Animation Test

Final look example plus background

More animation tests and fixes

Animation updates plus clean ups

Animation Tests

Multiple animation tests

The Animatic

The updated version of the animatic

The Character Designs

These are the Character Designs for my animation:

                                     Milton

                                    Gregory

                                 Ethan

Irvin

Storyboards

Unedited storyboard before slight clean ups for my animatic 

The Script

This is the script of the story for my final animation:

 Scene 1: The Field

The character Milton is walking on the screen at an angle and camera is zooming onto his face. Scene cuts to him walking along and meeting character Ethan.
Ethan and Milton talk(interact) and then walk on. Next they are walking along the field (zoomed out) to reach the next destination.

Scene 2: The River

Ethan and Milton reach the river, they look at the stepping stones. Milton decides to go through them first, Ethan follows shortly. Scene cuts to Milton ending up on the other side and turning around to wait for Ethan. Ethan comes onto the screen but slips on the last stone and lands in the water.

Cut to Milton laughing at Ethan falling into the water and reaches out with his hand to help him. Ethan grabs onto Milton’s hand and gets pulled out.
They stand still for a bit, Milton startles Ethan and he disappears, Milton laughs. After he reappears he pokes Milton on the shoulder, Milton runs away laughing, Ethan follows.

Scene 3: The Field
Ethan and Milton run across the field, suddenly Ethan gets tired and starts walking slower and slower. Milton stops and looks for the place to seat.
He suddenly spots something.
 

Scene 4: The Resting Spot

Camera shows the two stones in the field, cuts to Milton running up, Ethan is surprised at first but follows along. They stand in front of the rocks and then walk up to them and sit down. While Ethan is sitting down a mysterious person appears from behind. The person startles him and he disappears.

Scene 5: Irvin Appears

It was the character Irvin, he laughs and slowly stops starting wondering where did Ethan go, camera cuts to Milton looking at Irvin looking around for Ethan.
Camera cuts to Irvin and suddenly Ethan reappears, Irvin turns around and Ethan blinks. Ethan reappears behind Irvin and pokes him onto the shoulder, this continues, Irvin starts looking annoyed. Camera cuts to Milton laughing and clapping, then Ethan and Irvin are both on the screen, Ethan laughing and then pokes Irvin’s nose while pointing it’s time to go. Irvin runs after him quickly. Shot cuts to Milton slipping down and following them.

Scene 6: The Field

Irivin chases Ethan while Milton runs behind them, then they switch to normal run cycle. Irvin suddenly runs ahead and scares Ethan, Ethan disappears, Milton runs ahead to be the leading person. Ethan reappears while Irvin is smiling. They run ahead.

Scene 7: Gregory Introduction
Scene cuts to little character in a hat reading a book, suddenly other characters run on across the screen. The last character grabs Gregory by the collar and  he gets pulled away.

Scene 8: The Field

The characters run across, Ethan is still holding onto Gregory who reads a book in while waving in the air. Suddenly Ethan looks back and sees he’s just reading a book. He lets go of him, Gregory rolls out of the screen and then runs back in.

Irvin suddenly runs ahead and scares Ethan, Ethan disappears. While they slow down Gregory runs up ahead a bit. Ethan is annoyed and Irvin smiles.

Milton gets interested in Gregory’s book, Gregory looks up and shows book to him while Milton nods reading it.

Scene 9: The Field
Milton suddenly runs ahead, and runs off screen. The characters run but then realise he’s not here they look up get surprised and run ahead fast.

Milton is running alone across the field.

Scene 9: The Ending

Camera cuts to his shoe it steps down, prepares to jump and jumps, camera cuts to a still of Milton jumping and all the characters running to him in the background.