Story Notes/ Suggestions

Some notes from Nick Allred on the story:

Opening shot:
Another possible opening shot could be Cam tightening his instrument, adjusting his accordian.. This would be before the track starts, to ease into the story and also because at this point he's sitting. The characters are making music because they are strongly motivated to- they would probably not be sitting for the entire song. Also, if they stand, it adds to the action/tenseness of the quick cuts that will be used. The characters are not bored. Sitting lowers activity....
Would Cameron be sitting- if he's doing what he thinks he's made to do? Probably not.

How to introduce Boiko:
Boiko could come from a doorway somewhere, maybe a curtain draped archway or something, pulling a big box behind him. That is when he hears the thunder and turns around looking worried.

First raindrops:
We need to be able to see the first raindrops very clearly when they fall. Where do they hit and how do they work in the composition? Maybe the rain could hit a character on the head.

Boiko's actions:
Boiko is playing a brass instrument. But what about his body language and acting is telling us that he's nervous about the rainstorm? He suggested that Boiko could be inching towards shelter under an awning in the background

Cameron's actions:
Should Cameron be dancing around the middle of the song and before Dalia comes out? He's enjoying what he's doing...

Dalia's entrance:
How does Dalia come in? Does she stand there and look at the scene before she comes in, or does she run up to Cam, nearly crashing into him.

Now would be the part for the spinny set tricks. (See Tais toi Mon Coeur- very last shots)

A cat!:
Cats are neat! After the rain starts(and while they are appreciating what they just did) , maybe a cat jumps down and Dalia bends down to pet it. It's a scraggily wet gypsy cat of course.



Character faces-
We were talking about the porous (blistery looking) foam skin textures that most SCAD stop motion films have. Perhaps I should consider asking Andy or Nate or Janelle to model the faces in Maya and then rapid prototype replacement faces. I don't think we'd need a whole lot.....



Layout:

He scribbled out an idea for the last shot- it's completely different than the layout I was thinking of. (which is good because now we're bouncing new ideas around) I am posting it out of silliness and not wanting to lose it in all of my yucky file disorganization in my Concept class folder.