Applied Animation: Progress Meeting 29/01

Yesterday Katy and I shared what we had done in terms of characters and script and discussed what else still needed to be done in order to complete pre-production. Other than completing her character designs, Katy had also decided to conduct some digital colour experiments to try and gain a better understanding of what kind of colours we were looking for.

Katy's Colour Tests

Whilst I appreciated this, I also felt that it wasn't necessarily needed, as it didn't give us any inspiration for textures so I suggested to Katy that she looked at the mood boards I had created for the colour pallets and suggested that she made some of her own too to help her find inspiration for more appropriate colour tests. I also suggested that we both create mood boards for the style of watercolours we want to use, which she happily agreed to.

In terms of project development, Katy did mention that she is a little behind our project plan, however she feels that she can catch up without putting too much pressure on herself. I have also encouraged her to try and get on with the small tasks such as mood boards as soon as possible to get them out of the way and to keep the project moving forward.
Environment design is what we are looking at next and we have agreed to start by looking at colour pallets and perspective mood boards on top of our primary research to give us a solid starting ground. We agreed early on that these were going to be done in watercolours, as we both wanted to explore using both digital and traditional media, but we have yet to do any material tests. 

Although I managed to get the dialogue scripted and record Matt and Max in the sound booth, I am struggling a little with finalising the script and writing it up to start storyboarding. I mentioned this to Katy and we agreed to work on the script and storyboards together in next weeks sessions. On top of this, Katy and I are going to conduct material tests and start to work on environment designs. 

Overall, I'm pleased with the progress we have made despite feeling like it is moving a little slower than I would like. I believe we are heading in the right direction and that we will be able to pick up the pace and keep on track with our production plan.