This is my First senior project, for this I wanted to make an animation that might be the beginning of my own personal series that centers around my Bush character.
Animatic (no sound)
Character Animation
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Some final clean up hasn't been fully completed yet, but clean up is currently happening. Compositing comes soon after.
Final version
Character Sheets:
The Bush is a character that I made years ago, and now with this project I get to use it in a more meaningful way.
The Wizard is a new character that I made for this project, I am planning on making him a recurring character in this series.
Idea for story:
Log Line:
The Wizard needs to use a lemon, The Bush wants to take the lemon
Written Treatment:
A Bitter Duel is about The Bush and The Wizard fighting over a lemon. The Wizard wants to use the lemon in a spell to make a dragon. The Bush wants to eat it, or it just wants the lemon. In this case the lemon is the plot driver, and the story is structured like a duel. For the characters first we have The Bush, this character doesn’t grow much simply because it doesn’t want to yet. At this point The Bush is pure chaos, what it wants it will try and get it in the easiest way possible. In this case the easiest way to get the lemon is by the Bush fighting The Wizard. The Wizard unlike the bush grows in the story, he goes from a man who is annoyed but somewhat intrigued by The Bush. To a man who absolutely despises The Bush.
Story Board:
For this story I wanted to establish what the relationship between the Wizard and the Bush. Since the Wizard will return at some point. This will also be the origin story for another character that the Wizard was creating at the ending of this story.