1st April

Worked on starting the rough of the shot 06 (old lady drinking tea)

I think its timed out alright and it will look great with being slow and wobbly

I enlarged her at the end as it is supposed to be a close up.

Tirissala is doing the background for this currently.

31st March

Shot list

Shot 1:

Establishing Exterior - Complete

(Leighton)

Shot 2:

Close up of mirror -

(Extra shot if we have time)

(Cade)

Shot 3:

Close up of piano -

(Extra shot if we have time)

(Andrew)

Shot 4:

Close up of clock -

(Extra shot if we have time)

(Leighton)

Shot 5:

Wide shot of room with old lady alone -

(Andrew)

Shot 6:

Close up of lady drinking tea -

(Leighton)

Shot 7:

Wide shot of room.death and son materialize across from old lady -

(Andrew)

Shot 8:

Close up of son removing hood ,father puts hand on shoulder.Son looks up.
(Tirissala)

Shot 9:

Low angle of father looking down at son.
Father then looks away towards lady.

(Ezzy)

Shot 10:

Close up of lady, still drinking tea.Son stops looking up at father and looks over to her.
Son walks over to her.

(Ezzy)

Shot 11:

Low angle with son swinging scythe,lady gets up and it barely misses.lady walks from right to left behind him.

(Tirissala,Ezzy)

Shot 12:

Lady is now at window and son stares at chair confused then looks over to the lady.
He then walks up a bit behind her.

(Tirissala,Cade)

Shot 13:

Son is preparing to swing again.

(Cade)

Shot 14:

She turns to look at him.
She turns and holds out her hand

(Andrew)

Shot 15:

Over her shoulder.He hesitates then his scythe disappears and he lifts up his hood. Then the father disappears.

(Andrew,Leighton)

Shot 16:

They walk into the sunset.Fades to just the sun setting to black.

(Leighton)

Shot 17:
Lady is slumped up against the wall.
(Leighton)

Added my background to the animatic and had a group meeting today.I also divided up the shots so everyone has a full shot to do and a background.

Added some more touches to the background but my group thinks it is done now so I'll move on.

Also went to life drawing,The gestures were not that great but once I warmed up I had some decent attempts at looking properly at the figure.

Sometimes looking the the shades and shapes of a person,I imagine them not a person so I don't fill in the gaps with what I think body parts look like in my head.

30th March

(Trying not to say "Today I did this"..Oh well)

Today I did a background of the exterior ,it might need another colour and some more touching up.

I also compiled the latest animatic and started on the shot list.

I'm pretty on schedule and I would start animating but the concepts are abit behind so I can't quite yet.


The animatic is basically done aside from being on model.

We really need the characters done soon.

27th March

After the late night last night I fixed up more story boarding with Tirissala.

Heres the animatic so far (Missing one shot as Tirissala is currently working on it.)

I need to sort some timing out as some shots seem a little slow to me.

The seventh shot has an error as the swing changes direction from tirissalas storyboarding to mine,I will fix this today.

Version 2:

swapped the sons side for shot 07,though some scythes swap sides but its not that important.

Version 3:

Edited the beginning as Andrew advised to start with a wider shot.this would emphasize that she is alone.

Also starting the background I need to do.

26th March

Started this morning by adding more to the asset list.

ASSET LIST

CHARACTERS

- Grim Reaper's son – Main character

- Grim Reaper (father) – Unsupportive supporting character

- Old Lady – supporting character

ENVIRONMENTS

- Old Ladies home (exterior) (Establishing shot)

• Old Ladies home (interior)
• Main room features
• Windows
• Fireplace
• Table and chairs
• Piano
• Book/Tea set

AUDIO

- Background music (melancholic music, piano)

-No Character dialogue

-Sound of footsteps

-China clinks and so on (for tea)

-Thunk on fabric (for when the son hits the back of the chair)

-Clock ticking and chiming

FIXES:

Lady first appearance then grim reapers enter.

hand on sons head/shoulder,son looks up

father goes from looking at son to looking at lady across the room.

shot of lady, and son still looking at dad.looks towards lady.

walks to lady ,looks back at dad .dad fades into wall.

then the swing.



ending :

son walks up to her

gets scythe ready again,she turns towards him

hesitates

she smiles and reaches out to him as comfort,dad disappears in background.


Shot 1:

Lady drinking tea 

Shot 2:

Wide shot of room,death and son materialize. 

Shot 3:

Son removes hood ,father puts hand on shoulder.Son looks up.

