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Ellie Baily-Jones UP727902

Group Project Production Diary

Term 1 Week 1 - This week, before the rst !ro"# #ro$e%t le%t"re we were taske&with #ro&"%in! a n"mber of moo& boar&s to hel# f"rther %larify the art &ire%tionof the animation' With re!ar&s to how the work was s#lit "#, it was &e%i&e& that

myself an& J"lia were to fo%"s on the (fantasy) #art of the animation where the%hara%ters are #layin! (the *oor is ma&e of la+a) in an ima!inary +ol%ano' "se&Pinterest, imeo an& !oo!le ima!es to n& referen%es for ol%ano)s an& .a+a, as

well as &ra!ons, as we #lanne& to in%l"&e a &ra!on as #art of the animation'/"rthermore, we &is%"sse& the storyline' nna, the &ire%tor, wante& the

animation to be &one in animation for the be!innin! an& en& #art, an& for thefantasy #art of when they)re #layin! (the *oor is ma&e of la+a) to be &one as a

/lash animation'


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en$oye& #ro&"%in! these moo& boar&s as it allowe& me to take into%onsi&eration &i3erent &esi!n styles an& fo%"s on the sort of %olo"r s%hemes wesho"l& be "sin! for the animation' /or the +ol%ano, %on%l"&e& that the %olo"rssho"l& be mainly re& an& #"r#le, as it wo"l& %reate a moo&y atmos#here an&a##ear more s"rreal' /or the &ra!on, after #resentin! the moo& boar& to the

!ro"# &ire%tor, she felt that the browns an& oran!es wo"l& better s"it the

&ra!on' 4owe+er, it was %onsi&ere& that the &ra!on mi!ht fa&e into theba%k!ro"n& too m"%h of the +ol%ano if the %olo"rs were too similar'

Week 2 5 fter the rst meetin! with o"r le%t"rers the tasks this week was tobe!in #ro&"%in! 6"i%k sket%hes for the &esi!n of the &ra!on' lso, as the

storyline wasn)t %om#letely %lear, it was instr"%te& that we sho"l& #erha#s%reate th"mbnail storyboar&s with +ario"s e+ents to whi%h we %o"l& then &e%i&e

later on whi%h story to !o with'


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en$oye& &oin! these 6"i%k sket%hes as it allowe& me to be e#erimental with#arti%"lar bo&y sha#es an& #atterns' Whilst sket%hin!, &e%i&e& it wo"l& make

sense to not ha+e the s%ales &rawn on the &ra!on in &etail otherwise it wo"l& be

almost im#ossible to animate in 2'


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"se& a +ery sim#le tem#late whi%h fo"n& online to %reate these 6"i%k

storyboar&s' felt that this #art of the #ro$e%t was +ery time %ons"min!, b"t alsothe most im#ortant, so feel #"t a lot of e3ort into it' Part of the story was

&e%i&in! how the !irls wo"l& !o from #layin! their !ames in the li+in! room to#layin! in the ima!inary +ol%ano' 8ne s%enario &i& was the !irls went o"tsi&e to

#lay the !ame as it meant there were more thin!s for them to be %limbin!aro"n& on, s"%h as trees or a %limbin! frame' lso, we %o"l&n)t &e%i&e how to

in%l"&e the &ra!on in the story, so tho"!ht #erha#s the &ra!on %o"l& be hi&&enin a #ile of treas"re, to whi%h he then $"m#s o"t s%arin! the !irls an& makin!

them (fall into the la+a) an& sna##in! ba%k into reality'


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&i3erent s%enario'

en$oye& "sin! Photosho# to %reate the &i3erent #ie%es of %on%e#t art, so &i& a&i!ital &rawin! of


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lso in the meetin! this week we &e%i&e& that the transition from to 2 wo"l&

be &one "sin! a mat%h %"t of the !irls $"m#in! o3 the sofa then lan&in! on a*oatin! ro%k in the la+a' This hel#e& me with storyboar&in!' also %han!e& the&ra!on from emer!in! from treas"re to %omin! o"t of a %a+e, an& also ha+in!the !irl)s r"nnin! ba%k a%ross the bri&!e an& the bri&!e sna##in! makin! nna

