Some animation

Animation in the first two shots completed last week. The movement in the boy's run is a little jerky, and I might update it after I finish everything else. I feel like I'm still keeping pretty well to the schedule, although I will probably go over by a week or two in order to finish and color all the animation.

2/16 progress Update from Stacy K on Vimeo.

Rough animation

Over the past couple of weeks I have completed all the rough animation for my film. Several of the scenes still need to be worked out in terms of timing, I feel as if it is sometimes rushed, but if I extend several scenes even by a little bit, that will add more length to my film. I'm at two minutes nineteen seconds right now, and would not want to extend it any further. That said, I'll still add more frames where needed now that I'm starting cleanup. The last scene in this work reel is a pan that needs to be worked out, which is why the characters just walk off the screen.

Untitled from Stacy K on Vimeo.

Updated poster

I've tweaked the one-sheet design to reflect some changes I made. I'm sure I'll work more on it before completing the final version at the end of this semester.

Bus stop model

I've built a simple Maya model of the "set" I'm using for my film to help me with perspective issues when doing layouts. I'm taking screen grabs and then drawing over them.

Work reel update

This is my work reel so far. I plan to finish all rough animation by February and then work on final animation.

Updated animatic from Stacy K on Vimeo.

Backgrounds

I've done a couple backgrounds from the first part of the film over the winter break to get the feel of what I want the finished film to look like. While I like the partially realistic style, my finished film will probably look rougher to better match the backgrounds to the animation. Once I do some clean up, I'll know more about how I want the whole thing to look.

Updated character sheets