The Dark, Dark Tale: Storyboard

Storyboard:

The idea for this animation is to have one continuos shot traveling through the environments. This is a little difficult to show via storyboard stills so I made a quick animatic to show the movement of the continuos shot. As it stands at the moment the sequence is 1:13. I hope to make this longer but without doing the animation it is difficult to determine just how long it will be.

The music I have added is form Edward Scissorhands soundtrack by Danny Elfman. This is a better example of the music I would like than by pervious test shot.

Storyboard:

The next stage of development will be to complete designs and concept art which in turn may inspire a more detailed storyboard.

The Dark, Dark Tale: Idea Development

One of my favourite short stories was The Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown so I decided to animate this tale. Having just finished my Time Based Narrative which involved a lot of running cycles and frame by frame animation I wanted to explore using the camera to create movement.

After Effects virtual cameras have many settings which can be changed and used to create dynamic shot through what would have been a 2D image. I used this tutorial to get me started on my camera work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ax8s3Ftkw&list=FLHNSkJVo8XO8-WpCtHQtLdg&index=2&feature=plpp_video


This is a 17s test clip of how the animation might look like. There I explored colour and form of the environment and tested how the camera might move around. I also experimented with aperture and focal distance. The music is form Avatar by James Horner. I used this music temporarily to help emphasises the atmosphere but for my final animation I would like to collaborate with a music composure to create a score to fit the spooky atmosphere I wish to convey.

The Dark Forest: