I designed all of the backgrounds in the film. The process was long, but very enjoyable and was a great opportunity to show off my ability to draw backgrounds and complex rooms from multiple angles. Going into designing the backgrounds I knew there were only two main locations: Valerie’s apartment and the art gallery. We…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project – 10 – Background Design
Final Year Major Project – 09 – Prop Design
It was my job to design the props for the film. I simply made a list of the props that were essential to the film, that would be seen in multiple shots and from multiple angles and then designed model sheets for them. I wanted to be extremely thorough with the model sheets so Ellie…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project – 09 – Prop Design
Final Year Major Project – 08 – Pre-Production Feedback
Following our Pre-Production presentation we were given some feedback. Namely that we should push the horror elements of our film further, develop the friendship of Valerie and Meredith and the jumps in time should be clearer. Following this we got into adding in new shots, redoing old shots and rewriting what we could. Due to…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project – 08 – Pre-Production Feedback
Final Year Major Project – 07 – Storyboards and Animatic
While Ellie focussed on finalising designs and turnarounds I got to work on the storyboards. I would roughly thumbnail the shots and ask Ellie for critique and we would work to improve them. Getting into the headspace of a horror film was difficult at first and it was a learning curve, but I tried to…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project – 07 – Storyboards and Animatic