Here it is, Meowlodrama, my final project for Animated Film Production! Overall I’m very satisfied with it. I didn’t reach all of my production milestones, as there was still a lot of inbetweening animation that could have been done, but i focused on what places that i think especially needed it. I think i underestimated doing backgrounds, as they took up much more of my time than i thought they would. I think I’m ready for post production, the only thing i think ill do over the summer is try to add the chair to all the shots that need it and smooth out just a few more places with inbetweening.

I was not as productive as i would have liked to be this week, but I am focused on creating something for the film festival. I have added the backgrounds I have and credits, plus my title to the keyframed version. I fixed the audio problems I was having. I feel like all I would really need to submit at this point is a few more backgrounds. The milestone document has been updated, with the order in which background should be done rearranged.

This week I was only able to get scenes 6,7 and half of 10 keyframed. I have adjusted my Milestone document accordingly. This put me a little behind, which means ill have to do a few more scenes of keyframing next week if I want to stay on track. I still consider this a victory though, I think 6 and 7 are some of the more substantial shots, in terms of animating, that I have. In addition i have changed the layout of this blog, and have better organized my files.

This week I did alot of experimenting with animations programs. I am so far going to stick with opentoonz, but I am considering clip studio paint as it seems like it provides me with more options drawing wise, and i think would better fit my animation style. The issue is that the version that allows animation on a full timeline requires a pricey upgrade from the version I have. I learned alot of the ins and outs of opentoonz, and feel confident in my ability to continue using it. Here are the first 3 shots of the aniamtic, with sound, done as keyframes. The animation is more rough than i would like, and I feel it doesn’t work as well without any background.

Time for a 3D animatic to figure out angles and compositions. I hope to finish all my modeling this week into the next with the extended weekend coming up

Modeling the sweets for my film has been a lot of fun! I have more coming within the week. Just have to texture them!

This week I have a rough animatic of my film. In this animatic I wanted to cover the basic story elements that are present within my film.

Some inspiration mood boards for capturing the visual aesthetic.