Ahoy There.

Well, this is probably my last journal entry for this semester, and probably the year, so i figure make it a full one. and by full, i don't mean writing, i mean stuff to fill space.

I did two animatics for last week, and in finishing off my thesis pre-vis work today, i realized i never posted them. so here you are.


My class was cancelled last monday and i found myself with an abundance of time, so i was able finally iron out the timing of my scenes to the point where i was quite happy. Granted, the new timing means my composer has to rework his piece twice, as there are two pieces, each longer than the original.


http://homepages.nyu.edu/~swr227/animatic5.mov

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~swr227/animatic6.mov


There's actually big differences between these.

the first one (animatic 5) is about 2 and a half minutes, and focus more on the Robot as the primary villain, pushing the mad scientist, Dr. Skull, to a secondary role. It also includes the old west-style countershots that i've been talking about, and i think they work quite well. i'm going to have to put in some small movements to make them visually interesting, but i think it actually makes a small amount of tension. and i think it works quite well as a narrative.

the second one is about 2 minutes and 10 seconds, and puts Dr. Skull, in the driver seat as the villain, demoting the robot to a tool. Essentially, i just took out the old-west style shots between the robot and charger, threw 2 extra shots of Dr. Skull in, and extended the ones already in there. It makes it seem more like a battle of wills between hero and villain, which i like, but it may expect too much of the audience to know who's who and why they should care about the battle of wills beyond hero-vs.-villain.


truthfully, i'm leaning towards the first animatic, as i think it's more self-contained and easier to follow.


let me know what you guys think, and if i don't see ya on tuesday, Merry Christmas if ya celebrate that, Happy Chanukah if ya celebrate that, Happy something-else i might not know about, Happy New Year, and i'll see ya in late january.

adi-diddly-dios

steve