Updates!

As week 5 of Concept for Animation approaches, I have two things to announce!

1. I will be doing tests in hopes of having Band of Gypsies be a stop-motion short. If things go well (or if they don't and we keep trying until they do) we will have a minimal set (perhaps a little more than a porch and luggage for the gypsies to sit on) and a 3d, Maya, environment extending into our 'deep space' area.

2. We now have a producer! His name is Nick Reichard- a film and television major who is also a talented stop-motion animator. He will be the "man with the plan", keeping track of production deadlines, scheduling shoots with animators and co-running the meetings with me. (Among other things that have yet to surface!)

I am very excited to be continuing this project in the stop-motion medium. Next on the list of things to do are finishing character designs, storyboarding, and a finishing up with an animatic by the end of the quarter! I'll keep updating as things progress- I'm learning about armatures at the moment in Professor Miles' Stop Motion 2 class, and I can't wait to put that into use with our very own gypsy characters!