Parts of the animation

These are scenes from part of the animation which i have collected as samples/storyboard. This shows the character moving away from the scene but have left it there on purpose to make my story fit together.   

fonts at the end

This was done by cutting up letters from card and placing them on the board. Took a picture and the slightly moved it, to get a nudge effect. This was then placed in aftereffects with the other frames(characters). Only having to images as frames isn't enough, so i came up with the idea of copying/pasting it about X4 to get a long lasting nudge effect.

Some sketched expressions created

 Images of how i will go about the movement with the background.

 Sketches of the background movement. I have used only 3 movement for the patterned background. 1) being in the middle, 2) first batch moving up (whilst second batch facing down) 3) second batch moving up (whilst first batch facing down) visa-versa!

 old lips i had created which we not that effective, so i had to sketch out mouth expressions.

 Images of the different expression on the characters

 Some background pattern shapes i have created which i have considered.

 This is a quick plan/idea i am going for. something which isn't to simple yet has a great interaction with the audience.  

 Lots of mouth expressions created!

 These are sketches of the expressions for the king. To get a sense of expressions i simply listened to the track i am using and started to sing with it and captured the expressions i create with the different words.

 More expressions which could work well in the animation. Also showing the kings expressions.

Small sketches of characters used in the animation. Focusing on the facial expressions. This is a vital asset when having a person speaking/singing, too make it look more realistic.

This is a small timeline which has helped me to synchronize the lip movement with the actual person singing in the track. I have done this by pausing it every time a person speaks, then jotting down the time it was puased at. And also jotted down the time it ends, so i get an idea of when i can swap the mouth with a still version, vise-vera. This has helped me focus on getting the lips in sync with the track. 

 what the brief is asking from me

 small ideas for patterns.

 Art from Kandinsky which influenced me through the animation process.

 Apocalypto 

This is the movie Apocalypto which i think, relates with the tribal soundtrack, The scene where he runs from the baddies particularly relates to the track. 

 Work from Saul Bass which has also also influenced me. The colour used also suits the theme off the intro

 Catch me if you can

Here is research on catch me if you can which has been my influence throughout the prject. The animation they produce is simple yet effective.

 Pattern designs

Focusing on colour and layout. I quite like the effect of the raggedy style which relates well with the beat of the soundtrack.

 small ideas, whether to go for a "looking-down" or "looking face on" effect. I decided to go for a facing down effect simply because i had small parts coming from plain spaces. I wouldn't have able to have created this by having the camera "straight on".