Skyping with the Animator
So last night I finally got to talk with Moonlight63 about the project and we both received interesting feedback. we talked about how we would build the world he would animate in, create terrain, handle the action (the episodes would be movies about with Henri would eventually be writing) adn rigs.
We agreed that my stylized Endermen wouldn't fit well in the minecraft world but hints of it can be rendered out like how the feet and hands will move as well as Moonlights way to have them express emotion (did you see it in the rounded rig shots?)
what we have decided on and agree about is as follows:
- Rendered in HD for best quality so that the world is detailed and beautifully immersive
- Expressive Enderman Faces, those drop jaws of theirs aren't meant for talking.
- Detailed and complex Steve rig so we can get some wonderful expressions on the human characters faces (especially as Henri tries to speak the Enderman language) and hands that can execute the same subtie movements as a real hand.
- Worked on a straightening out some concepts that wernt communicated out wellin the story notably chapters 34-36 where it appeared confusing. (Herobrine attacked TWICE, once to scare the clan deep into the caves and again to kill Henri.)
- Talked about effects that would be difficult to render and tried to fidn a way to get a desired effect
- SPOILERS mentioned so he can make plans accordingly as animators like knowing what they are getting into.
We will speak again when work and his school allows it but i thought i'd update everyone on the progress of The Secret Lives of Enderman animated series.
- TSLoE mod Sgeia Over and out!