I have numerous sketches, but I just want to for now post the headshots of the girl and a body shot. I will post a model turn as soon as I can.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Character Sketches.
I have numerous sketches, but I just want to for now post the headshots of the girl and a body shot. I will post a model turn as soon as I can.
Thesis Out line
Outline of Thesis
Introduction
a. This introduction will entail the concept of my thesis and its historical and social approach in entertainment
b. It will briefly entail what I hope to accomplish with my thesis and the reasoning behind the choice
HISTORICAL OVER VIEW
A. Research on fitness.
a. When did it first become prominent in society?
b. What advances have been made over the years?
c. Why cardiovascular fitness is important to an exercise regimen.
d. Who discovered the importance of cardiovascular exercise.
e. History of the treadmill:
a. Who invented it?
b. Why is the treadmill a basic staple at the gym?
c. Designs of older treadmills
d. Design of current treadmills.
e. How a treadmill works
f. Settings of Treadmills.
g. Motion of treadmills.
f. Social culture of the Gym
a. Personal Trainers.
b. People who want to lose weight
c. Cougars
d. Athletes.
g. Gym layouts
h. Other types of exercise.
B. Research of Physical comedy.
a. Look at Classic examples such as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Abbot and Costello for cues on timing.
b. Study the animated approach from Classic Cartoons.
c. Compare and contrast the animated approach to the Live action approach.
C. Research on motion
a. Study examples of motion and movement
b. The mechanics of running.
c. The female run vs the male run.
d. Running with resistance. Running on smooth surfaces. Running on a moving surface.
e. The motion of the treadmill.
D. Research on animation approaches.
a. The basics of timing it out.
b. The approaches of traditional versus 3D.
c. The history of animation.
d. The basics of the approach.
E. The Nitty Gritty or the approach
a. Putting all the research together so that we can discuss approach.
b. How the piece will be done.
c. Story and script breakdown
d. The mechanics of the execution.
e. The lighting Design.
f. The models and set.
g. Rigging approach
h. The breakdown of the storyboards.
i. The Breakdown of the timing.
j. The approaches I will take to be a member of KISS (Keep it simple stupid)
k. The design and color scheme.
l. The title sequence.
m. Sound
n. Logistics.
o. Project breakdown and management of personal time.
F. Concluding Arguments.
a. Cross referencing Research to prove the approach methodology
b. Briefly concluding the overall idea and its easy identifiable subject matter.
Introduction
a. This introduction will entail the concept of my thesis and its historical and social approach in entertainment
b. It will briefly entail what I hope to accomplish with my thesis and the reasoning behind the choice
HISTORICAL OVER VIEW
A. Research on fitness.
a. When did it first become prominent in society?
b. What advances have been made over the years?
c. Why cardiovascular fitness is important to an exercise regimen.
d. Who discovered the importance of cardiovascular exercise.
e. History of the treadmill:
a. Who invented it?
b. Why is the treadmill a basic staple at the gym?
c. Designs of older treadmills
d. Design of current treadmills.
e. How a treadmill works
f. Settings of Treadmills.
g. Motion of treadmills.
f. Social culture of the Gym
a. Personal Trainers.
b. People who want to lose weight
c. Cougars
d. Athletes.
g. Gym layouts
h. Other types of exercise.
B. Research of Physical comedy.
a. Look at Classic examples such as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Abbot and Costello for cues on timing.
b. Study the animated approach from Classic Cartoons.
c. Compare and contrast the animated approach to the Live action approach.
C. Research on motion
a. Study examples of motion and movement
b. The mechanics of running.
c. The female run vs the male run.
d. Running with resistance. Running on smooth surfaces. Running on a moving surface.
e. The motion of the treadmill.
D. Research on animation approaches.
a. The basics of timing it out.
b. The approaches of traditional versus 3D.
c. The history of animation.
d. The basics of the approach.
E. The Nitty Gritty or the approach
a. Putting all the research together so that we can discuss approach.
b. How the piece will be done.
c. Story and script breakdown
d. The mechanics of the execution.
e. The lighting Design.
f. The models and set.
g. Rigging approach
h. The breakdown of the storyboards.
i. The Breakdown of the timing.
j. The approaches I will take to be a member of KISS (Keep it simple stupid)
k. The design and color scheme.
l. The title sequence.
m. Sound
n. Logistics.
o. Project breakdown and management of personal time.
F. Concluding Arguments.
a. Cross referencing Research to prove the approach methodology
b. Briefly concluding the overall idea and its easy identifiable subject matter.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Reference Photos
So what have I been up to this week for my thesis? I have been gathering reference photos.. I have also been going to the gym to take pictures and play on the treadmill. BTW I hate the treadmill because it hurts my calves. I basically took pictures of different gym equipment, the treadmill at different angles and different types of people that go to the gym(part of the culture). All these pictures further emphasize to me that I have NO business behind a camera. I will be going back there to continue shooting references until I am satisfied.
Suffice to say I am not posting all my photos... as they well frankly are too many and are repeats..
I have also finished my revise of the script... we'll see how it goes.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
RESEARCH
SO I am going to throw a few video images on here for research.
I'll start with treadmills and go to animation ones.
STYLE
HEre are a few videos that I want the feel of my Thesis to pay homage to:
I'll post all my scraps of character design later.
I'll start with treadmills and go to animation ones.
STYLE
HEre are a few videos that I want the feel of my Thesis to pay homage to:
I'll post all my scraps of character design later.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Starting the thesis Process
Okay here is my blog site for my thesis and I have to say I am nervous as all get out. I will say I am nervous. I will also say eeeeeep!
So here is my rough draft of my ideas of late:
The concept I would like my thesis to entail is: fitness.
Fitness is the activity of trying to obtain or maintain a healthy body through the means of exercise, weights and cardio-vascular workouts.
The thesis will be entitled Tracy versus the Treadmill (because I cannot resist alliteration). It will be 3-d project that will focus on my skills as a generalist. It will be animated. There will be two characters that will be focused on, a girl and a treadmill. The set will be very simple. There will be one shot of a full gym, but the rest will be a simple set of a treadmill, a floor, the mirror in front of her and other unused treadmills beside her. The camera focus will be on her and the treadmill.
Synopsis
Tracy is new to the gym, but she wants to get in shape. She nervously enters the gym and decides to start her workout with a fairly innocuous looking treadmill. The second she jumps on it, it comes to life and the LED readout begins to mock her as she tries to use. It goes too fast and switches speeds and even direction. It calls her loser and as Tracy begins to become frustrated it only heightens its mockery. Tracey tries to shut the machine off, but she cannot seem to reach the stop button. Every time she seems to get close the button almost shifts away from her fingers. As she becomes more determined to beat the machine, she becomes almost frenetic in her movement and breathing. The machine eventually stops and she falls to the floor, breathing heavily, angry, but ready to come back tomorrow for round two. I want this to be a cross between the old Goofy How to cartoons and a Donald Duck cartoon where technology seems to be at odds with the main character to a boiling point.
OUTLINE
Tracy vs. the Treadmill
I. Tracy enters the gym
a. Tracy looks around almost with fear and shyness to the new world around
her.
b. Tracy almost bolts through the door, when a narrative voice reminds her why
she is here:
1. She wants to get in Cougar shape.
2. Picture of three older ridiculously in-shape females and the sound effect of a mountain cat roar.
c. Tracy looks determined and looks around at her fitness options.
d. A voice declares that the first part of a work-out is to do cardio-cascular work out, such as running, spinning, calesthetics… etc
e. Tracy looks at different options, the elliptical, the bike and settles on the treadmill.
