Collaboration - New Beats, Script and the Hotel Concept

   After a group discussion (and a brief pause due to sickness/isolation), ideas came up about changing the comedy of our CCTV mishaps animation. Although this seems a slight step backwards, its more important to get the concept it right before further development. Created by Saskya Olsen, new scenarios and beats was made up. 

Moom and His Walkman- Plot ... by Kimberley Davis -  (Made by Saskya Olsen)

 

Teams Meeting Beat Sheet by Kimberley Davis - (Made by Saskya Olsen)

  Following these, I wrote up a new script to help with planning the animations. Although we do not currently have any story boards or a animatic for these new sets of scenarios, we have been given the green light to move into Maya, with the hope of using our Pre-Viz to act as our guide.   

Collective Script Ver 4 by Kimberley Davis on Scribd

 

  As our new script has a secondary character (Moom Sr), I was also given the task of creating a few designs and trying to figure out his personality. He is the contrast of Moom jr and Moom Sr always ends up in a bad situations because of him. When thinking about his personality, Basil Fawlty become a large influence.

Moom Sr Personality

- Serious and Grumpy.

-Has common sense, well-read and likes organisation.

- Gets upset when things go wrong.

-Dresses smartly.

-Dislikes Dancing.

Moom Senior

  With the new script/ beats came a reshuffling of the animations. My role has changed from designing the Video Store skit (which has been removed to allow better timing for the other skits) to helping create the Hotel. Looking into 1980's hotels, it seems that shiny marble with pink hued patterns was a firm favorite for this period. Some hotels that have been refashioned like to use a lot of bright neon lights and colours, so I deemed it best to stick to a more high class atheistic as this seems more like a place that Moom Sr would visit. (Marble seem to have a light pink shade as it reflect light, I made sure to capture this in the ceiling).

Mood-board by Jasmine Masters

1980's Hotel Mood-board

Hotel Lobby Concept

  After creating the hotel concept, I jumped into Maya and started making the pre-vis set. There are no textures but block colours, these are to help give the impression of the textures. At present, there is only one CCTV camera and light. I will be revisiting this to add more and see where more modelling is required. 

Maya Hotel Set - Previz