Characters

In my story there will 3 characters, ive still not got the design for them yet......but i know who they are and there roles in my story. The characters to me are going to take a while to design simply because i want them to look right and bring the appeal.

• Traveler/thief, Well our character who will be fun and charming, i want to give him a sense that he is a bit of a traveller and all he wants to do is travel the world, getting this portrayed into a character design will be intersting. He will be the one running around being chased, so im looking for a fun, quirky character to show this.

•  Bounty hunter/guard/an opportunist, by chance he comes across a wanted poster of our traveller character. He will be bigger and broader then the traveller.

• Mime, he is the character that i plan to have help the traveller in his visit to france. He will be fun lively and basically the comedy value that i want to be added to the short. I believe his design will be what you expect of a mime but more quirky and fun.

Animatic

Using the storyboards i threw them together to make this.

Ill most likely do one more before i start production

 just with a few minor tweaks and updates

Storyboards

 So here we have the storyboards for my short film although some things may alter a little i do believe this gives you a great idea of what the final outcome will look like....
Sadly i cant take credit for these boards a friend of mine asked if could redo my boards after seeing my orginal animatic (so glad she has :)  ) Ill throw the link to her blog when i find it again on here soon. WAIT ive found her blog http://y3sdarbyriverman.blogspot.co.uk/

Mood boards

 For my animated short a large portion is set in france 

and its important we give the audience a wow factor,

so looking up everything that is French and incorporate it

to the enviroment.

 I love quirky fun characters and for the short im doing

it would be best using these kinds of characters

Above are just some of the characters i personally find pleasing,

so a look like that would be pleasing to get

Renders and colour sheets.....where do i begin

i love the kind of renders you see below, there fun and 

pleasing to the eye and if i can learn to duplicate a 

render to anywhere near that kind of look ill be very

happy

Characters research

I wanted something fun in the character design
and the look of these characters above all have appeal

Ok the big guy will be chasing the traveler around,
i wanted something fun and visually pleasing so i believe
getting the balance right would be key. I like as a shape the guy
in the police outfit i think it could to some interesting designs
and thinking of the bigger picture would be great to animate.

Surprisingly enough you type cartoon mime and
you dont get a great deal of variety on the web, they are french and fun
and im sure it will show in the design and the way in which he is animated.

Story Synopsis

(I wanted to create a film where i could have the 2 main characters anywhere in the world and it would be entertaining. I wanted it to be fun and playful and visually pleasing for the eyes but most of all i wanted the audience to laugh and be entertained.)

Story key

• We start off with a shot of a small market full of character and life at a distance, when a breeze blows a piece of paper through the sky.
•  The paper is grabbed, we see a big semi muscular man looking at the paper.
• We see that the paper shows a wanted sign for a man offering a reward.
•  As chance would go after looking at the paper he see's a man very similar to the that of the wanted poster sat down in the distance.
•  After a dramatic zoom we are left with a young touristy looking traverler who obviously has a huge fake mustace on his face.
• The traveller just stares on as thought he has nothing to be worried about but after a exchange of glars panic seeps in.
• The semi musuclar man double checks the wanted poster
• The traveler just sits there after a worried face he then composes himself and smiles on acting innocently
• A breeze blows that mustace off his face
• The semi muscular man looks on in shock
• The traveler looks awkward
• A shot shows a tumble weed pass them by
• The semi muscular man crunches the wanted poster as he glars at his bounty
• The travler throws the table from which he was sat at and runs
• The semi muscular man picks himeslf  and takes out a huge battle axe from which he throws
• The traveler is panting next to a stall when the axe hits the wood and causes him to run on
• The traveler jumps some boxes and is parkouring it on roofs, when he jumps and rolls down a ally way with the simi muscular man in pursuit.
• Coming towards a dock we have the traveler jump a set of steps in a slow motion kind of way really exaggerating his movements as he does.
• The traveler runs towards a man row boat
• The semi muscular man gets to the edge of the dock where he must stop
• The traveler waves on
• The semi muscular man has a plan he gets out from his pocket what appears to be a balloon he then blows.
• We have a image of a giant rubber duck boat in the sea now
• A giant shadow appears over the traveller, shock appears before him
• Its a giant duck
• Boat chase
• The chase is over the world where we have a 2-d map with 2-d icons and as they go over points of the world landmarks would appear like monopoly figures.....the chase takes them to france
• They land on the docks and run on
• He runs past the effifle tower he then comes back to stare at the beauty of it, then looks over his shoulder and decides he must run on.
• We have a shot off the mime doing mime wall
• the traveller runs by an ally, and doesnt see the mime cause he's looking over his shoulder
• Splat semi muscualar man hits what appears to be a mime wall
• Semi muscualar man falls then gets himself up and starts shouting at the mime, who then lets him in using a mime door
• Not too far we have semi muscular man crawling and dragging himself along through exhaustion, he then sees the traveler in the distant sat on what would appear to be a mime chair
• Semi muscular man charges
• Splat semi muscualar man falls and rubs his head and walks away whilst being mocked
• Celebrations turn to shock they see semi muscualar man charging with a battering ram in the distance
• The traveler and mime unlock the mime house doors
• Mime and traveler stand aside as the semi muscualar mancharges through the open house
• BANG,CRASH,SMASH!!!!!!!!!
• Semi muscualar man is trapped in a barrol
• We see semi muscualar man raise himself whilst trapped when the mime and the traveler ride by on a mime bike

hi all

My name is Jordan Morris

I intend on making a animated short for my final year of uni.
What this involves is crazy amount of hardwork and endless dedication in order to achieve this goal, but as long as i keep it up ill create a stunning piece of work at the end. Well thats the dream, ill be posting from the very begging from Story synopsis, character designs, story boards, test renders and eventually animation.....there are toones to consider and they will all be shown....so you wanna see how an idea from a few doodles becomes a cgi short film,if so please follow.