Nursey and Neighbour

A few concepts were done for Bob but it just didnt feel right and as we're keeping this quite simple visually so people dont get side tracked away from the humor, we need characters people recognise and can relate to.

I still want to go with the original blue glow in the style of Peter Jackson's 'The Frighteners' (which im trying to get on dvd which is seeming almost impossible at the moment) but ive dropped the idea brought up about the caspar style tail effect, changed him from his original Tutor style clothing and modelled him on more of a 'blokey' character, builder like in appareance, and for personality i was thinking 'Wilson W. Wilson Jr.' from the hit TV show 'Home Improvement' played by Earl Hindman, the friendly neighbour. Just so others can get a feel of what he is like.




Nurse Summers' first concept done by Ross, was pretty much exactly what i was looking for, i knew he would design something to suit her, yet his lack of face on the character wasnt what i was going for so i've taken his body structure concept and redesigned the head, Also thought the arms were a lil too thin and wouldn't fit in as well with the setting and other characters. I wanted Hope to be Modelled on a Ditzy Blonde and I came up with the character 'Bridget Erin Hennessy' from the TV show '8 Simple rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter' played by Kaley Cuoco.

Environment Synopsis

Graveyard:
Large Area.
Hill in background with what looks like an abandoned house/shed on the peak.
Several trees.
Many graves.
Large spiked iron fence surrounding the grounds, with large iron gates containing name of plot.
Large Crypt off center.
Winding path leading from house to gates.
LOCATION: Next door to the Old People's Home
SCENES: 1 SCENE ONE - INTRODUCTION, 5 SCENE FOUR - CONCLUSION

Hunningford's Retirement Home EXT
Hunningford's Retirement Home.
Computer generated.
Sub-Urban.
Falling apart and very warn down yet sunny environment.
Unfriendly atmosphere.
Faded paint.
White pickett fence surrounding the grounds.
Sign saying name of the old people's home.
Outisde seating area in the form of decking, a few chairs and tables.
A few trees.
A few flowers beds neatly arranged yet dieing.
LOCATION: Outer London, Suburbs, Kent.
SCENES: 1 SCENE ONE - INTRODUCTION, 2 SCENE TWO - PROBLEM, 4 SCENE FOUR - SOLUTION

Hunningford's Retirement Home INT
Computer generated.
Very old fashioned furniture, hardly any of which matches.
Very bland textures and patterns that look awful.
Very unexciting and dull.
Lack of technology.
Television area with seats gathered around.
Seating areas.
Table areas for cards and chess etc.
Reception desk with young friendly female nurse.
SCENES: 2 SCENE TWO - PROBLEM, 3 SCENE THREE - STRUGGLE, 4 SCENE FOUR - SOLUTION

Script Writing 3

The Script is now finalised and spent today writing shot notes all over it, getting ready for the Thumbnails and Storyboarding.

Got some really good ideas for camer shots after a group discussion woth John, Rachel and Pat, and some clever Hitchcock style shots.

Animal Synopsis

Crowes:
Black, dark and sinister.
Sit around the graveyard, glaring horrifically.
They look slithly odd and disformed.

Kittie:
The Black Cat.
Can sense evil and therefore can see Grim and will react accordingly.
Very smooth, feline figure, very well groomed.
Very aggressive when provoked by evil.

Character Synopsis

Idea for Bob the Ghost, Blue Glow, Transparent: Reference Peter Jackson's 'The Frighteners'

Script Writing 2

expanded on the script now and got everything written down in more detail. just got a bit of a gap where the main comdey accidents will be as im going to discuss that with the group 2moro.

To Do List (rough)

1. Script Writing
2. Concept/Floor Plans
3. Character Design Sheets
4. Thumbnailing/Storyboarding
5. Animatic with basic sound.
6. Visual Development
7. Plan production Flow
8. Blockout Environments
9. Model Characters
10. Model Sets
11. Block Out Animatic/Camera
12. Rig Characters
13. Texture

Script Writing

Started writing the script up, just a rough copy so i can get the structure right and work on from there.

Downloaded the free software CELTX which i can honestly say is amazing for a free program and i love it.

Part Two

I have a lovely list of people willing to work on my idea btw which is:

John (FULLTIME PRODUCER) (Concept/Modelling/Animation)
Rachel (FULLTIME ART DIRECTOR) (Concept/Modelling/Animation)
Morpheus (FULLTIME TECHINCIAN) (Concept/Modelling/Technical)
Andrew Monin (Modelling)
Ben Woodhead (Animation/Modelling)
Desmond Walsh (Animation)
Ash Reemul (Animation)
Gary Butler (Animation)
Patrick Quirke (Modelling/Techinical)
Caspar TT (Concept)
Christina M (Concept)
Ross W ((Concept/Modelling/Techincal)

and obviously myself FULLTIME EVERYTHING!!

The Pitch

Ok so after coming up with several ideas i settled with one of my last ideas.

The discarded ideas were: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road and something to do with live action and killer foxes. Also had an idea about a young boy trying to sleep and counting sheep which come to life and fill his bedroom, but anyway my chosen pitch was:

The Reaper Waits For No One:

A short tale about the well known Grim reaper aka Death, having a slow day at work. He sits and waits around an old people’s care home, checking his electronic scheduler, as he is very high tech these days, only to realise his battery has died, and now not knowing who will be next he waits around the home, keeping eye on the occupants.

After many accidents and incidents each and every pensioner recovers, no matter what they get themselves into, and annoyed by this Death hangs his head and walks out of the door, killing a Jehovah’s Witness just for the hell of it, because he has to fill the quota for the day.

I'd done some concept on the old people's home, some old people and the grim reaper, scanned them in and touched them up in photoshop.







It got chosen hence why i am now writing a blog about my pitch and i will continue to update this until completetion :o)