AX3001 - Animation Research & Development

Having taught over the production, I realized that some of the scenes were a little too long, and furthermore, the timeline was a little longer than I initially calculated, and furthermore, due to the delay from certain voice actors, I was forced to simplify some of the scenes because of their delay. With those evaluations made, I decided to look for new voice actors as well as improve some scenes in the animation without having to water down the story or the message itself which is the heart of the short animated film.

I found a very interesting tutorial on perspective, and I think this can be very helpful in the production as the short film has diverse angles within each location. http://www.animeoutline.com/perspective-drawing-tutorial-for-beginners/ I also did a little research on character concepts. When working on my characters for the short film, I can recall a tutorial I watched, particularly this one: Understandably, drawing/animating characters from side view can be quite tricky, particularly if you are animating lip-sync. However, remembering this tutorial has helped me to make improvements on that area when drawing my characters from that viewpoint. Additionally, seeing that character side views can come in diverse forms, I hope to experiment more on this to enhance my skills in animation. 

With the animatic and storyboard out of the way, production begins for the animation Waiting. Currently, casting calls are open for anyone who is interested in taking any roles in the animation: https://www.castingcall.club/projects/waiting-d5b0a707-a19a-4e08-a264-4e489a3e4d8b http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/members/FCU777/casting-call/Waiting/ CHARACTER SIGNIFICANCE VOICED BY Bridget Manuel Protagonist Faith Ukwuomah Samuel Okechukwu Protagonist Jedipony1992 Cassie Ducane Antagonist Faith Ukwuomah Amber Scarlet Antagonist Becky Morris Felix Ranch Antagonist Thomas Walsh Bradley “Brad” Olly Antagonist Unknown Millicent Jean-Prix Antagonist ???? Patrona Rabboni Antagonist Cori Davis Fabiola Candiolo Antagonist Fiona Middlehurst Satan (the devil) Antagonist Thijs Aldenkamp God Supporting Nick Copeland Jesus Christ Supporting Ryan Shields The Holy Spirit Supporting Finnister Mrs Manuel Extra Faith Ukwuomah CHARACTER CONCEPTS ...

Having finished the animatic for the TV series, production begins. There are a few things that could be improved; among those would be voiceover in which I had to ultimately economise as the original voice actors left me hanging. I had to replace them with new voice actors for certain roles in the animation. ANIMATIC SKETCHED SCENES STORYBOARD