This project is for the visualization animatic, with the starting theme for us to generate our own ideas being ‘Topsy-Turvy’. Starting of I explored what my initial ideas were and came up with quick note form storiest, from this I decided that I liked the idea of exploring strange camera angles as we follow the characters such as from above or below to show the link to the starting theme of Topsy-turvy. Going further I liked the idea of the characters we follow being opposites like the words of topsy-turvy so I stuck with idea of the pairing of a cat and fish as both live in different places with the cat being on the ground whereas the fish is underwater. Following the format of this being an animatic I had to keep in mind that the duration for this will be short so the story should reflect thay and work with it instead of against.
Using various images from google I gathered a collection of images for the style for the characters and environment. I did this to get a solid idea of what each thing the viewer would see should feel like, by doing this I figured out that the cat character would have a sharp and angled design in opposition to the fish which would be graceful and elegant with a curved and soft design to further showcase them being opposites.
For the story which would be featured in the animatic I wanted to go off the short idea of the cat chasing the fish. From this I thought that with both creatures living in different places there could be different perspectives both following the cat on the ground as well as the fish underwater which I felt can lead to interesting camera angles such as above the cat as they spot the fish as well as underwater like the cat being on top of ice seeing the fish underneath. Going from this the short story is: The cat chases a fish trying to get a meal. The synopsis or overall idea being: It is a cold winter’s night as we follow a small cat hungry for their next meal as they spot a frozen lake with a small fish underneath, thinking its an easy meal. Moving forward using the mood-boards for the characters and environmental design i’ll be creating the concepts to be used making sure to showcase the idea of opposites and interesting camera angles.