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Same as below, pre-render.
Tests of what it would generally look like prior to effects and editing. Just a basic mask over the 3d imagery that me and Gerome had done.
Concept for dark world
Concept for bright world (Will change to dark once the spider is shown on the swing)
Two weeks to go. Any change from last time? Yes. Kind of. Except me and gerome, no one else has really done any work. Dom has started hers though. I'll fill ya in: Since Dom is my GF, this was pretty much the only way I could get info. She compiled what they decided together with the others (Oly, Lily, Sarah)
Story of idea Spider could be an abusive boyfriend possibly? To escape Little Miss Muffet’s fears, she could escape to her own fantasy world like Alice in Wonderland, Paranoia Agent and Paprika. Despite feeling content, a spider slowly crawls down from the umbrella she’s holding and meets her at eye level. She freaks out and quickly drops the umbrella. Her fear grows when she hears whistling of incy wincy spider. Can cut back to reality and we see the guy spider walking up to her holding weapons while whistling the incy wincy spider song. For her fantasy and real world, she could be dressed in different outfits to differentiate both worlds. Her clothes as well as the world can show her level of comfort and security. Begins with banging on the door, muffet rocking back and forth. It stops and all is silent. He starts whistling and she puts her hands over her ears rocking more fiercely back and forth then you hear lock picking. She shakes her head and closes her eyes (zooms in). Zooms out and she’s in her fantasy world.
HER FANTASY WORLD WILL BE:
It has to be warm and safe. Where she can feel relaxed She sees a swing tied to a tree (with cloth tied to it for Lily’s ncloth). Will there be a breeze? As she runs closer she sees a spider on the swing. She then hears whistling of incy wincy spider. Like a television, she begins to have a flash back that’s fuzzy of a man kneeling over a dead body. You can only see him from behind but the tattoo on the back of his neck is prominent. As she remembers this her fantasy world shatters and you hear the door swing open. We see the man with the tattoo on the back of his neck from behind as he walks in and closes the door on the audience. SCRIPT Maybe on a chair or a bed. She slowly rocks back and forth with a dazed expression as she hears aggressive banging on the door and the door knob shaking viciously. Then suddenly all stops. She breaths heavily but quietly, slightly relieved.
However, the silence is broken by the menacing whistling and quickly she cups her ears with her hands trying to block that dreadful song. She rocks back and forth more furiously as you can hear locking picking now. Zooms into face as she starts whimpering slightly (possibly) Zooms into her eyes looking terrified as she suddenly shuts them hard. The sounds stop. All is quiet. She slowly opens her eyes and the camera zooms out. We see she’s wearing different clothing and the environment is completely different too. She gradually drops her hands away from her head and relaxes her shoulders in relief.
She gives a heavy sigh of relief. She turns to see a swing tied to trees. Slowly she walks cautiously, then begins to lightly sprint and then comes to a sudden halt. There, on the swing is a spider sitting there. The spider triggers off a flash back that’s hazy because she can barely remember it since she locked it away so tight. There, she stares at a man whistling and kneeling over a dead body. What’s most prominent is the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. Without time to react, the man turns his head towards her but the audience never sees his face. Little Miss Muffet’s fantasy begins to break and disappear and we’re back in the bedroom. Camera is still focused on her face but we hear the door open. Camera cuts to behind the man and we can see the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. He steps in and closes the door on the audience.
I then took this concept, because nothing was really set out, and started thinking about specific happenings etc. I basically rewrote the script.
Starts off in say uni or something somewhere, everyone's here blah blah. Someone starts whistling the nursery rhyme (gerome, he will be in the room as the spider but the camera might only get a quick glimpse of him) (miss muffet whistle by gerome and background noise just fade out This means that we focus on the whistling. Quickly she cups her ears with her hands trying to block that dreadful song. Once she cups her ears, she runs to the bathroom, and locks herself in a cubicle. Once in the cubicle, camera becomes fixated on the door.
The incy wincy spider song still being whistled. Miss muffet continues to panic more and more, then eventually closes her eyes shut. Zooms into her eyes looking terrified as she suddenly shuts them hard. The sounds stop. All is quiet. She slowly opens her eyes and the camera zooms out. We see she’s wearing different clothing and the environment is completely different too. She gradually drops her hands away from her head and relaxes her shoulders in relief. She gives a heavy sigh of relief. She begins to explore the environment. After exploring: She turns to see a swing tied to trees. Slowly she walks cautiously, then begins to lightly sprint and then comes to a sudden halt.
There, on the swing is a spider sitting there. This is a small tiny looking spider, which then begins to morph into quite a big mean looking spider. The spider triggers off a flash back There, she stares at a man whistling and kneeling over a dead body. What’s most prominent is the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. Without time to react, the man turns his head towards her but the audience never sees his face.
ALTERNATE IDEA (Instead of triggering the flashback, miss muffet simply turns around only to see a man There, she stares at a man whistling and kneeling over a dead body. What’s most prominent is the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. Without time to react, the man turns his head towards her but the audience never sees his face. This man has strange artefacts amongst him. The whistling persists. Little Miss Muffet’s fantasy begins to grow dark, things start morphing into creepy evil looking things and then shatter, wither, die. We're then back in the bathroom. Silence persists. Little miss muffet sits there looking agitated, then the door starts being shaken and banged. We switch shots between the outside of the door and the inside. (light the bottom of the bathroom door so we cna see the footsteps of this spider person thingy) Camera cuts to behind the man and we can see the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. He steps in and closes the door on the audience. Right. Moving on..
