Animation Short pre-production

Hi guys did you miss me??? 

This is my final update for the pre-production of my short, I have got all my character designs, environments scripts and everything else worked out. Have a look see into this amazing mind of mine :P 

script

  

Abagail

(brings joy)

By Alana Williamson

Script v 2

EXT. MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE -- DAY

Street full of silhouettes of people walking down the street.

Abagail in bright clothes and rainbow socks as she is walking along the street as silhouette pass her by.

ABAGAIL

(CHIRPY)

Dah, dah, dah dah dah.

Abagail has a bright smile on her face happy. Looking  oblivious to her surroundings. She walks with a light bounce in her step as she hums.

In the reflection of her eyes you can see the bright reflection of something she is seeing.

CAMERA SWIVELS AROUND TO REVEAL:

EXT. MAIN SREET, ABAGAIL’S IMAGINATION – DAY

There are bouncing houses and sunflowers as she continues her traveling down the street. There seems to be less people around or none.

ABAGAIL (CONT’D)

Abagail continues her walk down the street. Her pigtails bouncing.

Abagail looks towards some sunflowers that lay in a flower bed. The sunflowers look up gleaming at her.

FLOWERS

Boing boing boing

A house slightly warps to reveal a small smile.

Abagail Continues her journey along the road.

MONSTER  (DOG)

Growllll!!! Yip!!!

Abagail hears a noise from a dark alleyway.

She stops and listens to the growling noise, growing increasingly more nervous.

MONSTER (DOG)

(GAINING IN VOLUME)

Growwwllll Yip!!!

A shadow appears on the wall in front of Abagail. Abagail looks at the shadow shocked and unable to move.

The shadow gets bigger on the wall.

MONSTER (DOG)

(ALMOST A SHOUT)

Growwwlll!!!! Yiiiipppp!!

The noise echoes as it comes out of the alleyway.

Abagail finding the sudden strength to move runs in the other direction away from the alleyway.

The shadow on the wall disappears and  from out of the alleyway appears a cute little poodle.

MONSTER (DOG)

Yip!!! Yip!!!!

The monster (dog) smiles as Abagail runs further off into the distance.

CUTS TO:

EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND – DAY

Abagail runs down the street running past the school gates to a pole.

Out of breath Abagail collapses on a pole

ABAGAIL

(PANTING)

Puff puff.

Abagail finally gets the strength to pull herself off the pole. Her cheeks flushed from the running, she pans the school playground.

Abagail spots tow kids a girl and a boy, her friends talking next to the play equipment.

Abagail runs up to the two children. Falling on top of the girl, she stops to catch her breath.

ABAGAIL

(PANTING)

Puff puff puff.

Abagail starts to tell her story of the monster to the two kids. Getting really animated and wide eyed she shows them about the almighty big monster.

ABAGAIL

(GRUFF)

Grooowwwwllll!!!

Abagail’s friend both turn to look at each other. They both start to smirk at each other until neither of them can hold it in any longer.

The friends both burst out in laughter at Abagail.

Abagail gets angry about her friends laughing at her so she stomps off. Her friends start making fun of her as she leaves.  As Abagail stomps of she starts to cry just a little. Then she get sad.

FADE OF COLOUR, CUT TO:

EXT. MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE – DAY

Abagail walks up the main street again. This time it’s full of all the people again. They are like blurs to her. One of the people in a hurry knocks Abagail over and she falls to the ground.

Abagail starts to cry, she has given up hope.

A tear falls from Abagail’s eye, it hits the ground and this monster appears.

Abagail oblivious to the little pocket sized monster continues to cry. The monster happily walks over to Abagail’s hand and touches his little paw on it. Abagail looks around, looking for a person, but doesn’t see any one.

Abagail looks down and see the little monster gleaming up at her a big goofy smile on his face. Abagail picks him up with her two fingers and holds him in her hand up to her face.

She smiles at the little monster and cuddles him into her chest.  Abagail, then pulls him up to her face and he hugs her cheek.

CUT TO:

INT. LOUNGE ROOM --  DAY

Abagail and the monster have a little tea part together. The monster is way to small for the chair though. The monster beams up at Abagail.

CUT TO:

EXT: MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE -- DAY  

Abagail is walking down the street with the little monster sitting on her shoulder.

CUT TO

EXT: GRASSY FIELD

Abagail is looking for the monster as he hides in the bushes giggling.

The monster surrenders to Abagail’s mighty blade (a pin).

Abagail and the monster lay in the grass after a fun filled day both resting under a tree and looking up at the sky. They are both smiling and pointing to the clouds.

A dark shadow appears above them and Abagail shots off. The monster then falls to the ground in the grass.

There is a dark shadow above them. It’s of a boy.

The boy smiles down at Abagail and holds out his hand for her. She grabs it and he oulls her up out of the grass. Abagail, smiles back at the boy. The boy lead Abagail away.

The monster still in the grass smiles as Abagail and the boy walk off together. Abagail turns back and looks at the little monster and smiles at him as she walks away.

The monster not moving from his spot still continues to smile. Slowly she starts to fall over till his head hits the ground. It reveals the tag attached to his bottom :MADE IN CHINA .

Fin

Storyboarding

Character concepts 

 Background concepts 

I even finished the building for the reality. 

Mood boards

pre-viz

 Phew and that was a lot of copy an pasting. I hope it gives you an view of what I am planing to do. I am so excited for this project I already want to start.!!!

Moving forward and up

Animatornerd

update on script + character design

I have a final script now and some character concept art. After a process of trying to figure out what I wanted this is what I came up with

THE SCRIPT

Abagail

(brings joy)

By Alana Williamson

Script v 2

EXT. MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE -- DAY

Street full of silhouettes of people walking down the street.

