Scriptwriting and Storyboarding

This week, I wrote an initial draft for the script. I then tweaked it after input from Daisy and Harry so the film could be feasibly made in the time we had. Initially there was going to be a garden scene, however this would have taken too long to build the extra scene. This has been replaced with a front-on view of the window from outside.

First script:

Final script:

With a finalised script, I moved onto storyboarding. This mapped out the plot, character actions, camera actions and sound effects. I'm pleased with the loose-nature of the storyboard, although an improvement would be that the characters are not in their final form. As a plan however, it is clear which character is who. 

What Went Well

• Small amount of speech will be easier to animate/lip sync
• The scripting stage helped convey how to much we were theoretically going to get done in the time we had
• Storyboarding was a good first visualisation of the project to get everyone on the same page

Criticism

• At this stage, I didn't have the character designs so they were drawn very loosely
• The black and white storyboard doesn't yet portray the Picasso 'blue period' that the animation is going for
• The first script was over-ambitious (too many sets to build)