Stiiill Working

Still just chuggin' along on animation. I've completely finished the first scene (JD fights the alien and talks to the reporter), the second scene (Introduction and conversation between Staticat, Jerry and Biscuit), the third scene (Jerry and Staticat attempt to rob a bank), the fourth scene (Jerry/Staticat conversation) and the sixth scene (final Jerry/Staticat conversation). That's about three or four minutes of total animation done!

I've just got three big scenes to finish- I've drawn all the elements of the fifth scene and just need to animate it, which I'm hoping to get done on Sunday.

Theeeen, I've got the new finale that I've written. I've started drawing up the new content for it, but still need to draw some of the characters and finish up the backgrounds. I haven't recorded sound for the new ending yet as well because my actors haven't been available, but I've arranged to record it this Monday, so I'll have that in the can! I'm a lot happier with this new ending than I was with the old one. And, what's better is that it's a lot less complex than the other ending (I'm going to miss the mountain of cats, but that means there's a jillion less cats to draw).

Next week I'll work on putting the mouths into the story, which I forsee as being really tedious. Depending on how long it takes me to draw and animate the new ending, I'll see if I can start designing the soundscape and maybe I'll have it ready by the time I present!

I also need to touch base with the band I talked to last semester and see if they'll have any time to record some music for me within the next couple of weeks. This animation doesn't necessarily NEED a lot of music, but I'd love to at least have some original music for the opening and closing credits and maybe a couple of stings for ~dramatic effect.

...Speaking of the credits, I hadn't even thought about that. I've been too concerned with doing the animation part. I might see if I can squeeze something out that's more than just boring white-on-black text, but that's also something I can jazz up later.

-Jordan

WHOOO

So, I've been forgetting to blog... mostly because I've just been constantly working on this animation! Auughh.

The Wiggler Tool has been a LIFESAVER. It's definitely saved me HOURS of tedious head-moving.

I decided over Spring Break to change the ending a little. I had been unhappy with it for a long time and finally decided that it wasn't worth me animating an ending that I knew I didn't like just for the sake of getting it done. So, I need to rerecord a bit of the dialogue still and need to animate another two minutes or so, but I really think that it's going to ultimately make the project... and ME... a lot  happier.

I decided that I'm doing a more anime-style for the mouths. Minimal movement.

I've finished all the content (save some elements of the new ending) and laid it all out in approximate chunks on the timeline and begun animating. There's still some fine-tuning that I could do, but the basics of the story are all there!

Sound design is going to be a bitch. I've started gathering together sound effects, but I need to start creating the soundscape.