After a few weeks of break, we started the new elective, this time focusing on lip-syncing. It started by splitting us up into pairs and having us talk for two minutes about random topics given to us on the moment. Afterwards, we were put in other pairs, and were told to pick some audios and to think of an animation we could base around them, to then pick a single one to focus on.
I was lucky, as the person I did the original audio with was also the person I ended up working with, Lucy Harris. We started working on some ideas on Miro (link below).
https://miro.com/welcomeonboard/7regkWUzDGCViD37tJRwUbKOdWFJANUOGmWrjeNG5fTRiGBsMl9X4Vf1lAzgVuYv
At first, we narrowed our choice down to 5 audios, each with a different idea on what to do them on.
After discussing our choices with Joe, we started working on some loglines to see which ones had stories that were easy to follow, connected to the audio, and that we could work into a satirical piece. In the end, we landed on our idea based on Audio 7, which revolved on the topic of more and more men of our generation getting into knitting and sewing.
With our audio chosen, we started brainstorming some character designs and ideas for the location. After some rough ideas, we ended with two designs for the main characters we were happy with, and named them Alice and Beth to distinguish them from one another.
Afterwards, we started getting down more ideas for the location (a knitting club room, with various chairs and beanbag chairs to work on) and other characters to have in the scene, using a lot of reference images found online to help us in the process.
Finally, having enough material to work with, we completed some quick thumbnails for our animation, which should be just about 1 minute long. We detailed all the camera angles and the general expressions for each shot, and I’m happy with what we came up with.
So far, working with my partner has been great, and the project seems to be going smoothly. I’m happy with the work we’ve done so far, and I’ll try to keep it that way moving forward.