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!ain, &i& some more %on%e#t art for the +ol%ano s%ene, an& &i& a shot of whatit wo"l& look like with the !irls %rossin! the bri&!e'

Week = 5 fo%"se& on%e a!ain this week on %reatin! %on%e#t art' "se&Photosho# to try an& %reate a &ramati% shot of the !irl)s r"nnin! ba%k away fromthe &ra!on, as knew that this was a #i+otal #art of the story' lso, nee&e& to

&e%i&e what the la+a wo"l& look like as it was *owin! #ast them "n&erneath' e#erimente& with a more soli& one with ro%ks on the to#, an& also ones with*oatin! se&iment in them' n the en&, nna &e%i&e& it wo"l& be best to ha+e amit"re of smaller ro%ks an& &arker #arts of la+a to make it look like a r"nnin!

ri+er'


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This week also starte& workin! on a more &etaile& storyboar&, as it was aske&of "s in the meetin! with the le%t"rers' lso, we were tol& that the %hara%ter&esi!ns mi!ht make more hea&way if e+eryone %ontrib"te& to some more&esi!ns'


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Week > 5 This week #ro&"%e& two &esi!n sheets for (nna) an& (8li+ia) an& trie&to make them look &i3erent b"t also kee#in! them in the style' en$oye& !oin!ba%k to ro"!h sket%hes an& e#erimentin! with %lothes an& hair styles' alsos#ent a lot of time this week workin! on some more %on%e#t art' fo"n& this onethe most &i;%"lt so far, as wante& it to a##ear as tho"!h nna was lookin!

o+er the %li3 with the bri&!e in the ba%k!ro"n&' fo"n& it &i;%"lt to !et thean!le of the bri&!e ri!ht, b"t feel in the en& it worke&'


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Week ? 5 s well as %ontin"in! with the animati%, %reate& some more %on%e#tart, this time in%l"&in! the %hara%ters in the shot' &i& a %o"#le of +ariations ofthe %hara%ter &esi!n s"%h as whether or not they sho"l& be &rawn with a bla%ko"tline an& sha&in!'

fter %ons"ltin! nna, she &e%i&e& that the best &esi!n was when the %hara%tersha+e a faint bla%k o"tline, an& the ba%k!ro"n& has no o"tline' also feel this

a##roa%h works the best as it im#lies the %artoon style with the o"tline, whereaswe %an !et away with makin! the ba%k!ro"n&s look as realisti% as #ossible'

&&itionally, &i& a %o"#le of +ersions of the rst shot of the bri&!e' a&$"ste&%ertain as#e%ts in ea%h one, s"%h as the li!htin! for the ba%k!ro"n& as well as


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the li!ht &ire%tion from the la+a' feel the &esi!n works better with theba%k!ro"n& a sli!htly li!hter sha&e than the fore!ro"n&'


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fter this +ersion, we tho"!ht it wo"l& be better to #"t both the an& 2 #artsto!ether so the narrati+e *ows better' lso, %han!e& the an!le of the shot ofthe !irls %rossin! the bri&!e o+er the la+a, as well as a&&in! a few shots of nnalookin! &own at the la+a'

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We were now ha##y to %all the animati% nishe& an& to %ontin"e workin! on o"rse%tions' We also &i+i&e& "# ea%h se%tion e+enly so we knew who was !oin! toanimati% what' The or&er !oes man&a for the intro&"%tion, me for the rst 1>se%on&s of the fantasy se%tion, nna for the mi&&le se%tion, J"lia for the en& 2se%tion an& for Warren to nish o3 the lm in '

Week 9 - s#ent some time resear%hin! isney animate& lms to n& referen%esof .a+a' There were better referen%es in the two animate& lms, #arti%"larly(la&&in)' 4owe+er, (The n%re&ibles) +ol%ano s%ene was #arti%"larly !oo& for

hel#in! with %olo"r s%heme as it was +ery similar to the s%heme we #lan to workwith'

