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LIMBS & WINGS
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BEHIND THE SCENES
The challenge = create a bi-weekly short dance film.
[UPDATED: given the recent UEFest announcement about potential 2024 plans.... *ahem* the revised 2023 Q4 mission, should I wish to accept it (I do), is to see how many narrative & non-narrative animated shorts I can complete in 3 months... and I only get a point for each COMPLETED film (min runtime = 1min excluding credits). No further revisions allowed to the mission :P]
I've been working on a new short - which is to be submitted to a couple of places at the end of the month, so figured I might as well document my process and use this project as the first instalment.
BWS#01
Here's the steps I'll be taking to complete the project.
During the EPIC bootcamp I noticed that the animation started to come together more fully in my head once I had nailed the sound for the piece. So, I've popped 'sound' at the start of my project steps.
STEP ONE: CREATE/SOURCE SOUND
STEP TWO: FIND/CREATE ELEMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE/DANCE
STEP THREE: CREATE MOODBOARDS
STEP FOUR: DECIDE ON TECHNOLOGY KEY FEATURES
STEP FIVE: STORYBOARD
STEP SIX: PULL ROUGH VERSION TOGETHER
STEP SEVEN: POLISH
STEP EIGHT: BUST OUT A STANDARD VERSION (& A V360 VERSION?)
STEP NINE: SHARE FINAL OUTPUT (SHARE WIPS ALONG THE WAY)
Storyboard Brainstorm 01:
I was toying with the idea of having this alien gamer controlling the moves of our winged dancer and the abstract dancer. This set was originally made for the bootcamp animation. (Controller to be attached to hands)
Sound/Moodboard 01:
I found the sounds of Szegvari and instantly connected with them! Here's a combination of 4 tracks by Szegvari, I was aiming for a runtime of under 5mins. I also love the lens flares from the projected lights in this version of the render.
Technology 01:
After looping the track over the last week, I'm now thinking I might cut the gamer scene & focus on 2 elements: the dancer & the griffin (which I discovered in the Fellowship). Thus tech = rigs, animationBPs & mocap (done during DYCP).
After looping the track over the last week, I'm now thinking I might cut the gamer scene & focus on 2 elements: the dancer & the griffin (which I discovered in the Fellowship). Thus tech = rigs, animationBPs & mocap (done during DYCP).
Art&
Power
Here is BWS#01 from my Q4 2023 challenge.
About
#1 is officially in the bag! Whoop whoop :)
I originally wanted to flesh out this short film with more elements but after doing the math, (number of ideas divided by weeks in Q4) I realised that I ain't got time for all the bells and whistles... esp as right now, for this challenge, completion trumps perfection.
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