Research how will it be animated

Since im having a mime who ability to create whatever he mimes a reality

  there is a lot to be taken into consideration when it comes to animating the mime

do i make his ability obvious or not.

As you can see the mime wall isnt obvious it is shown in

the acting and ill take this as valuable research to work on.

Story Synopsis new and newer

Well here we are, a new story, with a simple concept, a businessman trying to get to 

train on time, yet there is a obstascle getting his way.....a Mime

• Title
• Opening shot the mime is doing his mime wall gag
• Businessman walking quickly
• Checks watch
• See the watch
• Businessman looks up
• Sees a sign....this shows the audience that the businessman is after a train
• Mime is acting away when businessman walks along and....
• Hits head
• Falls down
• Mime is shocked
• Starts waving
• Rubs his head annoyed
• His mood changes to shocked and then to puzzled
• Businessman slowly moves his hand up
• A slow pan as his hand moves to the invisible wall
• Checks his watch again
• Time change
• Zoom out to show the panic on his face
• Readys himself to push through the invisible wall
• More pushing
• Defeated
• Shot of behind the mime who is walling...
• Pause...
• Businessman pops ups
• Shouts
• Mime is charading he cant hear
• Businessman feels the top of his head
• He then moves his hand down face to show his frustration
• Businessman looks angry 
• Mime looks concerned due to the state the businessman is in
• Mime is reaching behind him
• Massive mime fan
• Swings the fan
• Businessman starts getting blown back....(cat flys by)
• Falls and rolls back
• Mime waves as the businessman is blown back
• Businessman stands in a angry pose
• He heads towards the mime
• Businessman is in deep thought
• He has an idea
• Decides to walk around
• Mime initiates the mime gag
• Businessman takes a side step
• So does mime
• Businessman takes a step back 
• So does mime
• They both take a step forward
• They are now face to face
• Businessman backs away
• His frustration shows
• Businessman checks his watch 
• Panic has increased
• Businessman charges towards mime
• Sudden stop
• Runs to the side to avoid him 
• Mime follows creating his wall as he does
• Businessman is exhausted
• Mime takes advantaged and creates a box around him
• Businessman tries to move and his face gets squashed
• Panic
• Businessman starts banging and hitting box
• Box fills with dust
• Box moves side to side
• Box falls
• Mime makes a flinche movement
• Dust escapes the box
• Businessman sits up looking dased and confused
• Businessman looks close to breaking point
• Starts charading to the mime
• A few poses to signal he has to get to work
• Mime starts nodding to signal he understands
• Mime points and signals that there is a handle to open
• Businessman starts looking for the handle
• Businessman grabs the handle
• Businessman starts to look delighted
• Starts pulling
• Really exagerated poses
• Uses feet
• Realises that he is floating
• Falls
• Mime door opens inward
• Businessman walks by the mime
• Mime starts waving happily
• Businessman gets to the train time board
• Cancelled
• Businessman face drops
• Smiles as he grudgingly accepts defeat
• Walks back
• Flat face
• Return of the mime 

 Of course this is only a first draft looking at it....its way, way too long and alot of changes will be required but ill do a quick draft of storyboards and give them to Steph http://y3sdarbyriverman.blogspot.co.uk/ we will discuss some changes and she will give me a updated storyboard which will be developed and eventually be made into a animatic.

Story outline

·        1) Aerial shot of the environment, slow pan in as the man runs around the corner

·        2) Man moving quickly towards the camera 

·        3) Stops checks his watch, looks around he then sees what he is looking for

·         4)Train station sign

·        5) Businessman starts running

·        6) Businessman runs towards train station

·        7) Runs towards the camera, BANG!! He hits his head he then tumbles and holds his head in pain

·         Side shot he looks ups, confused and puts out a hand he then touches the mime wall and begins to panic

·        8) He looks to the side and notices

·       9)  Overshot of the businessman looking at the mime who is doing a mime wall

·       10)  Mime is sway pretending to be a tree

·       11)  Businessman is annoyed and storms over

·       12)  Mime is doing a mime wall and then he see the Businessman coming over but the mime just continues to do his mime wall gag, he then slides his face against an invisible wall

·       13)  Businessman looks annoyed pressure builds and he starts yelling at the mime

·      14)   Overshot the mime is doing a funny face as he continues his mime wall, the mime then takes notice and then salutes in response, he then starts looking for something

.