Wre%k-t-Kal#h 5 feel like the %olo"rs are too sim#le an& similar for o"ranimation, also the la+a &oesn)t really look like how )& ima!ine o"r &esi!n tolook'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyQbX7tLRxghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyQbX7tLRxg


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la&&in - These %olo"rs feel are a bit too re& an& brown, whereas we want a#"r#le tin!e to the &esi!n' The la+a howe+er %orres#on&s to the same sort of%olo"rs that we)& like in o"r animation'


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The n%re&ible)s 5 es#ite this lm bein! , really like the %olo"rs an& tet"res

they)+e "se& for the la+a, so wo"l& like to try an& re#li%ate it "sin! #hotosho#or other me&ia'

/antasia 5 tho"!ht it a##ro#riate to resear%h any of the earlier isney lms forre or la+a referen%es' es#ite the 6"ality of this still bein! not amaLin!, feelthe %olo"rs a!ain are too re& an& they almost blen& into ea%h other so yo" %an)t&i3erentiate between ro%ks an& la+a'


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The J"n!le Book 2 5 The %olo"rs "se& in this s%ene are more eye %at%hin! than(/antasia) as e+en tho"!h the main %olo"r is oran!e, yo" %an still see the&i3eren%e between the la+a an& the ro%ks'

s well as &oin! resear%h, &i& the key frames in /lash for the whole fantasyse%tion' fter e! was ha##y with the key frames, we then &i+i&e& "# the le some, nna an& J"lia %o"l& be!in %om#letin! o"r own se%tions'

htt#sAwww'yo"t"be'%omwat%hC+D/Ly/i1PUb=

fter be!innin! to work on my own se%tion, a&&e& more key frames so it *owe&better' fter e#ortin! it as a +i&eo, &e%i&e& that a lot of it nee&e& to be slowe&&own an& for more #oses to be hel& for lon!er' lso, o"r !"est le%t"rer whotea%hes 2 animation, took a look at my work an& a&+ise& that the rst shot ofthe !irls lan&in! in the fantasy worl& was a bit %onf"sin!, an& for it to *ow betterwe sho"l& animate their whole bo&ies on the ri!ht of the s%reen so it links intothe #re+io"s #art of the !irls $"m#in! towar&s s%reen ri!ht o3 the sofas' lso,he sai& that for the %lose "# shot of the han&, sho"l& a&& n!ers' 4ere is myrst +ersion of key frames with some break&owns'

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDzyFi1PUb4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VuM5D5rImEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDzyFi1PUb4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VuM5D5rImE


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Nhristmas Break- 8+er the Nhristmas break, s#ent my time &oin! the rst #assof animation on my la#to# "sin! a tablet' 4ere is the rst #ass of animationA

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Term 2 Week 1-

e! s"!!este& that sho"l& ha+e nna t"rn aro"n& more slowly towar&s 8li+iaso it looks as tho"!h she is takin! in her s"rro"n&in!s more, rather than 6"i%klyt"rnin! aro"n&' lso, maybe that she sho"l& &o a bit of a &o"ble take so she %ana##ear more sho%ke&' fter makin! these a&$"stments, %leane& "# theanimation' wasn)t too worrie& abo"t the lines bein! a little bit sket%hy an&messy as feel this was the look we wante& to a%hie+e'

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Week 2 5 s man&a ha& mostly nishe& her se%tion, she o3ere& to hel# me%olo"r in the !irls for the animation, so with her hel# it took me abo"t 2 weeks to!et my se%tion to the best stan&ar& #ossible' 4ere is the nal %leane& "# an&%olo"re& +ersion of my animation'

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Week 5 s ha& #retty m"%h nishe& my se%tion by now, was instr"%te& bynna to start &oin! the o"tlines for the ba%k!ro"n&s for the entire 2 se%tion sowe %o"l& be!in art-workin!' "se& Photosho# an& referre& ba%k to the animati%to start &rawin! o"t the basi% lines for the ba%k!ro"n&s'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoDAFMprPOchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnLmnhL0bk&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73C0MXRdi8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoDAFMprPOchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnLmnhL0bk&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73C0MXRdi8


