LIVE SHOOT

Achievement! The first attempt to the storyboard is done. Though not ultimately the final one, it is a good enough foundation to kick off for the LIVE SHOOT. Yes. We are going to shoot whole of the film LIVE with a handy cam. A kind of live animatic. We are going to make a proper CG animatic later, but to get a more clear understanding of the visual story flow and timing; live shoot is the best and FAST way to attain results.

We can pre visualize the acting, emotion and effects of the film really fast and apply it. Some of our own people from the team will act and imitate the characters of the story, which are a man, a bird of prey and a tree. We cannot afford to make any mistakes in the actual production of the film as many of you may know what it costs in animation. For those who don’t know, tell you that it costs really a LOT. It can double your time of production, and that obviously means money too. And sometimes redoing the shots are not possible, so you have to carry on the production with the mistakes keeping them as a permanent flaw in your film. Compromising on the quality. So we can’t just jump into the production without getting the idea of how our story will flow ON THE SCREEN.
Is it understandable? Does it connect to the audience? Are all the shots timing perfect so as to move the story smoothly on screen? That is why it is so important to shoot live. We don’t know if this method is usually followed, but we know for sure that it helps. We will get our movie ready, SHOT AND EDITED. Then there is only a matter of making it CG. Of course that is not easy as it sounds here ;-)

Keep in touch for some of the footage of the LIVE SHOOT of the film.

Storyboard

Visual road map — Storyboarding

Here are the panels of a rough storyboard from one of the sequence of the film. We still haven’t fixed the style of the film. We are doing the storyboards and the look development of the film simultaneously.

Storyboarding is helpful to get the visual understanding and flow of the story. They are like comic panels which tell the story in a still picture format. It will later be converted into Animatics (will be described later). This storyboard is done without an actual script. It has been done as the story flowed in the mind continuously. We didn’t focus on the script prominently because the idea is still open for interpretation (& still no inputs received from u people!) and the camera angles can be drawn as they are best suited for the story. We kept the visualization very amenable to change.

The storyboard is not yet completed and we hope that the look development will be finished concurrently with it.

copyright 2008
Id Animation & Arts

A classic look....

After lots of review & R&D, soon will finalize the style, above images comes close to what we are working, any suggestion or comments invited!

Id Animation & Arts