final

Final animation: http://midnightheist.deviantart.com/art/Mammoth-animation-143201983.

Portfolio: http://scottgillan.daportfolio.com/

Sounds used: http://www.freesound.org/usersDownloads.php?id=1325190
Textures used: http://www.cgtextures.com



Installation went pretty good, no big dramas. A few chairs + a projector works very well. :)

Update: Got an A+ for this. Yay. :D

I live @ tec now.

So I worked on the animation a whole lot over the past few weeks. Only going home for food or sleep. :P

Did the sound. A combination of my recording plus the rest from freesound.org.
I have contributed my own ambient bird recordings to the site, adding extra resources to their library. Just like the theme of my story! :o

Flash has some further editing options after you import your sounds. For example left/right speakers + fades, with the bonus on seeing the keyframes and keyframe numbers while editing, very helpful.

Finished and tweaked all the animation, including titles and credits.


I'll upload some concept art and such soon. Still have to install it in the gallery space.

sound higlighting conservationist caveman

sound higlighting conservationist caveman

possibly add a bed of bird sounds while caveman is on screen to show he cares for narture.

keyframe vs tweened

rough:
+looks more like caveman style/more organic
+rough inbetweens hardly noticable
+uses WAY less layers = easy to manage project
+more fun

lined:
+easier to modify for length changes
+takes less time
-layer for each moving part

more narrative tips

reinforce the ideas/themes

caveman = conservationist
- hugs a tree
- avoids flowerbed
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spaceship freezes stuff
- leaves
- pond/water
- flowers
- small animal/mole
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alien doesn't give a shit about squandering resources
- throws cup on ground when he gets out of the ship
- walks on flowerbed
- pees on something

+inbetween, few mammoth, eat as much as he can
+how would you know something frozen is perserved

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Did more on my storyboard. Basically broke down the more complex scenes into step by step frames. Wrote down the sound effects in each frame/scene as well.

sound effects run through

doubles not noted

visual	onomatopoeia	how to achieve
space ship landing	humm	record fridge
mammoth noises	trumpet	use elephant effects
bird noises	chirp	web
wind noises	shhheeeeeww...	achieve
ambient	garden sounds	record @ gardens
space ship hatch opening	chi	achieve
demon licking lips	thurp	record me
ripping heart out	splurt	achieve
mammoth falling	boom	achieve
demon turning around	swish	achieve
eating heart	apple crunch	eat apple
space ship starting up	furr...fur...	achieve
ice crack	crack	achieve
space ship moving	zoom	achieve
footsteps increasing in volume	thud,thud..	achieve
caveman sigh	sigh	achieve
dragging mammoth	onomatopoeia	achieve
mammoth falling	boom	achieve
sword drawn	ching	achieve
cut into meat	chop	achieve
eating	nom nom nom	achieve
snoring	snore	achieve
caveman waking up	yawn	achieve
moving dead mammoth	squishy sounds	achieve
demon pop up	splurt	achieve
caveman	:o	achieve
caveman	grrr	achieve
spear windup	hurrr	achieve
spear throw	hup	achieve
spear flying	wind	achieve
demon rebound	ding	achieve
caveman	:o	achieve
caveman landing	bruku	achieve
sword drawn	ching	achieve
heavy/loud footsteps	thud,thud...	achieve
caveman rawr	rawr	achieve
sword strikes	ching	achieve
caveman heavy breathing	hur...hur...	achieve
fist clentch	stretch	achieve
demon spin	zhum	achieve
sword breaking	chi	achieve
caveman grunts	humph	achieve
diamond cutting various things	"magical" ching x4	achieve
diamond blade up into frame	urrew	achieve
demon spin	zhumx3	achieve
caveman falls	onomatopoeia	achieve
caveman	arg	achieve
caveman throw	hup	achieve
caveman strain into cave	hup	achieve
into cavemans head	zhung	achieve
out of cavemans head	zhung	achieve
caveman	huh	achieve
caveman	hmmm	achieve
demon with shifty eyes	avade sound effect x2	pen quickly across paper
demon mouth opening	aah	achieve
demon noticing doom from above	huh?	achieve
caveman falling hawk sound	caw!	achieve
impact noise	crunch/boom	achieve
demon struggling	grr	achieve
caveman	grr	achieve
tail moving	wind	achieve
caveman grabbing tail	chung	achieve
caveman getting up	stretch	achieve
bone crack	crack	achieve
rolling metal on ground	onomatopoeia	achieve
caveman licking lips	thurp	achieve

That's a few. Finish later.

more narrative work

I drew thumbnails of the scenes from my animation so I could experiment where to put the "rotting/frozen refridgeration" scene. It works in both places on the two images.

need to show landscape before alien appears..?
+ think about camera staging
+ more organic/dynamic fight scene