A Little Progress

Early Animation Test

The Boy: Update

I think I'm ready to get started, the turnaround is not quite there, but I've got a good feeling about how I can do the structure. As Pere Callahan says in The Dark Tower, "It's close enough for government work."

The Boy

Before the animation begins I have to nail down the details for the boy so he is recognisable from second to second. This stage is hard for me as the burden for getting it right is heavy. Apart from how he expresses himself, the boy as I draw him now will be the same as for the last frame much further down the road.

My Norway

Edinburgh is fiddly, I feel like Slartibartfast with his fjords.

The Beginning

The first stage for creating backgrounds for this film is to lay down the black ink. The under-drawing was done in pencil and traced through using pen and paintbrush on a lightbox.

The Animatic

Our rough draft of the film. A great help for planning as it serves many purposes; to communicate something of what the final film will be, as a reminder of the vision we began with and to begin to nail down big creative decisions like pace and colour.

Uniquely this early draft also contains an early version of the score and we are lucky enough to move forward with the music already sketched out.