Let’s talk about it in an artist’s perspective. Before starting anything, we mull over on how it is done, how it will finish, when, and in which medium. Analytical thinking which scientists use. It stays true for any type of creation. In animation filmmaking, it comes under pre-production.
We had made a short film before (Clay animated short ) learning, trial and error method. And now we will try not to make the same mistakes again in the production of this film. Someone might say we name our mistakes as ‘Experience’. Go on.
This is an experimental film. We are working on its style and look currently. We want some very stylistic and different visuals. It can be done using various methods and mediums like pencil, watercolor backgrounds, Photoshop Backgrounds, glass paintings, sand animation and on and on. We are watching masters like Michael Dodok De Wit, Caroline Leaf, Gitanjali Rao and many more with our mouths hung wide open throughout the films. They are awesome. Check out this link - www.acmefilmworks.com, which we came across Gitanjali Rao site. Well for R&D, Internet is the best option.
Pre Production is the stage where you should spend half or more than that of entire films time. We should make the entire film on paper and in our mind first. When we heard the story, everyone visualized it differently. Somebody said black and white for this part of sequence would be better and some think that it should be in a warm color tone to feel out the heat, complementing the story. We are also working on the camera angles and storyboard panels. They are random for now. We are coming up with 2d artwork as well as many digital paintings, in search for the perfect style. It is very important to put everybody’s perspective on the same table to clarify and to know what’s on other’s mind.
Watching films, drawing panels and characters and backgrounds and doing R&D and storyboarding and so much more is extensively increasing our exposure. We are doing many things at a time and that’s where true learning is.
