scene 2

here's another rough background i did

update

it's been awhile since i wrote anything. some big things have happened since my last posted, most notably: Tom Kenny is playing the voice of the Dad, one of the counselors, and one of the kids in the beginning.

Sheila mentioned the possibility of him doing the voice weeks before it happened, but I didn't hear anything until after I recorded with Jason. Sheila said Tom was interested, so I talked with him over the phone about the project and sent the script. He was into it, so he came in (while my bro Thomas was visiting which was fun for him) and he recorded for the role. He really nailed it and was incredible to work with. Gave me a little taste of what being a real director would be like, and it was an incredible high. It was awesome having my brother there too because he's a ridiculously huge spongebob fan. he kept his fanboyness inside though until after Tom Kenny left. I tried to be as professional as possible when Tom was around cuz I didn't want to come off as a geeky fanboy and told my brother to do the same. We had lots of geeking out afterward. haha.

In other news, over break I got to teach half of my sister's 7 grade classes. So i showed the film, talked about animation, and answered their questions. (When i told the faculty about this during my review, they thought it was cool and Sheila referred to it as a Focal group screening. it was funny.)the students were excited about Tom Kenny and enjoyed the story. Each class had a question about the same thing: they were all a little unclear about the locket. I've been thinking of different ways to visualize that sequence to make it more clear.

my review today went well. i have about half the animation done and did a couple color scenes. the faculty gave me suggestions and ideas to look into to make the coloring go faster--like using toonboom instead of mirage to color. hopefully that works. i'll need to check with Trixy to see how to do it. sheila said she'll check in with one of the undergrad who using mirage a lot as well.

i also started doing washes for the background. i'll have to play with them more in photoshop, pull out some color and add details to them. but its nice having washes on some of the scenes, gives me a better idea of where i'm going with the film.

my presentation at seminar last semester went well too. again, the biggest thing people pointed out was the locket sequence, so i'll just have to find a way to be more clear about her energy going into the locket so it makes more sense.