Hi there...
I haven't been posting lately because I've been hard at work on finishing my short film... and more recently on getting a job.
I also started a new website that has a blog... so I'm continuing to post there until further notice. It's just easier for me to upload slideshows and make changes.
So visit my new site at:
http://www.kennygmusic.com
Or go straight to my blog at:
http://www.kenmusicanimator.com/KennyMusicAnimator/MyAnimationBlog/MyAnimationBlog.html
Ken
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 11 - Final Layout
After getting feedback from my mentor and fellow students I decided to make a few changes to the magazine imagining part of the short. I feel it works better, please let me know what you think.
Here is the finished layout.
Final Layout in High Quality 864x480
Here is the finished layout.
Final Layout in High Quality 864x480
Monday, March 19, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 10 - Full Layout
So based on the duration of my short (1 minute) I have decided to do the 6 month class 6 instead of 3 month. This will give me the additional time I will need to finish all the animation.
So since the last time I wrote we have been working on layout. Layout is a very rough placement of the characters in the set as they will apear in the short based on the storyboard. It gave me the opportunity to scout around for different camera angles and make sure certain things working like constraints on props and music and sound effects. This was also the time to model the set and any props that I will use so I worked on the houses, the street, the fence, and the props like the weight, magazines and watter can (thanks again Alex for the flower).
So the last 3 weeks I finished the layout. I have one more week to make any changes and corrections based on student, mentor, and of course your feedback. Please feel free to show this to friends and get their first impressions. Please let me know what they say. Is it clear? does it make sense? if something is unclear, what is it? Do they find it funny? If they think something needs to be fixed, what is it?
Here is the finished layout.
Layout in High Quality 864x480
So since the last time I wrote we have been working on layout. Layout is a very rough placement of the characters in the set as they will apear in the short based on the storyboard. It gave me the opportunity to scout around for different camera angles and make sure certain things working like constraints on props and music and sound effects. This was also the time to model the set and any props that I will use so I worked on the houses, the street, the fence, and the props like the weight, magazines and watter can (thanks again Alex for the flower).
So the last 3 weeks I finished the layout. I have one more week to make any changes and corrections based on student, mentor, and of course your feedback. Please feel free to show this to friends and get their first impressions. Please let me know what they say. Is it clear? does it make sense? if something is unclear, what is it? Do they find it funny? If they think something needs to be fixed, what is it?
Here is the finished layout.
Layout in High Quality 864x480
Friday, February 09, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 5 - Animatic First Half
OK, started work early this week. Last night I finished the first half of the animatic which is the assignment for this week. I was also able to find a little music that might work. What do you think?
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 4 - Video Pitch
OK, here is the pitch for the story I chose. Right now it's called Light as Air but I might change the title to something else... like Pumped... or Pump It Up... or something. Any ideas or suggestions to make the story better are welcome.
And for those of you that can't watch the video, here is the story pitch in text.
WORKING TITLE: Light as Air
SETTING: Guy’s garage
TIME: Daytime on a weekend
PROTAGONIST: A self-conscious young guy that has a crush on the girl next door
PARTNER: Guy’s dog, always wants to play with his favorite toy
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Girl next door
GOAL: The guy wants to show off his manliness to attract the girl
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a thin skinny guy is in his garage with his dog, garage door open. There are a couple of balls on the floor and other things clutter the garage. The guy is moving some boxes so he is crouched down next to the dog but he is looking out longingly, staring, across the street. We see a camera angle of his point of view and realize he sees a girl across the street that is watering her plants. He looks down at the box he is moving and he sees a weightlifting magazine.
The cover shows a strong guy at the gym curling a dumbbell with 100 lbs. written on it and an excited girl grabbing his arm muscle smiling. He fantasizes and the picture changes to himself curling and the neighbor girl grabbing his arm on the magazine.
The skinny guy looks down at his arm. His muscles look pretty sad. But then he sees a ball lying on the floor next to him and his dog. He gets an idea. He picks up the ball and looks at it... Fade out…
The next thing we see is him sitting on a bench by his dog just inside his garage. He is curling a dumbbell very similar to the one on the magazine and it says 100 lbs. We cut to the girl and we can see that she has now noticed him and is like “Whoa…” and smiles at him. He puts down the dumbbell, making sure he fakes how heavy it is, wipes his brow looking over at her.
