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.

Stats

Some random stuff to help myself get organized.

Film length - 11 minutes (1 episode)
Production length - 1 yr
-Character Dialogue (4 speaking characters)
-Screenplay is complete
-Will be hiring animators once I get to that point.
-Animatic/Storyboard is in progress

MODELING

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


Characters -
Timmy - 40%
Simon - 70%
Jocks - 80%
Holly - 0%
News Man - 0%
The Creature - 0%

Props -
Mongoose Bike - 100%
3 seat bike - 0%
Shovel - 100%
Cassette tape - 100%
Reebok Pumps - 90%
Barrel - 100%
80's glasses - 0%
Slap on bracelets - 0%
Highheel lamp leg - 80%
Skateboard - 20%
Vintage TV - 0%
Beanbag chair - 0%
Magazine - 0%
Chest - 0%

step

There was a point I hit with my modeling and illustration work where I had to make a giant step from trying to be as "good" as other artist, and into trying to create what I like. Into creating things that feel like "me". Once I took that step, I started to flourish. I became much more happy with the work, and more people responded to it in a positive way.
When it comes to film, I'm very happy with my 2 previous films. But I dont feel like I've made that step yet. I don't feel like either film was completely "me". Both films catered to what I thought people would like and not completely to what I like.
This film is an attempt to take that giant step in film.

Animated short

This is just a place for me to keep things organized. And by things, I mean my new animated short film "Radicool".
The story is based in 1989, and revolves around 2 kids who go a after a treasure that's hidden in a haunted lighthouse. The feel is very much like Goonies, Monster squad, and The Gate.