Brilliant!!

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    1. UnknownAugust 3, 2012 at 2:49 PM

      I seriously liked the first pass cuz it was cool to see your vision of the story- but now I see this and I'm just pumped up! This is great. I can imagine all the camera moves and how much fun the animators can have with their creative genius to add upon this foundation. I especially like the payoff at the end- I wasn't sure how you'd make the sauraman shot at the end wpro but I think I know what we can do to replicate the feeling you have now.

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  3. AaronAugust 3, 2012 at 5:15 PM

    I love the improvements! I especially love how the pigeon mysteriously appears next to him, and I can't wait to see how the dorky pigeon waddles to the alka seltzer.

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  4. Jeff CallAugust 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    Hey guys, Just bumped into your production blog on accident. What a fun story idea! Good luck hitting your Nov deadline!

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  5. JacobAugust 11, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Hey guys--Aaron's brother here. Can I safely make the presumption that I am your biggest fan? I think so. I'm super excited to see the final product. Keep up the great work!

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