Docks and interior

I have been looking closely at the structures in the movie to insure my dock scene come out similar

I also have been working on sketches of what I want to go inside the boat

Boats

I looked at how the viking boats are structured in the movie and drew up a sketch of how I want my boat to look

It has an added hut on the actual ship to hold all the supplies

Mapping

I sketched the layout of the scene and created two rough images of how I want the scene to look

 

Project 2

For project 2 I have selected 'How To Train Your Dragon' as the movie I will be creating a new scene for. I have decided to create a supply ship to include into the scene at 1:06:30 where the ships are being prepared to sail to Helheims Gate. The movie doesn't show any supplies being loaded, which is where my ship will come in.

There will be strong shadows as it is the middle of the day, and the cliffs will cast some long shadows but I will make sure not to cover anything important in darkness.
The docks are very rough and messy already, but with lots of small details. I will also try to make some sort of water animation.
I will photoshop the textures before importing them to give them a softer feel which will fit in with the movies aesthetic effectively.
The camera shots will be wide at first, then a fly-through will go inside the ship to show the smaller objects inside

Animation

Animatic

Here is the animatic used for seeing how the animation will play, and how I can improve timing and shots

Rationale

Through researching the Jack & Jill nursery rhyme I found many different theories of what it really means, from two priests negotiating a marriage, Kings being beheaded, to tax prices on liquid. I was also surprised to find more to the rhyme than the first verse, and that each verse following has alternate versions from different origins.

The most popular interpretation seems to be the one where King Charles 1 tried to change the tax prices on liquid and was stopped by parliament, so instead changed the volumes of the Jack (1/2 pint) and as a result so did the Jill (Gill, 1/4 pint). 

I have decided to interpret the rhyme to be in a more modern, but 'cartoony' world. I am keeping the idea that it is a boy and girl, but changed it from children to cats, because I wanted to make it a bit more unique. I chose to interpret it this way so people can hopefully enjoy it a bit more than the traditional dark interpretations, even though mine first appears to be dark I gave it a twist.

I used a sketched, cutout style because I like the idea of being able to draw something and make it come to life through animation. The theme of two cats in the night needed to have a dark appearance, so I tried to stylize the characters and scene as slightly twisted. The text I used for the actual verses are giant bold letters floating in the sky, most of the words are hidden which is intentional because the audience already knows the story of Jack & Jill, and it makes it sit in the background better.

Originally I had decided to use no music but I had an idea whilst animating that the cats will try to make music themselves, and added the appropriate track to go with it.