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tho"!ht it mi!ht be "sef"l to start &oin! the %olo"rs an& tet"res for the

ba%k!ro"n&s so we %o"l& !et the style nalise& an& %o"l& start on the %olo"rs'

fo"n& &oin! the tet"res really &i;%"lt for both the la+a an& the ro%ks'ltho"!h feel this rst test #ie%e has the ri!ht sort of %olo"rs for o"r animation,so that was one #ositi+e to take away from it' "se& !oo!le to look for t"torial onhow to #aint stoneyro%k tet"res in Photosho#, an& %ame a%ross a t"torial onhow to a%t"ally %reate a ro%k tet"re witho"t "sin! br"shes' really like thetet"re, altho"!h feel that it)s too hi!h-resol"tion for the &esi!n we)re tryin! toa%hie+e' "se& it as an o+erlay layer on the ro%ks in the same test #ie%e, b"t it&i& look sli!htly o&&, so this wasn)t !oin! to be the way was to make thetet"re'


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"se& this tet"re in Photosho# on the o#enin! shot of the animation' feel the%olo"rs of the ro%ks an& la+a %om#limente& ea%h other well' 8n%e ha& nishe&the &esi!n, "se& a&$"stment layers to %han!e the tone an& li!htin! of theen+ironment, as well as "sin! the airbr"sh tool to !i+e the ro%ks an oran!e !lowto s"!!est how bri!ht the la+a is'

a&&e& this ba%k!ro"n& an& la+a into /lash to see how all the elements to!etherlooke&' wasn)t s"re abo"t how fast the la+a boil sho"l& be so &i& a %o"#le of+ersions for nna to &e%i&e whi%h looke& more a##ealin!'

htt#sAwww'yo"t"be'%omwat%hC+DK.LHh

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e! a&+ise& that the la+a boil wo"l& look more a##ealin! if the #i%t"res fa&e&into ea%h other rather than %"t' "se& &obe Premier to %reate a loo#in! +i&eo ofthe ima!es fa&in! into ea%h other, whi%h %o"l& then be #"t into fter E3e%ts so

lon! as the (white #arts) in the ba%k!ro"n&s are trans#arent'

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXRLzDYNNhMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGXiNWwuiEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_L-UdU8qec&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXRLzDYNNhMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGXiNWwuiEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_L-UdU8qec&feature=youtu.be


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Week > 5 E.E WEEGR

%om#lete& all the ba%k!ro"n&s on Photosho# for my se%tion as well as nna)san& J"lia)s' 8ri!inally we were !oin! to &i+i&e them e6"ally, b"t &"e to timin!

an& also to make s"re the animation was %onsistent, ill"strate& all theba%k!ro"n&s'

4ere they are in or&er witho"t the la+a in the ba%k!ro"n&A


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8+erall, am ha##y with the 6"ality of my work an& feel they are %onsistenteno"!h that yo" %an tell they %ome from the same animationlm'

en%o"ntere& only a minor #roblem when #"ttin! my /lash nimation into fterE3e%ts' When "se& the (Nolor Gey) tool to !et ri& of the ba%k!ro"n& behin& the%hara%ters, there was a f"LLy o"tline aro"n& them' This res"lte& in me s#en&in!some time a&$"stin! +ario"s as#e%ts of featherin! et%, so that the %hara%ters

&i&n)t ha+e a %olo"re& line aro"n& them' fter this, it was sim#ly a %ase ofim#ortin! the &i3erent ba%k!ro"n&s as P


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in a !ro"# a!ain be%a"se en$oye& the nal o"t%ome of a bi!!er !ro"# #ro$e%t'4owe+er, there were times where tho"!ht that wo"l& ha+e #referre& to ha+eworke& on my own for lon!er #erio&s of time on %ertain thin!s, s"%h as thestoryboar& or art-workin!'

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