Scenario finished and some more drawings

Scenario is finally completed, also we have already determined how our trailer will look and we made a todo list.

Here are some sketches of the factory.

Hiromi and I have gathered our Copic markers to make our drawings more colorful, Doesn't it make you happy when you see all those colors :D

 this is our to do list, things that have to be designed first

The scenario can be read here (in Dutch): http://www2.hku.nl/~jolanda/Afstudeerproject/Scenario_15sec%283%29.pdf

Finally arting

Today I drawed  some ruined favelas.

 Also we got our painters easel so we can use it to work with paint!

Inspiration for the music

Inspiration for the music of our story. We wanted cheerful samba music combined with horrible and disgusting images of zombies in carnival clothes.

Music here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-JY35h9IE

Weekly Update # 1

Hiromi and I have been very busy the last few weeks.
officially we started around February 5th by making a schedule. We had allready discussed some ideas and came to the conclusion to make a trailer for an animation. Thereby we write a story and create a world by making sketches, detailed scenes, prop designs, character designs, environments and more.
 

All the art that we make, have to evoke certain emotions.
 

We also use the trailer to do that, besides that it functions as promotional material.
So far we have a planning, research on emotions and the subject and the beginning of the scenario.


This trailer will be supported with audio by the great musical genius: Jelle Roosen
 

Next week the scenario will be finished and we can also pick up the painters easel from the animation department for our pre-production phase. We will then begin making the first mock-ups of this world.

So stay tuned for next week to see the story and the first designs!

Research Raport

Finally, the research report is finished, a short research for our concept.

in this report you can find observations from films that we have studied, research on how we can evoke certain emotions, information about zombies, apocalypse, Rio de Janeiro and Carnival to create our concept.

Research is found here:

http://www2.hku.nl/~jolanda/Afstudeerproject/Onderzoek%20Rapportage.pdf 

It's in Dutch tough...

Case Study: the Walking Dead episode 1

First Character Designs

These are one of the first character designs made for this project. the story wasn't set yet but the idea was there.

 The first thumbnails and designs for the zombie character

When the main idea was created for the story, it was decided to create a young zombie girl that also has something cute.

 Designs for the boy

Zombie Research Society

Zombie Research Society has described the zombie on a scientific way, they also include how their brain works.

The biological reason why zombies are as they are;
The cerebellum is a cauliflower-shaped region of the brain that almost has half the neurons of the entire brain. The cerebellum is responsible for the coordination of movements so you can move smoothly and accurately. With zombies this area is damaged after reanimation resulting jerky movements and balance problems.

Because of the damage to the Inferior frontal gyrus, the zombie himself can not express in speech or writing or understand language (spoken or written). 

If the Wernicke area in the brain (which is responsible for language)has an injury occurs
At a junction of the two brain lobes, temporal and pariëtiale. We have not the ability to understand spoken or written text. Zombie also sufferd this damage during reanimation.

http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/9340
 

Case study Movie: Rio (2011)

After watching Rio, I have put together some shots that could be relavant for our project.

Moodboards

Here are some moodboards for our short trailer and story!

The setting of our story is Rio de Janeiro, during Carnival.  The apocalypse begins when Rio celebrates Carnival  and the streets are filled with floats and dancers.