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He’s also, among many other things, is also a top of his class veterinarian, therapist, and geneticist! He is the creator of the revolutionary and mysterious gene modifying phasemids that will change the modern world as we know it! They probably would sooner if they didn’t, you know, cause the user’s head to explode like a melon. 

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We started planting our real life odd garden today too!

As of now  the production on 'oddbots' will take a brief hiatus until the end of the semester, allowing the team to focus on other assessment items. During the break the team will continue to work on the short by developing a more detailed animatic with finalized shots and a resolved ending. A 3D animatic/previs will also be developed with basic modelling and character blocking, this will allow us to begin taking up our own individual production roles and is essential component for the background artists to start working.

During the process of developing the animatic, the team ended up creating two endings for the short. This version has a warmer feel which seemed to fit the overall tone of the film. From the feedback after presenting the animatic, the audience had a more positive response to this alternate ending and provided the team with some additional thoughts. One key component we took away from the feedback was creating a more emotional connection with the audience. This idea that the lamplight gives light to the world and in return receives the light back in his life through the kind act of another robot. In this new ending the we also wanted to play with more dynamic shots making the short more cinematic. Although there are some missing frames, for instance when the lamplighter trips on the rock, he would actually fall onto the ground and we would show the light bulbs scattering. There would also be another shot of the lamplighter looking dazed which leads into the shot where the robot is out of focus and tilts her head slightly. While this ending is not final, we are in the process of trying to create a similar feel and a stronger message that the viewer will take away from the film. We hope to develop another more detailed animatic during the break with a finalized ending, improved cinematography and lock down all the shots as the 2D/3D integration cannot change.

'Oddbots' The Original Animatic (2014)