Story is everything

My first film was all about finishing an animated short. My second film was all about film making (cinematography, production design, character design, pacing). This film is about about story. The goal is for this thing to feel like it was plucked from a teenagers vhs collection in 1988.
The story is ultimately about friendship, and Im working hard for that to come across. But, its also about the bright florescent colors and fun cheesiness of the 80's. Complete with an older sister in a pink striped jazzercise outfit, bully jocks in football jackets, a power plat operation gone wrong, slap on bracelets, mutant creature, and of course a bad ass mongoose bike.

Weekly Update

Things are moving right along. I've started to plan out the production schedule. I'm aiming to have the film done by Feb. 1st of next year.

MODELING/PAINTING

Environments -
The Lighthouse Ext. - 5%
The Lighthouse Interior/Underground - 5%
Small town streets - 5%
The Forest Path - 0%
Kids Bedroom - 20%
Living Room - 60%
News Room (Int) - 0%
Power Plant (Ext) - 0%
Insane Asylum (Ext) - 0%
Retro Video Game Environment - 0%


Characters -
Timmy - 40%
Simon - 95%
Jocks - 95%
Holly - 0%
News Man - 100%
The Creature - 0%

Props -
Mongoose Bike - 100%
3 seat bike - 0%
Shovel - 100%
Cassette tape - 100%
Reebok Pumps - 100%
Barrel - 100%
80's glasses - 0%
Slap on bracelets - 0%
Highheel lamp leg - 80%
Skateboard - 80%
Vintage TV - 0%
Beanbag chair - 0%
Magazine - 0%
Chest - 0%

The towns news man

Here's an early shot of the local news man.

Some character concepts / early images

Moving right along

Well, things are moving right along. I'm having a blast creating all these things from my childhood. Here's a first look at a few "80's" props Ive created so far.