Abagail in bright clothes and rainbow socks as she is walking along the street as silhouettes pass her by.

ABAGAIL

(CHIRPY)

Dah, dah, dah dah dah.

Abagail has a bright smile on her face happy, looking oblivious to her surroundings. She walks with a light bounce in her step as she hums.

In the reflection of her eyes you can see the bright reflection of something she is seeing.

CAMERA SWIVELS AROUND TO REVEAL:

EXT. MAIN SREET, ABAGAIL’S IMAGINATION – DAY

There are bouncing houses and sunflowers as she continues  traveling down the street. There seems to be less people around.

ABAGAIL (CONT’D)

Abagail continues her walk down the street. Her pigtails bouncing.

Abagail looks towards some sunflowers that lay in a flower bed. The sunflowers look up gleaming at her.

FLOWERS

Boing boing boing

A house slightly warps to reveal a small smile.

Abagail Continues her journey along the road.

MONSTER  (DOG)

Growllll!!!

Abagail hears a noise from a dark alleyway.

She stops and listens to the growling noise, growing increasingly more nervous.

MONSTER (DOG)

(GAINING IN VOLUME)

Growwwllll !!!

A shadow appears on the wall in front of Abagail. Abagail looks at the shadow shocked and unable to move.

The shadow gets bigger on the wall.

MONSTER (DOG)

(ALMOST A SHOUT)

Growwwlll!!!!

The noise echoes as it comes out of the alleyway.

Abagail finding the sudden strength to move runs in the other direction away from the alleyway.

The shadow on the wall disappears and  from out of the alleyway appears a cute little poodle.

MONSTER (DOG)

Yip!!! Yip!!!!

The monster (dog) smiles as Abagail runs further off into the distance.

CUTS TO:

EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND – DAY

Abagail runs down the street running past the school gates to a pole.

Out of breath Abagail collapses on a pole

ABAGAIL

(PANTING)

Puff puff.

Abagail finally gets the strength to pull herself off the pole. Her cheeks flushed from the running, she pans the school playground.

Abagail spots two kids a girl and a boy, her friends talking next to the play equipment.

Abagail runs up to the two children. Falling on the girls shoulder, she stops to catch her breath.

ABAGAIL

(PANTING)

Puff puff puff.

Abagail starts to tell her story of the monster to the two kids. Getting really animated and wide eyed she shows them about the almighty big monster.

ABAGAIL

(GRUFF)

Grooowwwwllll!!!

Abagail’s friends both turn to look at each other. They both start to smirk at each other until neither of them can hold it in any longer.

The friends both burst out in laughter at Abagail.

Abagail gets angry about her friends laughing at her so she stomps off. Her friends start making fun of her as she leaves.  As Abagail stomps off she starts to cry just a little. Then her anger turns to sadness.

FADE OF COLOUR, CUT TO:

EXT. MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE – DAY

Abagail walks up the main street again. This time it’s full of all the people again. They are like blurs to her. One person in a hurry knocks Abagail over and she falls to the ground.

Abagail starts to cry, she has given up hope.

A tear falls from Abagail’s eye, it hits the ground and the monster appears.

Abagail oblivious to the little pocket sized monster continues to cry. The monster happily walks over to Abagail’s hand and touches his little paw on it. Abagail looks around, looking for a person, but doesn’t see any one.

Abagail looks down and see the little monster gleaming up at her a big goofy smile on his face. Abagail picks him up with her two fingers and holds him in her hand up to her face.

She smiles at the little monster and cuddles him into her chest.  Abagail then pulls him up to her face and he snuggles into her cheek.

CUT TO:

INT. LOUNGE ROOM --  DAY

Abagail and the monster have a little tea party together. The monster is way too small for the chair though. The monster beams up at Abagail happy to have her company.

CUT TO:

EXT: MAIN STREET, REAL LIFE -- DAY  

Abagail is walking down the street with the little monster sitting on her shoulder.

CUT TO

EXT: GRASSY FIELD

Abagail is looking for the monster as he hides in the bushes giggling.

The monster surrenders to Abagail’s mighty blade (a pin).

Abagail and the monster lay in the grass after a fun filled day both resting under a tree and looking up at the sky. They are both smiling and pointing to the clouds.

A dark shadow appears above them and Abagail shots off. The monster then falls to the ground in the grass.

There is a dark shadow above them. It’s of a boy.

The boy smiles down at Abagail and holds out his hand for her. She grabs it and he pulls her up out of the grass. Abagail, smiles back at the boy. The boy led Abagail away.

The monster still in the grass smiles as Abagail and the boy walk off together. Abagail turns back and looks at the little monster and smiles at him as she walks away.

The monster not moving from his spot still continues to smile. Slowly he starts to fall over till his head hits the ground. It reveals the tag attached to his bottom: MADE IN CHINA.

The end 

ABAGAIL CONCEPT ART 

the different outfits reflect different points in her story and her progression into adult hood. I wanted to create changes without changing her appearance too much, that way it would be easier to create one base model and just change parts of her appearance. This makes it easier in the production stage. 

THE MONSTER CONCEPT

I am still trying to figure out a good concept to what the monster will be, but here is a few ideas I have being trying to figure out. I still don't know what I like yet, but I am getting there I should have a final idea soon. 

ENVIRONMENT CONCEPT ART

I have also worked out some of the concept art for the environment the top one is Abagail's imagination, a very bright happy bubbly world. 

The second is a concept for a building for the dull world. I have built and textured it but I am waiting for it to render now. I will have an update with it finished when its finished.