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Here is the final project for Animation Pre-Production! This was such a fun project to work on, and I was fortunate enough to be able to run this one by myself! Not having a partner meant having all of the work, but it also meant I didn't have to answer to anyone or rely on someone else's work ethic.

I started out with a few ideas, but after consulting with the instructor, I was heavily encouraged to run with the following story:

I felt that since the last project incorporated a lot of dialogue, I wanted to remove that aspect and let the pictures and music drive the story. This made the script writing more simple, and left me with more time to work on the drawings and final production:

I quickly got to work on the drawings, and since I prefer to work in Photoshop, I was able to use color and transform tools to quickly map out the pieces for the project and reuse them creatively to make the storyboards:




Once I got done with the storyboards, I had the fun task of coming up with sound effects and music that I wanted to use to help create the tone and feel of the situation. I even purchased a song from Amazon, but it was money well spent, seeing as I love the song! The first song is a free download from the game "Dishonoured". I've had that one in my playlist since I bought the game, and I thought it would help build the tension, while maintaining the nautical tone. I split it into two parts, one to create an eerie, mysterious emotion, and one to create the sense of dread and danger.

The song I purchased is "Shipping Up to Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys, and it generates a triumphant sound, while again, maintaining the nautical theme of the story.

Altogether with some seaside birds, and a waterfall from a free downloads site, I am quite pleased with the final outcome:

Along the way, I made several changes, from the gender of the ship, because ships are always female, to the nature of the monster, instead of being tentacles(which would have been the child's fingers), I left it more like a whale, which turned out to be the toddler's leg. These changes were made after some research, and also after thinking through the storytelling process. It's amazing how many changes can occur throughout such a short project!