Deon - TEXTURING (Main role, but I put myself down for these others because I knew that somehow certain people wouldn't carry out their role) / Concept / Compositing / Sound / Lighting
Gerome - Modelling(Primary role, but like me, we knew we'd have to do others work no matter how promising they seem to act) / Compositing / Sound
Dominique - Modelling / Rigging
Sarah - Texturing Lily - Animation
Oly - Lighting
Ash - Lighting
Spider (that crawls on olys hand) Idea - To be completed by sunday 6th by dominique Concept - To be completed by sunday 6th by dominique Final Sketches - To be completed by sunday 6th by dominique Model - To be completed by sunday 6th by dominique Rig + Texture - To be completed by saturday 12th by dominique (rig) - To be completed by 9th by deon (texture) Tracking - To be completed by sunday 20th by Everyone Animate - To be completed by Lily (10th) Spider (that sits on the swing and changes into the big mean looking spider) Idea - be completed by sunday 6th by Deon Concept - be completed by sunday 6th by Deon Final Sketches - be completed by sunday 6th by Deon Model - be completed by 10th by gerome Rig + Texture - To be done by whoever by 13th (rig) texture to be done by sarah. Tracking - Tracking - To be completed by sunday 20th by Everyone Animate - Animate - To be completed by Lily (15th) Tattoo (mark on geromes neck) Apply Glowing light effect to the tattoo - be completed by 14th by deon Spider-Gerome (his form) Idea - Concept by deon (9th) Concept (9th) by deon Final Sketches(10th) by deon Model - 17thby gerome and dom Rig + Texture - Rig by 20th by dom. texture by 20th (sarah and deon) Tracking - Tracking - To be completed by sunday 20th by Everyone Animate - Animate - To be completed by Lily (20th) These ones come last Sound Concept of sound design, and music Capture sound Compose backing music Lighting Concept of appropriate lighting for shots once all is complete Apply lighting Compositing Composite. I actually even set out a mini schedule, both here and actually on shotgun (scheduling software) but I bet that just gets immediately neglected.
I then put this in as much detail I could whilst getting grief from all sides about the idea itself.
Setting: University - Any floor / room will be appropriate as the facilities are identical on each floor. The short starts as the camera is focused on Oly as she types words into her computer, a normal day at university. (Ambient noise in the background) Camera shots from Oly's point of view, and from behind Oly, whilst looking at the laptop screen. Gerome will then start to whistle the incy wincy spider nursery rhyme. This will start off very quiet, but grow louder as the insanity within Oly grows. This will be done by recording the ambient noise, and the whistling, then cross fading and changing volume. This means that we focus on the whistling. Quickly she cups her ears with her hands trying to block that dreadful song. Once she cups her ears, she runs to the bathroom, and locks herself in a cubicle. Camera shots from her point of view and possibly behind as she runs to the camera. Once in the cubicle, camera becomes fixated on the door, then to the right, and the left. During this part we could possibly see parts of the bathroom deteriorating / having spiders fall or something. The incy wincy spider song still being whistled, growing more louder, and distorted (For this part I can overlap the recording of the whistling and tweak the pitch.) Miss Muffet continues to panic more and more (extremely menacing sound effects, such as scratching, banging, shaking. Overlapped to create a heavy dramatic effect, then slowly fade out), then eventually closes her eyes shut. Zooms into her eyes looking terrified as she suddenly shuts them hard. The sounds stop. All is quiet. She slowly opens her eyes and the camera zooms out. We see she’s wearing different clothing and the environment is completely different too. he gradually drops her hands away from her head and relaxes her shoulders in relief. She gives a heavy sigh of relief. She begins to explore the environment. After exploring: She turns to see a swing tied to trees. Slowly she walks cautiously, then begins to lightly sprint and then comes to a sudden halt. There, on the swing is a spider sitting there. This is a small tiny looking spider, which then begins to morph into quite a big mean looking spider, mutating into a rough shape of what we know to be called "The Spider". (Instead of triggering the flashback, miss muffet simply turns around only to see a man There, she stares at a man whistling and kneeling over a dead body. What’s most prominent is the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. Without time to react, the man turns his head towards her but the audience never sees his face. As this happens, parts of his body can begin to show, in the form of spider talons? Arms? Legs. Etc. This man has strange artefacts amongst him. The whistling persists. Little Miss Muffet’s fantasy begins to grow dark, things start morphing into creepy evil looking things and then shatter, wither, die. We're then back in the bathroom. Silence persists. Little miss muffet sits there looking agitated, then the door starts being shaken and banged. (light the bottom of the bathroom door so we can see the footsteps of this spider person thingy before the banging happens) Camera cuts to behind the man and we can see the spider tattoo on the back of his neck. Continues to bang on the door. After a brief moment of silence, he opens the door, and steps in. Camera shot from high angle to see the neck of the spider. We then switch to Muffet's point of view which sees the front of the "spider". We then switch back to behind the spider, and see Oly's facial expression as she tried to move back into the wall. He steps in and closes the door on the audience..
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