Comments on: Ara’s Tale – First Animatics

By: Storyreel evolution | Blender Minutes

Storyreel evolution | Blender Minutes — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:21:07 +0000

[...] already created an animated storyreel based on the original storyboard. I decided not to do a full animatic this time as it tended to get [...]

By: loramel

loramel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:44:59 +0000

Thank you for the clarification. So you are quite right about the short being victorian, with a little twist at the end

By: Rajiv Mudgal

Rajiv Mudgal — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:06:21 +0000

The Victorian era was a strange and magical fusion of the Gothic and Classical ideals. And yes lots of romantic Dragon stories. A modern example is Ergon. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eragon) which sets the story between Elizabethian and the Victorian era.
A good book to understand the psyche of this era is via Carole Silver’s “Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness”
My best wishes

By: loramel

loramel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:07:23 +0000

Thanks Rajiv.

You are right, the pace of the animatic is too slow right now, especially in the beginning. I will redo them once the models are finished. As you have correctly remarked, the short has some romantic undertones and is generally not fast paced.

What I do not quite understand is your usage of the word ‘Victorian’. Unfortunately my english is not good enough to grasp the meaning of it in this context.

I will certainly work on the timing and pace for the whole shot before starting the actual animation work.

By: Rajiv Mudgal

Rajiv Mudgal — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:17:59 +0000

Hi
I just happened to stumble upon your animatics. I think it is an interesting short, romantic and very very Victorian.
If I may recommend, I would use less long shot’s. reedit the animatics to give it more focus.
My best wishes and regards.