The Start of the final leg of pre-production

Now the style is decided, we have gone back to the drawing board, as we have a new challenge. Firstly we are looking at how do all the characters adapt how to the background. The characters are also being refined to become more animation friendly.

It is still not suitable for animation. It looks good and justifies the concept but the edgy and indefinite lines will be complex for animation. We have planned to draw the outlines then take it for coloring somewhat like in the last picture.

The storyboard is not finalized because it is not pitched yet.

Pitching means presenting and selling your content before the board of producers and directors. (We don’t have any producers, as we ourselves are producing it). Also the initial pitching did happen when we created & dropped quite a few good concepts before we zeroed onto this one. The entire process has it own life & takes its own time. As we had wanted this short to mirror our artistic aspirations, so we took our own time to come to this stage.

When you PITCH, it can be at different stages. First when you have a concept competing with others, and you have to put it forward in such a manner that the audience (Producers/Director) has to buy it. Now we have to pitch the story telling and Appeal that should be visible in the storyboards as we understand it. More about Pitching in detail in the later posts.

So when you PITCH, the worth of your Short to go thru to the final stage is judged by the performance of your content. It should appeal to the people in front of you. If it can’t tell a story here, how will it express itself to the audience? This is the second draft of the storyboard being made and it will be evaluated tomorrow..

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