Test Animations

Test Animations

Scroll Unroll

I am testing the frame rate of the character opening the scroll.

Unfortunately the armature doesn't stand very well on it's own so will try this again with a rig.

Scroll unroll using the character rig.

Beach Walk

Quick walk cycle using the external extension rig.
This cycle would have worked better if I had the tie-downs, so that I could secure the leg the character is putting the weight on to the floor.

Second try at a cycle and I think the key poses are ok, but I think I'm bending the legs too much on the down poses.

Test scene using the wheel

Another take, moving the focus onto the wheel.

Lookout scene test

Removing green screen tests

Test of the sea swaying movement

Overlaying the mist

Monster Scene

Monster Scene

Like the introduction scene, I wanted this image to be 2D so that it bookends the film.

I have used the final image from the book and repainted it to make the colours more simple but striking. This will help the image stand out as it will only be on the screen for a short amount of time to make the viewer want to see the full film to find out what happens.

I have used my island set for the background so that it still fits in with my stop motion film.

Based on the book Here Be Monsters text © Jonathan Emmett 2013 and illustration © Poly Bernatene 2013, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

Introduction Scene

Introduction Scene

This is the scene that comes after the titles and the narrator speaks about Captain Cut-Throat.

In the book this image is used before the story begins so I thought the use of 2D with my 3D character would be a good introduction to my film because it is showing an image from the book to start with and will ease the viewer into the next scene that will be stop motion puppets. I will also have the last scene of the film in 2D so that it bookends the film in the 2D book style image.

To do this I made the poster in photoshop and brought it into Toon Boom, along with and a colour changed version of the background used for the cabin scene.

I will then animate a knife being thrown at the poster in Toon Boom.

I will add a photo of Captain Cut-Throat when the puppet is finished.

Adding the knives being thrown was a big task for me as I haven't used Toon Boom much before. I asked one of my class mates to help me with this.

I felt that the first knife being thrown was too slow and didn't look realistic.
I edited the timing and I think that it looks much better.

I have now added the narration to the scene and I think it makes the gaps between the knives being thrown seem shorted than they were before the narration was added.
I still need to add the overlap of the poster on the knives so it looks like they have stabbed through the poster.

Adding the overlap of the poster.

When adding this scene into After Effects I found that the scene ended too suddenly so I have moved the second knife throw forward to give enough time at the end for it to fade out.

I've made this image to use a place setting for when I add the image of my puppet.

Based on the book Here Be Monsters text © Jonathan Emmett 2013 and illustration © Poly Bernatene 2013, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

Monster Eggs

Monster Eggs

For the island scene I have had to make two sets of the eggs, one set closed and 

the second cracked open.

These will be attached to the island with blue tac so that they can be changed easily.

I have made the monsters that come out of the eggs from Sculpey.

Based on the book Here Be Monsters text © Jonathan Emmett 2013 and illustration © Poly Bernatene 2013, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books.