Sketch-book stuff

Hiya, I've been playing around with painting the designs on chinese dishes for concepts for the film, I have only been reading them at the moment, I haven't started any of my own stuff for how the film could look, just using that style to help get an idea of whee the style of the film could be taken.















Also from doing various readings of chinese figure paintings I have some initial character development for you to look at. I've been simplifying the forms and looking for reocuring themes such as rounded faces, curvy lines, long necks etc. Here's a reading of mine and a cartoonified example next to it plus more character development for the girl.

Ascience advert

Ive found this advert. Worth watching for the animation and style. Though I dont think we can do the ink clean up.

Captions!

Hey folks! Heres the storyboard with some captions on what the action is. This is not the final storyboard. Im still working with our editor, Toby Tomkins, on this. Scenes might be cut out, I have a feeling that this needs to be shortened a little. The pacing of the animatic and actual animation usual is different and the animation usually ends up longer. So we need to be careful we dont end up going too long.
The scenes Im thinking could be cut out are: #16 - we can merge this action with the next scene. The end of #30 and #31 could be cut out too so we wont have the boy jump backwards or the girl taunting. #51 may be one to drop too. We'll see what happens.

Chow!

LOLZZZ LMAO SMASH BROZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Found this online, doesn't relate much to our work but it's funny, I'm sure you'll appreciate it guys.

http://legendaryfrog.deviantart.com/art/Hardcorez-75608753

Animatic Version 2

Here it is! I couldnt flip the rooftop part so just remember that it should be the other way round like in the storyboard.

Hi Gang.
I´ve been doing some research and painting Chinese bowls that have patterns upon them for concept designs etc, but have also come up with an idea for the storyboard.
There´s a well known design on a dish called the Willow Pattern which has it´s own story to go with the illustration. Here´s an abstract I found online of the story:


"Two birds flying high,
A Chinese vessel, sailing by.
A bridge with three men, sometimes four,
A willow tree, hanging o'er.
A Chinese temple, there it stands,
Built upon the river sands.
An apple tree, with apples on,
A crooked fence to end my song.

Many people have never heard the true story of the willow pattern. It tells of Knoon-shee, a lovely Chinese maiden, whose affections were bestowed upon her father's secretary, Chang, but who was commanded by her parents to wed a wealthy rival suitor. She refused to comply with their wishes, whereupon her enraged father locked her up in the little house just visible on the left of the temple. From here she contrived to send a message to her lover, 'Gather thy blossom, ere it be stolen.'

Thus encouraged, Chang succeeded in entering the apple orchard and carrying off his beloved. So we see them hurrying over the bridge. Knoon-shee with a distaff, and Chang carrying her box of jewels, pursued by the angry father brandishing a whip.

The lovers made good their escape in the 'little ship sailing by' and landed on the island, which can be seen on the left of the picture, where they took refuge in the little wooden house. But the father and discarded suitor tracked them and set fire to the house while they were sleeping and so the lovers perished."

I was thinking we could have a plate with design of the temple on at the beginning that fades into the first frame of the storyboard.
Here´s an example I´ve made.

Storyboard Version 2.0!!!!!111one

Here is the latest version of the storyboard. Any other thing we can improve about it? Now some of us r off to Annecy for just over a week. So, I'll see you all soon (or later)!