The first short released under my new production company 'Go Figure! Productions'. Also my first animated short with SOUND!!
My ever so talented little sister Becca June composed the title tracks for me, and let me tell you...they are amazing. AMAZING! so watch the cartoon, if only to hear her awesome music!! :D
and check out her page while you're at it; reverbnation.com/beccajune
did I mention she's a CMA nominee and Country Recording Artist? Selections from her upcoming album are already available on iTunes. just search 'Becca June' and you'll find her. ^_^ Forgive my rambling, I am very proud of her. :)
ANYWHO! About the video:
this started out with me just playing with sound effects in toonboom. ended up crafting a 'script' with sound effects, so I went ahead and drew a few elements and animated them via puppetry. I was happy with it, so I got ready to upload it, when I got the bright idea to add a title screen.
well, being the sort of person I am, it couldn't just be a still shot. so I experimented with a title sequence. when I realized the titles were now more interesting then the puppets, I knew I had to fix the animation up. so I did a few frames hand-drawn, though it is still mostly puppet thanks to my limited time. well, now the animation is not too terrible.
but there is no sound for the titles. it didn't feel complete.
so I asked my sister to compose some simple music. I was expecting a little melody line, nothing complicated. but she jumped at the chance to play around. when she asked what feelings I was looking for in the music, I responded with a generic "uhm...Danny Elfman meets Hans Zimmer at the Carnival. :3 can you do that?" she laughed and set to work, and came up with that brilliance. absolute brilliance!! I cannot rave about that soundtrack enough. I can't wait to work with her again.
With this short under my belt, I feel for the first time that I actually can be an Animator. now I need to work on my actual animating skills. :)
The next cartoon will have a storyline, I promise. ^_^
Materials Used:
Computer
Toon Boom Studio 6
Wacom Cintiq
Notion 3 (music composition program)
Photoshop
Photoshop
What I Learned:
Wow, so much... let's see...
How to add and manipulate sound effects in Toon Boom
How to judge timing the sound effects to the animations
how to create a title sequence
how to import transparent images into Toon Boom
How to mix puppetry and frame-to-frame animation
how to use Pegs as folders to handle a cramped timeline
how vectors really work
how amazing a composer my Sister is
how to add and manipulate music, and time the animations to it
how to make a moving background
how to NOT make a moving background
the difference between Digital Animation's definition of Keyframes as opposed to traditional Keyframes
how to create pretty things in photoshop and incorporate them into my cartoons.
how to create pretty things in photoshop and incorporate them into my cartoons.
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