Didn't update last week, so I'll cover everything today!
So far I've
-met with the teens and got their input on the animations...they liked them! (Yay!)
-started to create assets for the animation
-purchased a domain name & web space
-worked on my logo
-updated my resume

And a whole lot more. I've been playing around a lot with my new toy...my DSLR!! I love it and have been able to take awesome photos with it. And therefore make better assets to animate.

Here's some images from my work:

Meeting with Safe House

So after meeting with Michelle from Safe House we got to discuss concerns with the storyboards, as well as finding what works.

The big matter was to address these problems practically, which some storyboards did better than others.

Here are two of them modified. The storyboard with the hands will have to be modified a bit more drastically and therefore will be posted later. I do know what I'm going to do for it, though, which is exciting!

Storyboards finalized....maybe?

So I THINK (think think think) I may have the storyboards down to three select works:



























































I figured it would be nice to have two focus on Safe House intervention and look at verbal abuse as equal form of abuse as physical, followed by one which instructs you on how to contact Safe House.

Not sure if this is the direction Teen Voice was looking for, I will most likely meet with them either later this week or next.
Hopefully our meeting goes well!

New/Updated Storyboards

Today I revisited and altered the "equation" storyboard:






















May still need work, but it's getting there.



Also began work on the guidelines I adopted called "Communication in Conflict":








































Here's the rule saying you should "clarify thoughts" and perhaps "talk to an objective person".
I think the alien is a bit cheesy so I might change him to a giant hamster or something amusing & unpredictable.




















Illustrated here is the guide advising you on how to receive criticism. Diagrams and scientific, structural & pictoral maps have always interested me. Here I found a way to combine these interests by making the brain a mini-machine of sorts (which it is, truthfully).




Randomly I also decided to make a whole new animation on how to reach Safe House.




















I like the idea of having one animation about the horrors of abuse, another on how to achieve a healthy relationships, and one last one on how to contact Safe House. Perhaps this will be the most effective way on how to tackle the issues & guide the teens in their presentations. I've requested from Safe House the old recordings they have of Teen Voice doing presentations, but they've yet to get back to me. That may change my approach.

Story Boards

Before looking at my storyboards, here's some of the text exercises I've been doing. I want to ultimately incorporate these hand-written fonts into my animations.
















Here are my initial story boards. Let me know what you think of them & if you need any moe clarification/explanation...




Not necessarily a story board, but a guide for a potential one...


























Another guide for a storyboard(s), but this one is carried out as seen below...





















As you can see I still have #5-#7 to finish, but the problem with these pointers is that I don't know how to present them...if I do all 7 at once it might be overwhelming but if I do one at a time it would be too short.









































Most recent storyboard I created today...I might have the mini people animated & the hands real, or I might stop-animate the mini people and just take photos of real actors...not sure yet.
























Not sure if this one works yet, I really just like the visuals of the insults visually representing themselves as labels shooting from the guy's mouth & actually hurting the girl involved in the relationship.






















Again, needs more work but I like the "formula" approach...






















A possible ending to an animation.





















Haunting animation, could potentially be humorous (for example, if the friend actually flicks the girl who is carrying the umbrella's ear or softly pushes her shoulder to get attention)




















My first two animations...