Sound Screenshots

Here is the sound for duckventures, the audio at the top is the audio for the music track, the others are for sound effects and the voice acting for the characters.

music is from
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php

Explosions sounds from
www.freesound.org

Voices are recorded by me and joshua.

Rough cut and feedback

the feedback to my animation was that when it is finished the story should try and flow a little better and the audio needs to be added, i should also try and get rid of the titles halfway through as they make the animation more boring to watch and cuts the animation flow and distracts too much.

initial planning

Form: i am making an animation that will be the first 2 minutes to a larger tv series called 'Alpha Space' 

2) Animation type - the animation will be done mostly in flash due to the styles that flash can give to an animation and i can make it a lot more cartoon like to appeal to my target audience moreso by making it appear more friendly to a younger audience.

3) Selection of genre or style - i think that the genre of my animation would be an action comedy. the show will focus on the action happening in the story but there will be some comical scenes throughout. 

4) Storyline -

Episode one -

Splargh crashes onto earth and warns jayden about the incoming invasion of his species and jayden begins trying to help splargh blend into society 

Episode two

Splargh and jayden try and warn the military about the incoming attack but the aliens have made the military stupid using their stupid rays, splargh says there isnt such a technology that has been invented and the military are just stupid.

Episode Three

Splargh begins to create weapons in the basement, claims to parents that it is a project for the science fair, sent out to get random ingredients for the weapon, like a pidgeon and some sand.

Episode four

The school science fair comes into town and Jayden is entered into it with the weapons that Splargh made, the aliens detect the activation of the tech and begin heading to the planet quicker after stopping at a space taco store

Season finale

The aliens finally attack the planet and our heros find out their only weakness is pizza, so the battle comes to an end with one giant pizza explosion and hundreds of UFO's falling out of the sky.

Animation Call sheet

final pitch document

Process
first i made the script to make sure i knew what audio i was going to use when i was animating.


Next i made the concept for the characters and how they were going to interact with each other to make sure i animate them in the right way and finished the design of the characters.

i made the characters in photoshop and layered them to make their different body parts different layers to make them easier to animate in after effects.

I next made the backgrounds for the animation- the outer farmhouse and the inner farmhouse.

i then began animation on the introduction and outro for the animation by making the title sequence and  the name of 'duckventures' this intro solidified the theme of the show for me and made me finally decide i was gonna make it a comical animation.

then i began incorporating the backgrounds from photoshop into after effects and did the characters movement animations.

next i took the audio and added it to the movement and synched the ducks mouthes to the speech.

next i took the after effects project and took it into premiere to make some more conventional edits like making sure the cuts were good and the titles were added, i also added a sudden zoom at the end that i needed to finish the animation and then exported it with the song i had chosen from incomptech.com




Risk Assessment
i will be spending a long time at a computer while i animate everything, i need to make sure that i do not take any food or drinks near the computer as to make sure that i do not damage the computer in any way.

Another risk could be that spending too long on a computer for a long period of time could damage your eyesight or damage your back by spending too long sitting wrong can damage your back. the solution for this is to take regular breaks and make sure to give your eyes and back a rest every few minutes.

The last risk is that is that the wires that might be lying around the workspace could trip you up and give you an injury and/or damage the computer. you can prevent them by making sure that any loose wires are tied down and fastened to the ground to make sure that you cant get your foot under to trip up.

film treatment

working title

Impressions 

Technical details:

Length: 2.00

Animation Software - Adobe After Effects

Synopses

Duckventures is a satire children s cartoon gone bad, for example the friendly look of the characters and background do not represent the horrible acts of murder and dark jokes taking place. the first episode shows an introduction to the characters and them walking around their farm, until an intruder comes and starts gunning them down and kills himself right after in front of a few ducklings.

target audience

My target audience is very limited, people who like the violent satirical kind of jokes will enjoy it, people that enjoy the cartoon 'south park' will probably enjoy my show.