II. Tracy starts her battle with the treadmill
a. Tracy approaches the treadmill, which seems almost heavenly lit.
b. Tracy starts to get on nervously and slowly, looking at it with caution.
c. The machine starts up immediately and asks her to enter her weight.
d. Tracy enters her weight and the machine defiantly screams: LIAR
e. The machine starts to move faster, all the while calling her wimpy and out of shape.
f. Tracy goes for the Stop button.
g. The treadmill tells her no-no and starts to run backwards to keep her from reaching the button.
h. Tracy starts to get mad and starts moving faster to try to out wit the machine.
i. The treadmill keeps switching speeds and resistance.
j. Tracy keeps going determined to shut it off
III. Tracy reaches her Boiling point
a. Tracy is angry and panting as she frantically keeps trying to shut it off.
b. Every time she gets close the button seems to move and the machine mocks her more.
c. Tracy starts to really get livid and every time she reaches the machine she slaps it in the “mouth” and starts beating on it in rage.
d. The machine finally stops and Tracy is still jumping n it and hit it.
e. Tracy finally falls to the ground tired and out of energy.
f. As she catches her breath the Narrator tells her that now that her heart rate is up, she can start using weights. She sinks to the ground and throws the towel at the camera.
So here is my rough draft of my ideas of late:
The concept I would like my thesis to entail is: fitness.
Fitness is the activity of trying to obtain or maintain a healthy body through the means of exercise, weights and cardio-vascular workouts.
The thesis will be entitled Tracy versus the Treadmill (because I cannot resist alliteration). It will be 3-d project that will focus on my skills as a generalist. It will be animated. There will be two characters that will be focused on, a girl and a treadmill. The set will be very simple. There will be one shot of a full gym, but the rest will be a simple set of a treadmill, a floor, the mirror in front of her and other unused treadmills beside her. The camera focus will be on her and the treadmill.
Synopsis
Tracy is new to the gym, but she wants to get in shape. She nervously enters the gym and decides to start her workout with a fairly innocuous looking treadmill. The second she jumps on it, it comes to life and the LED readout begins to mock her as she tries to use. It goes too fast and switches speeds and even direction. It calls her loser and as Tracy begins to become frustrated it only heightens its mockery. Tracey tries to shut the machine off, but she cannot seem to reach the stop button. Every time she seems to get close the button almost shifts away from her fingers. As she becomes more determined to beat the machine, she becomes almost frenetic in her movement and breathing. The machine eventually stops and she falls to the floor, breathing heavily, angry, but ready to come back tomorrow for round two. I want this to be a cross between the old Goofy How to cartoons and a Donald Duck cartoon where technology seems to be at odds with the main character to a boiling point.
OUTLINE
Tracy vs. the Treadmill
I. Tracy enters the gym
a. Tracy looks around almost with fear and shyness to the new world around
her.
b. Tracy almost bolts through the door, when a narrative voice reminds her why
she is here:
1. She wants to get in Cougar shape.
2. Picture of three older ridiculously in-shape females and the sound effect of a mountain cat roar.
c. Tracy looks determined and looks around at her fitness options.
d. A voice declares that the first part of a work-out is to do cardio-cascular work out, such as running, spinning, calesthetics… etc
e. Tracy looks at different options, the elliptical, the bike and settles on the treadmill.
II. Tracy starts her battle with the treadmill
a. Tracy approaches the treadmill, which seems almost heavenly lit.
b. Tracy starts to get on nervously and slowly, looking at it with caution.
c. The machine starts up immediately and asks her to enter her weight.
d. Tracy enters her weight and the machine defiantly screams: LIAR
e. The machine starts to move faster, all the while calling her wimpy and out of shape.
f. Tracy goes for the Stop button.
g. The treadmill tells her no-no and starts to run backwards to keep her from reaching the button.
h. Tracy starts to get mad and starts moving faster to try to out wit the machine.
i. The treadmill keeps switching speeds and resistance.
j. Tracy keeps going determined to shut it off
III. Tracy reaches her Boiling point
a. Tracy is angry and panting as she frantically keeps trying to shut it off.
b. Every time she gets close the button seems to move and the machine mocks her more.
c. Tracy starts to really get livid and every time she reaches the machine she slaps it in the “mouth” and starts beating on it in rage.
d. The machine finally stops and Tracy is still jumping n it and hit it.
e. Tracy finally falls to the ground tired and out of energy.
f. As she catches her breath the Narrator tells her that now that her heart rate is up, she can start using weights. She sinks to the ground and throws the towel at the camera.
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