Draft Story board

Here is my draft story board for idea for my lonely sheep.  Probably going to change some of the camera angles making the sheep face the main character more.

Some sheep sketches

Started working on a couple of sheep designs for competition brief that I'm working on for monty python.  Still need a lot of work as some people have said that they look more like lions.  

Zombie concepts

Some concept ideas for an character design for zombie animation. There is a little too detailed for this animation though and so for this project we will not be moving forward with this design.

The top image look a little too happy for a zombie.  It should look a lot more hungry with no personality.

Now this zombie looks a lot more scarier 

Making sure I know the differences between Sheep and goats

Started doing a little research into the difference between sheep and goats so my images/ animation don't look out of place.  This was one of the website that I found to be really helpful, have a look.

http://www.sheep101.info/sheepandgoats.html

Also a interesting fact about rams who are castrated are called wether.  

New script idea

So while I was redoing my second story board for the old idea I wasn't overly happy with and so decide to start again.  I don't usual do that as when I've got an idea that is it and I'm sicking to it.  But there was a lot of animation need for that and I want to get this finish for the competition died line.

So I've decided that a rewrite was what was needed.  So here it is the lonely sheep Brian who wants to inspire other sheep to be more individual.

A lonely sheep

There is a field of sheep heading towards a hill.  There are some lamb playing in the field.  There some more sheep to the left sitting under a tree to shading themselves.  To the right there is more sheep eating the grass

There are some lames running around playing shouting

WIDE: camera move in from a long wide angle toward a small hill

ZOOM IN: camera zoom in on the hill

Playing lamb

Ha raa ha raa

A bright light flashes as a figure jumps from behind the hill landing on top of the hill in a dramatic and spectacular form.  It is Brian who lands on top of the hill where brain then addresses the crowd.

CLOSE UP: Camera tracks Brian flying through the sky

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Camera centres on Brian the sheep standing on the hill. 

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Good morning

The crowd addresses Brian

WIDE: Camera has now moved back looking from the angle  of the tree towards the hill.

sheep Crowd                   

Ha raa HA raa, bless him bless him

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Please, please

Brian try to calm the crowd down while getting their attention.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Please listen.  I've got one or two thing to say.

The crowd respond to Brian

WIDE: camera looking toward Brian from the other side

SHEEP CROWD

Tell us, tell all of them

Brian continues to talk with the crowd.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Look you've got it all wrong

Brian briefly purses.  The sheep crowd look bewilder yet continue to eat there grass.

WIDE: look toward the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

You don't need to follow me, you don't need to follow anybody

Brian continues to talk with the crowd.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Your all individuals

The crowd respond to Brian

WIDE: Camera has now moved back looking from the angle of the tree towards the hill.

SHEEP CROWD

Yes were all individuals

Brian and the crowd continues to addresses each other.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Your all different

WIDE: camera looking toward Brian from the other side

SHEEP CROWD

Yes we are all different

A wolf disguise as a sheep responds to Brian but is shhed by another sheep unaware that he is a wolf

WIDE: camera looking toward Brian from the other side

WOLF

I'm not

SHEEP CROWD

Shh

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

You all got to work it out for yourselves

WIDE: Camera has now moved back looking from the angle  of the tree towards the hill.

SHEEP CROWD

Yes we've got to work it out for ourselves

BRIAN THE SHEEP

Exactly

WIDE: look toward the crowd

SHEEP CROWD

Tell us more

Brian start to become very frustrated with the crowd shaking his from side ti side.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Brian facing the crowd

BRIAN THE SHEEP

NO.  That's the point don't let anyone tell you what to do

Brian shakes his head from side to side.  The crowd continues to eat away at the grass.

CUTAWAY: camera moves back as the crowd continues to eat away.

The End.

possible cool look for Brian

references for sheep crowd designs

These two lower images are what I’m thinking about a wolf in disguise try to look like sheep.  I know that it's a sheep wearing a wolf but just image it's the other way round.  The bottom image a got a cheeky look, I like that

Idea for character design

Ok just been searching the old internet for some more reference image to help towards the character design.

Seen these images of a middle eastern animation, with a simple shape for the character design.  

I do want the crowd to have a uniformed looked with the same hair, sun glasses and similar clothes .  Possible just changing the colour of the cloths to match their hear colour.  Though the hair could look very similar   in more than just shape.  

I could keep the shape of the clothes all the same for each character.  Only changing the colours and but not the design of the clothes.  The colours would be different but the overall shape of the clothes would change. 

The bottom two images are just ones that I liked when I was searching the old internet.

Monty Python contest

MONTY PYTHON ANIMATION CONTEST LAUNCHED TO HONOUR GRAHAM CHAPMAN’S ANIMATED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I decide to have a go at the this competition to work on doing some dialogue in animation for my characters.

I've decide to have a go at the your all individual audio clip.

You will find the competition on this website.

 http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?newsID=3378771

Just working now on a early script from a some bullet point brain storm ideas.

Scene Away with the Crowd

There is a crowd of shoppers moving like animals with a pack mentality from to shop to shop

WIDE: full screen shopping mall

Crowd

"Whoo raa Whoo raa"

A man step onto the escalator trying to grab the hungry shopping crowd attention

CLOSE UP: On individual

Individual

"Good morning"

The crowd stop to acknowledge the individual, but then continues to carry on shopping giving phrase to the shop managers

WIDE: full screen shopping mall

CROWD

"Good morning.  Bless him, bless him"

Individual ask them to listen to him

CLOSE UP: on individual

INDIVIDUAL

"Please, please, please listen.  I've got one or two things to say".

The crowd stop and look up at the individual has he begins to speak to the crowd

WIDE: full screen shopping mall, behind the crowd looking up at the individual

Crowd

"Tell us, tell us all of them"

INDIVIDUAL

"Look you've got it all wrong.  You don't need to follow me, you don't need to follow anybody.  You've got to think for yourselves.  Your all individuals"

WIDE: Camera looks toward the crowd

Crowd

"Yes were all individuals"

Still coming down the escalator

CLOSE UP: On the individual

INDIVIDUAL

"Your all different"

The crowd start to focus on the individual coming down the escalator.  They are repeating all that he says.  A shop owner looks out of his shop.

WIDE: full screen shopping mall, behind the crowd looking up at the individual

CROWD

"Yes we are all different"

SHOP OWNER

"I'm not"

CROWD

"Shh, Shh"

Individual looks down at the crowd before him.  starting to become frustrated with them.

CLOSE UP: On the individual

INDIVIDUAL

"You got to work it out for yourselves"

The crowd agrees with the individual as he continues come down the escalator.  The individual is almost at the bottom of the escalator.

WIDE: full screen shopping mall, behind the crowd looking up at the individual

CROWD

"Yes we've got to work it out for ourselves"

INDIVIDUAL

"Exactly"

CROWD

"Tell us more"

The individual comes to the bottom of the escalator and steps off.  He is now very frustrated with the crowd and in the end the individual slap his forehead. 

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: on the individual

INDIVIDUAL

"NO.  That's the point don't let anyone tell you what to do"

Reference images for characters

Individual

 Crowd and shop owner