We then cut back to the girl that is smiling and all of a sudden she gets wide eyed and starts looking away going back to her watering. We cut back to our main character who is looking dumbfounded. He thinks to himself, “What happened?” But then he looks down. The camera pulls back and we see that the dog is playing with the dumbbell and it’s obviously light. The dog then picks it up and runs away with it. The guy looks mortified and embarrassed and with a mad look on his face extends his arm to touch the wall where there is a button. He presses it and the garage door whooshes closed.
Credits roll.
The screen with the garage door shrinks and moves over to the right as the credits roll on black... and as they finish we see the dog run across the front of the garage with the fake dumbbell in his mouth.
And for those of you that can't watch the video, here is the story pitch in text.
WORKING TITLE: Light as Air
SETTING: Guy’s garage
TIME: Daytime on a weekend
PROTAGONIST: A self-conscious young guy that has a crush on the girl next door
PARTNER: Guy’s dog, always wants to play with his favorite toy
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Girl next door
GOAL: The guy wants to show off his manliness to attract the girl
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a thin skinny guy is in his garage with his dog, garage door open. There are a couple of balls on the floor and other things clutter the garage. The guy is moving some boxes so he is crouched down next to the dog but he is looking out longingly, staring, across the street. We see a camera angle of his point of view and realize he sees a girl across the street that is watering her plants. He looks down at the box he is moving and he sees a weightlifting magazine.
The cover shows a strong guy at the gym curling a dumbbell with 100 lbs. written on it and an excited girl grabbing his arm muscle smiling. He fantasizes and the picture changes to himself curling and the neighbor girl grabbing his arm on the magazine.
The skinny guy looks down at his arm. His muscles look pretty sad. But then he sees a ball lying on the floor next to him and his dog. He gets an idea. He picks up the ball and looks at it... Fade out…
The next thing we see is him sitting on a bench by his dog just inside his garage. He is curling a dumbbell very similar to the one on the magazine and it says 100 lbs. We cut to the girl and we can see that she has now noticed him and is like “Whoa…” and smiles at him. He puts down the dumbbell, making sure he fakes how heavy it is, wipes his brow looking over at her.
We then cut back to the girl that is smiling and all of a sudden she gets wide eyed and starts looking away going back to her watering. We cut back to our main character who is looking dumbfounded. He thinks to himself, “What happened?” But then he looks down. The camera pulls back and we see that the dog is playing with the dumbbell and it’s obviously light. The dog then picks it up and runs away with it. The guy looks mortified and embarrassed and with a mad look on his face extends his arm to touch the wall where there is a button. He presses it and the garage door whooshes closed.
Credits roll.
The screen with the garage door shrinks and moves over to the right as the credits roll on black... and as they finish we see the dog run across the front of the garage with the fake dumbbell in his mouth.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 3 - Video Pitch
OK, here is my pitch for the 3 stories I picked. Some of the students have really liked story 2 although it is a bit complicated. It has 5 characters! I am trying to find a way to simplify it.
Please let me know what you think of the story pitches and if you think I should change or add things. All feedback welcome. :-)
Please let me know what you think of the story pitches and if you think I should change or add things. All feedback welcome. :-)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Animation Mentor - Class 5 - Week 3 - Updated Stories
I'm about to do video pitches of these stories but I have updated them based on mentor and student feedback. Here is what I have so far. I will pitch 3 of my original stories.
STORY 1
WORKING TITLE: Tricks for Treats
SETTING: Guy’s back yard
TIME: Summer day and goes on into the evening
PROTAGONISTS: A young guy and his smart dog
GOAL 1: The guy wants to teach his dog really cool tricks to show off to his friends and family
GOAL 2: The dog wants to eat the treat
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with the dog owner looking at a Dog training book. We see a shot of the book cover. It guarantees to teach the dog the incredible somersault trick! The owner opens the book to the incredible somersault trick and rubs his hands together in expectation. There is a funny drawing of a command and a clipart dog doing the summersault trick.