Shot 4: 

Low angle of father looking down at son.
Father then looks away towards lady.

Shot 5:

Lady still drinking tea,son stops looking up at father and looks over to her.
Son walks over to her.

Shot 6:

Low angle with swing swinging scythe,lady gets up and it barely misses.

Shot 7:

lady is now at window and son stares at chair confused then looks over to the lady.
He then walks up a bit behind her.

Shot 8: 

son is anticipating swing.

Shot 9: 

She turns to look at him.
She turns and holds out her hand

Shot 10:

 Over her shoulder.He hesitates then his scythe disappears then father disappears.

Shot 11:

They walk into the sunset. 


Shot 12:

Lady is slumped up against the wall.

The end. 



This is the part of the storyboard I did.


Shot 7:

lady is now at window and son stares at chair confused then looks over to the lady.
He then walks up a bit behind her.

Shot 8: (needs editing)

son is anticipating swing.

This needs to change from hand tapping her shoulder to the sons swing.

Shot 9: 

She turns to look at him.
She turns and holds out her hand

Shot 10: (needs editing)

 Over her shoulder.He hesitates then his scythe disappears then father disappears.

Shot 11:

They walk into the sunset. 

Shot 12:

Lady is slumped up against the wall.

The end. 

25th March

Working on rewriting the script and storyboard today,just trying to solidify every we need so we don't need to make any more changes.

Script:

FADE IN:

EXT. OLD LADY’S HOME - SUNSET

Establishing shot of an old country house, surrounded by trees.

INT. OLD LADY’S HOME - SUNSET

A series of establishing shots of the rooms and ornaments of the house. Settles in a room with large windows.

The sunset causes the shadows to grow longer and the Grim Reaper and his son appear from them. Father and son look across the room and see an old lady, reading in an armchair. She cannot see them.

The father pushes the son towards her, prompting his son to collect her soul.

The son closes his eyes tightly and takes a swing with his little scythe. It flows through the chair missing her as the lady stands up, oblivious.

She stands at the window,looking out to the sunset.

The father insists with more pressure that the son take her soul.

The son hesitantly walks towards the lady.

He tugs on her dress and she turns to look at him.

The son steps back conflicted as to what he should do.

The old lady reaches out her hand to him with a soft smile.

They walk into the light of the window together.

INT. OLD LADY'S HOME - NIGHT

Old lady is slumped against the wall near the window.

FADE OUT

THE END 

Storyboard:

I was editing the ending to match our script,I've roughed out most of it now.

This starts right after the father pressures the son again.

The lady is now by the window out of harms way

the son walks up to her hesitantly

he taps/tugs on her shoulder.

she turns to him

conflicted,the son takes a step back.

she reachs out to him with a smile.

they walk into the sunset and it glows bright

fades to just the sun.

the sun sets to black

fades in to the lady slumped up against the wall

it cuts to credits.

24th March

We tried to sort the story out more today.


Problems industry pointed out:
- finding a way to animate it.  (style guide)

- emotional journey  (story)  (Acceptance)

- why elderly lady leaves room (Change to standing at windows, grim follows)  (Old lady turns and looks at son,she extends hand with smile,
they walk off into the sunset through the window into the light.cuts to nights and her hand drops by window)


- why the son isnt a skull   (concepts)
table to window,sits down,walks into sunset.

Tips:
camera to show emotion.
colour





Plot:

Exterior - Sunset

-Establishing house

Interior - Sunset

-sunset casts shadows which grim and son rise from. (old lady is drinking tea)

-Grim reaper pressures son to kill her.

-son walks upto her chair and swings hesitantly with eyes closed. (old lady stands up and moves,oblivious to whats going on)

-scythe flows through the chair. (old lady is standing at window looking out to sunset)

-Grim reaper yet again pushes son towards her pressuring him. (biffs scythe)

-he tugs on the old ladies dress hesitantly

-she smiles and reaches out her hand to him and they walk into the sunset into light.


Interior - Night

-cuts to shot of lower body and hand slumped against window

Quick storyboard changes needed for the story to get an idea of what the ending might look like.

He drops the scythe as he gives up on doing things his fathers way.

He hesitantly approachs the old lady staring out to the window

he tugs on her dress

she turns back to look at him

he backs away slowly

she reaches out to him and smiles

they walk into the light 

night scene  of her slumped up against the wall

there are other minor changes as its all set in 1 room now  and the sunset creates the shadows which the grim and son rise from.