Age: 15-21
Gender: predominantly male

My contact details

you can contact me any of the following ways:

email: ohlookadamsstuff@live.com

mobile phone: 07807007597

Character design

Budgeting and timeline

week 1
character design
Scriptwriting
week 2
character finalisation
script finalising
Week 3
animation starts (intro and outro)
Week 4
Animating
Week 5
Animating
Week 6
Animating
Week 7
bace Animation done, move onto audio recording
Week 8
Audio recorded, start adding the audio to the animation and synching the audio
Week 9
Post production, cuts, color correcting and soundtrack
Week 10
finish and upload




Budgeting
Hiring an animator for 5 weeks
£300
Hiring a voice actor for 1 week
£50
Hiring an editor for 2 weeks
£140

Animation timing and budget

week 1
character design
Scriptwriting
week 2
character finalisation
script finalising
Week 3
animation starts (intro and outro)
Week 4
Animating
Week 5
Animating
Week 6
Animating
Week 7
bace Animation done, move onto audio recording
Week 8
Audio recorded, start adding the audio to the animation and synching the audio
Week 9
Post production, cuts, color correcting and soundtrack
Week 10
finish and upload




Budgeting
Hiring an animator for 5 weeks
£300
Hiring a voice actor for 1 week
£50
Hiring an editor for 2 weeks
£140

storyboards for alpha space

Model / action sheet

Shot log

0:00 - 0:08 intro scene with the title sequence


0:08 - 1:04 scene with the ducks outside their farmhouse talking as normal

1:04 - 1:52 scene of the inside of the ducks house with the argument

1:52 - 1:53 extreme close up of jimmy's face

1:53 - 2:02 ending sequence of Duckventures.

Animation process

first i made the script to make sure i knew what audio i was going to use when i was animating.


Next i made the concept for the characters and how they were going to interact with each other to make sure i animate them in the right way and finished the design of the characters.

i made the characters in photoshop and layered them to make their different body parts different layers to make them easier to animate in after effects.

I next made the backgrounds for the animation- the outer farmhouse and the inner farmhouse.

i then began animation on the introduction and outro for the animation by making the title sequence and  the name of 'duckventures' this intro solidified the theme of the show for me and made me finally decide i was gonna make it a comical animation.

then i began incorporating the backgrounds from photoshop into after effects and did the characters movement animations.

next i took the audio and added it to the movement and synched the ducks mouthes to the speech.

next i took the after effects project and took it into premiere to make some more conventional edits like making sure the cuts were good and the titles were added, i also added a sudden zoom at the end that i needed to finish the animation and then exported it with the song i had chosen from incomptech.com

Screenshots of my final edit and evaluation

I believe that my animation was best to be animated in after effects because of the style of characters and the basic animation i wanted to bring my project to life in a limited amount of time. i also had more experience in after effects compared to any other programs. i believe that the animation did not go as well as i wanted it to, the animation is a little too simplistic as i was rushed with the time i had, the audio i recorded was a good quality and so the speech is pretty good to listen to however the actual animation doesn't have a lot going on while in the scene because of a lack of interesting events happening during the animation. the backgrounds are also drawn poorly due to my lack of artistic talent.

Asset log

Backgrounds -

Outside the farmhouse

inside the farmhouse











Characters -

Paul








Total Ducklett

     Jimmy

billy 

Other assets -

cloud

Risk Assesment

i will be spending a long time at a computer while i animate everything, i need to make sure that i do not take any food or drinks near the computer as to make sure that i do not damage the computer in any way.

Another risk could be that spending too long on a computer for a long period of time could damage your eyesight or damage your back by spending too long sitting wrong can damage your back. the solution for this is to take regular breaks and make sure to give your eyes and back a rest every few minutes.

The last risk is that is that the wires that might be lying around the workspace could trip you up and give you an injury and/or damage the computer. you can prevent them by making sure that any loose wires are tied down and fastened to the ground to make sure that you cant get your foot under to trip up.

Animation tests

i did a few tests of animation using different methods, flash and some editing on after effects


Flash practice -




Practice on after effects trying some walking cycles

Duckventures treatment

film treatment

working title

Impressions 

Technical details:

Length: 2.00

Animation Software - Adobe After Effects

Synopses

Duckventures is a satire children s cartoon gone bad, for example the friendly look of the characters and background do not represent the horrible acts of murder and dark jokes taking place. the first episode shows an introduction to the characters and them walking around their farm, until an intruder comes and starts gunning them down and kills himself right after in front of a few ducklings.

target audience

My target audience is very limited, people who like the violent satirical kind of jokes will enjoy it, people that enjoy the cartoon 'south park' will probably enjoy my show.

Age: 15-21
Gender: predominantly male

My contact details

you can contact me any of the following ways:

email: ohlookadamsstuff@live.com

mobile phone: 07807007597

final animation upload

Here is the final upload of my 2 minute animation i have been working on.

New Script