The owner then turns around and looks over at his dog, who is laying on his bed. He wistles and motions for him to come over and the dog reluctantly gets up and walks over and sits in front of the owner and just looks at him. The owner, treat in one hand, gives the dog the new command from the book. The dog just looks at the owner quizzically and finally just lays down. The owner gives the command again and the dog just looks the other way. The owner then calls the dog’s attention with some snapping and starts mimicking the jump. Finally he takes the book which is open to the trick page and shows it to the dog, who just cocks his head to the side.
Finally he gives up, turns to leave, and throws the treat in the air as he goes. It is then when the dog in trying to catch the treat, jumps up in the air and does the incredible somersault trick. Landing on his feet and lays down to eat his bone. Fade to black and the credits roll.
After the credits you see the owner stop on his tracks and look back over his shoulder at the dog. “Did I just hear something? What was that?” going through his head.
MORAL: Patience is a virtue.
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STORY 2
WORKING TITLE: Light as Air
SETTING: Guy’s garage
TIME: Daytime on a weekend
PROTAGONIST: A self-conscious young guy that has a crush on the girl next door
PARTNER: Guy’s dog, always wants to play with his favorite toy
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Girl next door
GOAL: The guy wants to show off his manliness to attract the girl
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a thin skinny guy is in his garage, garage door open. We see that his dog is by his side looking up at him with a dog toy in his mouth… The dog pushes the toy towards the owner but he does not even look down. The guys attention is focused on something across the street. We see a camera angle of his point of view and realize he sees a girl across the street listening to some music. He looks up and thinks... there is a flashback.
We see a strong guy at the gym curling a dumbbell with 100 lbs. written on it. An excited girl is looking at him lift. Flashback ends.
The skinny guy looks down at his muscles and his arm looks pretty sad and he kicks a black ball that was lying on the floor next to him and his dog. A bell goes off and he gets an idea. He picks up the black ball and looks at it... Fade out…
The next thing we see is him sitting on a bench by his dog right outside his garage. He has a dumbbell on the floor that looks peculiarly like the ball he had kicked earlier but now it has the words 100 lbs. written on it. He picks it up and with the same pose and expression as the guy in his flashback starts doing some curls. He puts it down, making sure he fakes how heavy it is, wipes his brow, and waves to the girl next door.
We then see the dog who is chewing on his toy look at the dumbbell and we hear the familiar bell sound… the dog now gets an idea.
He drops his toy, and walks over the dumbbell, picks it up with his mouth, and runs off with it... The guy looks down at the dog, looks back at the girl all embarrassed and chases after the dog.
Credits roll.
MORAL: You should not try to act like something you’re not.
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STORY 5
WORKING TITLE: Microdog
SETTING: Scientific lab, 3 coffee shop exteriors, coffee shop
TIME: Daytime
PROTAGONIST: A smart and awkward scientist
PARTNER: The scientist’s dog
ANTAGONIST: The coffee store signs
GOAL: The scientist wants to be able to have a cup of coffee in the company of his best friend
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a scientist looking over his new invention. It looks like a ray gun of sorts and it is on his lab table. He is sitting on a stool and his dog is sitting by his feet looking up at him. He makes the last adjustment and is happy to be done. He takes it in his hand and shoots at the first thing he sees on his desk, an apple. It shrinks to a tiny size and he picks it up and looks at it in awe. But now all he wants to go for a cup of coffee. He tosses the mini apple in his mouth and chews, swallos, then he looks at his dog that is sitting next to him and motions him to come.
Next scene they are walking towards the corner. They look at the door and see a sign “No dogs allowed”.
The guy looks longingly through the window… then all of a sudden he as an idea… He looks down ad the dog and the dog just looks back. They turn around and he hurriedly runs off to the lab… dog chasing behind. Fade out…
The next scene we see the scientist sipping on his coffee at the coffee shop. Then the camera pulls back and we see his micro-dog happily eating a crumb on the table right next to him. He pets his head with his finger.
Credits Roll
MORAL: Its nice when your inventions find good uses in your own life.
STORY 1
WORKING TITLE: Tricks for Treats
SETTING: Guy’s back yard
TIME: Summer day and goes on into the evening
PROTAGONISTS: A young guy and his smart dog
GOAL 1: The guy wants to teach his dog really cool tricks to show off to his friends and family
GOAL 2: The dog wants to eat the treat
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with the dog owner looking at a Dog training book. We see a shot of the book cover. It guarantees to teach the dog the incredible somersault trick! The owner opens the book to the incredible somersault trick and rubs his hands together in expectation. There is a funny drawing of a command and a clipart dog doing the summersault trick.
