1st Week of 2012

So the first week of 2012 has whizzed by and we are now 15 weekends away from the BB Animation screening.  This will be happening on the 28th April in the lovely Northamptonshire woodland.  More details to follow over the next couple of months.

This week has been very busy with everyone getting into the swing of things after the Christmas break.  We have welcomed some new animators onto the project.  Hello to Filip, Chloe and Alex! A schedule of all the remaining shots has been set up taking the animation production into March.  We have been using the amazing Trello to help get us organised.  (It is the best!)

This weekend also saw us testing the equipment and space for audio recording in preparation for the narrator travelling up next week.  We had lots of fun playing with the microphone and Ryan did a good job at test reading the gnomes lines.  We managed to get some nice recordings so looking forward to getting the final narration sorted.

This is all for now.  I will update again when I have a chance.  Now it is time to get back into Flash. :)

Welcome New Team Members!

Over the last couple of months the BB Project has taken on 4 lovely new animators! :) 

So I want to say welcome and introduce you to Nicole, Terri and Mui.  

See the screenshots below to see a couple of shots that are currently are work in progress. 

Butterfly Motion Test

testing the restrictions of random motion

First Purple Emperor Test

The first animation test of our butterfly

Storyboard Wall

The storyboards are up and ready to go! :) 

Numbers!

To Do 

40 animated backgrounds 

66 shots of character animation 

24 shots of animated butterflies 

6 months to go...

Character design

Hello! It's been a while since we've updated anything. Here is a character line-up of what BB look like throughout his life if he were a cartoon character. I based the adult BBs on B&W photos that were available. I still have no idea if he had blue eyes or brown hair....but we'll just leave it at that...