New and Old Inspirations.

Starting to work on the new version of the script, it is beginning to evolve into something a bit more original (I hope) and I will meet up with the group members soon to see what they have to think of it. I have also been creating some concept art and character designs in photoshop, but they are not ready to post just yet.

Recently I've been fairly undecided about how much the film style would draw from the realm of shadow puppets, constantly doubting which direction would be the better option. I thought I had made my mind up to just have a hint of it throughout the film, but a friend from uni linked me to an indy game called Limbo the other day and its visuals were incredible. The composition of the shots is fantastic and not confusing at all (which I thought may be a problem with this style), I think it would make an amazing influence to draw from for the film. However I would still want some colour, the film noir look would be a bit out of place for the film.

Also, I have been looking closely at the animation Between Bears recently. It has some aspects similar to our film in respects to the side on nature most of the film has and the way that have chosen to break up the camera shots without drawing to much away from the 'side on' nature of the film. Also the colours and the music are very inspiring, but it was mainly the choice of shots I found interesting.

Anyway, time to get back to work, between the essays, the animating and the WIL project I am doing at the moment I hope to be posting new content on the film later in the week.