The owner then turns around and looks over at his dog, who is laying on his bed. He wistles and motions for him to come over and the dog reluctantly gets up and walks over and sits in front of the owner and just looks at him. The owner, treat in one hand, gives the dog the new command from the book. The dog just looks at the owner quizzically and finally just lays down. The owner gives the command again and the dog just looks the other way. The owner then calls the dog’s attention with some snapping and starts mimicking the jump. Finally he takes the book which is open to the trick page and shows it to the dog, who just cocks his head to the side.
Finally he gives up, turns to leave, and throws the treat in the air as he goes. It is then when the dog in trying to catch the treat, jumps up in the air and does the incredible somersault trick. Landing on his feet and lays down to eat his bone. Fade to black and the credits roll.
After the credits you see the owner stop on his tracks and look back over his shoulder at the dog. “Did I just hear something? What was that?” going through his head.
MORAL: Patience is a virtue.
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STORY 2
WORKING TITLE: Light as Air
SETTING: Guy’s garage
TIME: Daytime on a weekend
PROTAGONIST: A self-conscious young guy that has a crush on the girl next door
PARTNER: Guy’s dog, always wants to play with his favorite toy
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Girl next door
GOAL: The guy wants to show off his manliness to attract the girl
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a thin skinny guy is in his garage, garage door open. We see that his dog is by his side looking up at him with a dog toy in his mouth… The dog pushes the toy towards the owner but he does not even look down. The guys attention is focused on something across the street. We see a camera angle of his point of view and realize he sees a girl across the street listening to some music. He looks up and thinks... there is a flashback.
We see a strong guy at the gym curling a dumbbell with 100 lbs. written on it. An excited girl is looking at him lift. Flashback ends.
The skinny guy looks down at his muscles and his arm looks pretty sad and he kicks a black ball that was lying on the floor next to him and his dog. A bell goes off and he gets an idea. He picks up the black ball and looks at it... Fade out…
The next thing we see is him sitting on a bench by his dog right outside his garage. He has a dumbbell on the floor that looks peculiarly like the ball he had kicked earlier but now it has the words 100 lbs. written on it. He picks it up and with the same pose and expression as the guy in his flashback starts doing some curls. He puts it down, making sure he fakes how heavy it is, wipes his brow, and waves to the girl next door.
We then see the dog who is chewing on his toy look at the dumbbell and we hear the familiar bell sound… the dog now gets an idea.
He drops his toy, and walks over the dumbbell, picks it up with his mouth, and runs off with it... The guy looks down at the dog, looks back at the girl all embarrassed and chases after the dog.
Credits roll.
MORAL: You should not try to act like something you’re not.
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STORY 5
WORKING TITLE: Microdog
SETTING: Scientific lab, 3 coffee shop exteriors, coffee shop
TIME: Daytime
PROTAGONIST: A smart and awkward scientist
PARTNER: The scientist’s dog
ANTAGONIST: The coffee store signs
GOAL: The scientist wants to be able to have a cup of coffee in the company of his best friend
GENRE: Comedy
PITCH:
We open with a scientist looking over his new invention. It looks like a ray gun of sorts and it is on his lab table. He is sitting on a stool and his dog is sitting by his feet looking up at him. He makes the last adjustment and is happy to be done. He takes it in his hand and shoots at the first thing he sees on his desk, an apple. It shrinks to a tiny size and he picks it up and looks at it in awe. But now all he wants to go for a cup of coffee. He tosses the mini apple in his mouth and chews, swallos, then he looks at his dog that is sitting next to him and motions him to come.
Next scene they are walking towards the corner. They look at the door and see a sign “No dogs allowed”.
The guy looks longingly through the window… then all of a sudden he as an idea… He looks down ad the dog and the dog just looks back. They turn around and he hurriedly runs off to the lab… dog chasing behind. Fade out…
The next scene we see the scientist sipping on his coffee at the coffee shop. Then the camera pulls back and we see his micro-dog happily eating a crumb on the table right next to him. He pets his head with his finger.
Credits Roll
MORAL: Its nice when your inventions find good uses in your own life.
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