Week 5.2 - Rough boards and concepting.

Oh, Progress..

Between being sick and working, I managed to scrap up some rough storyboards and a little.. Story of the animation I plan to make.

Posting them up here to keep track of progress:

Storyboards

I said rough, I meant really rough...

Story
Synchronising the life of two characters and their feelings for each other, despite how far apart they are. The world behind the glass screen of the internet is one that can be quite heart warming, unique and yet so lonely.

These two characters are shown to be so empty until that moment when they are connected once more, only seperated by the glass. Then the smiles say it all. Touchy and personal, to me. :)

Characters
Two characters in this one. Keeping it simple and personal. Each character resembles a person in my life (one of them being me.. ha..).

Each has a small profile. :)


Keiiri
Keiiri is a caring yet insecure character. She loves to draw and play games and has a intense light sensitivity. She spends 90% of her time online, playing with friends and sharing her time with those closest to her. She panics very easily and can get easily confused.











Teiiri
Teiiri is a laid back character, he likes to sit back and let things happen around him. He's learning to take responsibility. He's quite the musician, playing guitar and keyboard for Keiiri. He spends all his time between working, playing games and chilling with his music.









Overview of shots
As my theme is syncronisity, the shots will swap back and forth between Keiiri and Teiiri (my characters). Each character has a main colour that will make the scenes for each one a little easier to work out for the viewer. Colour toning it in After Effects will be fun..

Purple = Keiiri

Blue = Teiiri

Start:

Fades in from White.

Camera is looking down at the room, panning over to the left from the window to the bed. The duvet is up in a lump. 

Side view of the middle portion of another bed, Teiiri sits up with his back arched and looks down.

Floor view of the room, with the side of the bed and a door in view at an angle. Keiiri's feet come down to the floor, wait a moment then walk towards the door.

Close up of the door handle, Teiiri's hand reaches forward and pulls it down, opening the door.

Keeping the same camera, with the door now opened, Keiiri steps into the bathroom.

An over the shoulder shot of Teiiri's reflection in the mirror, he's washing his face with a towel.

As the towel comes down, Keiiri is there instead of Teiiri. You can't see her eyes, just from the mouth down.

It zooms in on her frown a little before fading out to black.

You hear a door closing.

Fades in from black

Keiiri is leaning on the bathroom door, now closed, hugging her side.

Teiiri is off centered from the camera, leaning on the door frame with his hand.

Reverse view, looking from behind Keiiri towards the window. it pans over to the right and fades to

Reverse view, looking from behind Teiiri towards the window, it stops panning to the right for a moment as he bows his head downward.

Fades out to black

Fades in to a close up of the laptop power button, Keiiri's finger presses the button as it lights up.

Close up and pans from the desk to Teiiri's hand on the mouse.

3/4 view of Keiiri, looking from the surface of the desk. Her dark sad face lights up before she smiles.

Close up view of the corner of the monitor. Keiiri's hand appears up on the screen.

Teiiri's hand touches her's on his side of the screen, keeping the same view.

Swaps to an over the shoulder view of Keiiri, looking at the screen, it pans out to the left, showing Teiiri on the monitor.

Fades out to black
End

And with that, I can try an animatic and get into animating my final piece. Should all be test animations from here. So chuffed I got an idea, finally!

Watch this Space~