·      15)   Side shot we see the mime feeling the wall looking for something he starts moving towards the camera, the businessman is watching him move

·       16)  Businessman just looks confused, he checks his watch as the sound of the train arrives, he then decides to follow the mime

·      17)   The scene is blank as the mime runs feeling a wall he then stops, the businessman runs on the mime smiles and runs off feeling a wall with the businessman chasing him

·      18)   Front shot of the businessman trying to keep up

·      19)   Camera shows the behind of the mime doing a invisible wall with the businessman chasing behind, the mime then changes direction, businessman skids and continues to follow the mime.

·      20)   We see the mime feel for something, the mime then stops as the businessman comes and skids on screen 

·       21)  Businessman looks at the mime in an angry expression

·       22)  Mime looks on pleasingly

·       23)  We have a image of the mimes hand grabbing what appears to be a handle

·       24)  Mid shot of character we have the mime pulling, he then appears to be confused

·       25)  Businessman looks clueless

·       26)  Mime looks worried as the door refuses to open

·       27)  Hand shot as he tries pulling on the handle with 2 hands

·       28)  Shows the mime pulling

·        29) Businessman is looking really annoyed

·       30)  The mime is pulling really far and is sweating, he then pauses

·       31)  Mime has both hands on the handle as the 1 foot go up against the mime wall

·       32)  Shows the mime doing a exaggerated pull

·       33)  Businessman looks on clueless

·       34)  Mime now brings a 2^nd foot as he attempts to pull the invisible door open

·       35)  Shot of the mime floating in mid-air as he attempts to pull the door open, the Businessman in the shot looks directly at the mime not impressed

·        36) Businessman is running out of patience

·       37)  Mime looks worn out, he then gets a sudden idea then he smacks his own head and acts all stupid as he moves his hand down

·        38) The mime has his hand twist and push what appears to be a imaginary door

·        39) Shot of the businessman and the mime, as the mime invites the businessman through the imaginary door

·       40)  Mime smiles and signals him to come through

·         41) Businessman looks on and puts out his arm out feeling for the imaginary wall, when he can’t feel the wall he looks delighted

·       42)  Businessman runs towards the station with the mime in background being silly

·       43)  Shot of the train station, as the businessman on the screen the train sets off

·       44)  Businessman looks on with defeat on his face, he turns defeated

·       45)  Starts walking away from the station……BANG!!!  He hits the mime wall

·       46)  Credits 

This is the updated story and the one that will be used when it comes to producing my animated short

it has alot more structure and i believe it will be great when it is produced. 
 

New story = new moodboards

 Ok we have new moodboards...and old ones.

A new character requires a new moodboard

i still want the same look and quirky feel about it.

Thats all folks

Well its official i now have to redo my story my old animatic had too many concepts....so i have been told think up a story involving the mime. The mime concept is easy enought he makes whatever he mimes a reality....lets say chairs,walls,baseball bat and even tea, an interesting idea.
On a bright note maybe this will work for my favour ill have the chance now to create it all in a small enviroment in which i can focus a vast amount of my time on producing amazing animation which is key.

animatic updated

Well here it is an updated version slightly longer with a few modifications

its at a stage where i know what will be happening in each scene.

Im confident once the characters have been modified im ready to go into production and start 

work.

Storyboards scene numbers and slight modification

Well the scenes in the storyboards have now been

added, also there has been a slight modification to one scene in order to add some 

more fun and give you more of a sense that the character is having the time of

his life even thought he is being constantly chased.

Concept....just a little

Well ive done a little concept for the scene that takes place 

in France,  i know how i want the set to be laidout

and where i want the camera's to be for each scene.

These are only rough drafts and outlines because i want the

people who are modelling the enviroment to have some kind of input

what is most important to me is that we capture the essence 

of france. This enviroment is a small market rich with shops, so

plenty of props to give this esscense as well as the architecture of the buildings in the market.