Animatic Update

Animation, comp tests, the usual stuff

Lately, I completed a few shots for The Magpie and test composited them. Here are the results:

And here are a few other shots I've been working on:

Here's a composition test for the opening shot. The camera movements aren't prefect yet, but the technique seems to produce something quite nice. Note the layered movement of the clouds in the background!

The Magpie: images so far

Here's a compilation of all the visual material from this blog, from the very beginning. I figure that a definitive visual summary of all that has been posted would come in handy.

Shot List

Prop Research

After Effects test for Pups

This is a little test I cobbled together in After Effects to see how easy it would be to have a tracking shot that utilised perspective and 3D, both important elements of Estelle's opening shot of Pups. It was remarkably quick and effective - the final version will have animated elements made by us instead of googled photos, of course, but it shows how much of an impact After Effects can make towards creating a real feeling of atmosphere.

Plan view for the park

The camera for the establishing shot is in red. I wanted the path to be at such an angle as to warrant an establishing shot that would show some hint of a street behind the trees - perhaps the street in the earlier scene itself.

Using this plan, we can figure out the more cinematic camera angles that occur in the climax of the film.

Further concepts will follow, but here's a still from One Hundred and One Dalmations to give an idea of where I'll be going with this.