Army Man Animatic

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Final Animation Treatment + Work Schedule + Storyboard

Treatment 

  The world is in the midst of World War II, and Hitler is only growing more powerful. He succeeds in conquering all of Europe, and sets his sights on taking over North America. Unnamed sources claim that Hitler has access to a supernatural form of power-- the only thing allowing him to keep control of his empire. A small American fireteam rescues a British scientist who was taken hostage and forced to work in a concealed German laboratory. The rescued scientist tells the fireteam of what he's learned: Hitler's supernatural power derives from his mustache, which harnesses the power of a magic bird. The fireteam must remove the mustache to assassinate Hitler.

  The next day, Hitler is holding a party in a German palace to celebrate his reign over Europe. The fireteam splits up to sneak into the building during the party and find a way to remove the mustache and kill Hitler before he is able to amplify his power any further. I'm still working out exactly how the final act is going to go down, but it will have stealth and action and maybe an explosion

 Oh, and the characters will be cutouts of green army men toys photoshopped with whatever clothing/accessories are necessary to portray the characters. I may try to lip-sync to the dialogue, but given how time-consuming that is I would save it for last.


Work Schedule 

 October 25 - Revise script/Storyboard to finalized state
                    - Acquire images of army men figures, begin character design
                    -  Have reference images chosen for German architecture

 Nov 1 - Have Establishing shots completed, half of backgrounds completed
             - Record voiceover
             - Begin animating characters within environments

 Nov 8 – Animation halfway done, constantly listen to Mission Impossible theme for inspiration

 Nov 15 – Animation nearing completion, assemble sfx and music

 Nov 29 – Sound design completed, improve animation wherever possible


Storyboard

The storyboard covers up to the team's decision to infiltrate the party and remove Hitler's mustache-- I have some doodles for various ideas of how the last act goes, but I'll finalize the storyboard once I figure that out 100%

Exquisite Corpse - Apple Warrior part 1

Angels in America Motion Graphic

Rotoscope design plan

1 - The first frame of fifty, a tracking shot from behind the apple boy on a tree limb.

2 - The first and last frames overlapped so I can draw the tree as one image. Luckily the same section of branch was in all 50 frames.

3 - Outlined and colored tree. Left some room above and below the shot just in case.

4 - Drew and colored a field as well as a Chinese cityscape in the background. I'm planning to match it up to the background movement of the live-action shot.

5 - Added sky and the apple boy. His limbs are all separate layers, as is the sword within the sheath. This is an overview of the entire scene, but the final rotoscope will be a tracking shot within this scene, with each layer moving to match its place in the live action video.