Frankenstylist Final Screenplay

Frankenstylist Final Script

Rear Window Film Review

Rear Window

Storytelling Crit Presentation

The Art of 'Frankenstylist'

Concept Artwork: Salon Chair

Another prop design. The props in my story aren't particularly exciting, being simple, everyday objects, but its still a nice opportunity to practice painting. I'm trying to loosen up more so in the way that I work, so I've been attempting a more ruthless, painterly approach when creating these generally bland objects. Any practice is good practice!

Concept Artwork: Looking Into the Attic

This is a view into the attic through the main window, detailing the use of the umbrella to conduct electricity. Once again, not an overly phenomenal painting, but its all practice!

Character Design: Frankie Turnaround

This is my turnaround for Frankie. I made an attempt to simply colour a hand drawn sketch, but it hasn't turned out brilliantly. Still, its all a learning experience after all and I'm glad I tried it anyway, even if it could have gone a lot better.

Final Maya Pre-Viz with Titles and Music

Final Animatic with Titles and Music

Finally my animatic is sorted! I'm pretty happy with the end result, now I just need to recreate these effects in my pre-viz and then its simply a case of sorting out my concept artwork. Hurrah!

Updated Animatic (Still No Music! Argh!)

This is my animatic improved somewhat with more interesting transitions between shots. At some parts it works, and in others it feels a little forced, but that's easily fixed when I finally figure out where the transitions aren't suitable.

I still haven't settled on any incidental music to play in the background. Ideally I'll use something royalty-free, but if push comes to shove, I've thought about either of these (both copyrighted, but I may get lucky!)

We Call Them Pirates Out Here- Mark Mothersbaugh: A fast paced piece that works quite nicely with the fast cuts throughout the first half of the animatic

Cerebrawl- Laura Shigihara: A kind of playful little tune that reflects the implied evil of Frankie in a cutesy fashion

Also, if it feels suitable, I may shift the music after the reveal, but I'll figure that out once I have a suitable track for the rest of the animatic.

Concept Artwork: Umbrella

Concept Artwork: Hood Hairdryer

This is my concept for the hood-style hairdryer that is in Frankie's salon.
As you can probably tell, painting isn't really my thing (and I'd go so far as to say I really don't like painting that much), but this could have gone a lot worse and it does its job, so I'm pretty happy with it.

Final Maya Pre-Viz (No Music or Titles)

Final Storyboard Animatic (No Music or Titles)

Final Storyboard

Character Design: Pampered Hamster

This started out as a shot for my storyboard (and it still is in there), but I liked it so much that I thought I'd upload it separately as part of my character design stuff.

Character Design: Frankie Final Design

Concept Artwork: Frankie's Attic- False Reality

This concept artwork dramatises the idea that attic of Frankie's house is a centre of terror, whilst in reality, its something quite different.

Storyboard Progress- Scene Three

These are the shots for scene three of my storyboard (minus two shots. I have them sketched out but not inked etc. I had to stop at some point! My head was beginning to swell as if I was losing an argument with a Scanner.)

Storyboard Progress- Scenes One and Two

These are the final shots for the first two scenes. They sum up the action pretty simply, but I will probably develop some in-between's just to make the shots a little more dynamic in the animatic and to help each shot segue into the next.

Storyboard Animatic: Progress 21/2/12

This is an early draft of the first two scenes of my storyboard animatic. Only the basic sounds from the Maya animatic have been included, and a couple of shots are yet to be added, but it has given me an idea as to how much information I can put on screen within the required time. Even though the shots are very sharp, the basic story appears to be coherent (although that may simply be down to the fact that I know where everything should be anyway).
Still, things are looking good, and I should have next scene sorted by tomorrow, as well as the Maya version.