Section of final storyboard
Frame-by-frame (left) and experimentation (right)
Photos are authors own
My final storyboard includes Gregory the caterpillar sleeping in his hammock, snoring, when suddenly a can of bug spray enters the frame and sprays him. Gregory dies, shrivelled and black. We are then taken into the spirit world where Gregory "awakens" as a butterfly in his room. He is confused at first, flapping his wings in an attempt to make sense of this new world. Gregory notices that he has antennas, pushing him into further confusion. Then he sees the caracas of his dead body and is fearly shocked. He looks forward and gulps as he fades into blackness. We leave him in his most fearful state to evoke the strongest emotional response from the audience. The process of rectifying the storyline was quite stressful, as it was hard to walk away from my initial idea and think afresh, but it was rewarding to put together something that made more sense and in turn produced a more effective narrative. I am still wary of whether the ending is as effective as I hope it to be, but that is something I may work on after the final showing and critic.
The experimental stage of the project was very helpful in finding a medium that best complimented the concept. I played around with paper cut outs, 3D stop motion and hand draw animation, and found hand drawn animation to be the most effective, because of how expressive and personal it is. It will also give me a chance to work illustratively within animation.
In order to make the production stage of my animation as smooth running as possible, I have created a rough frame-by-frame plan of my story, including different transitions and frame panning.
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