First Post

Okay I started a new blog for my thesis because I felt like my main one was kind of cluttered and out of control...at least for what is supposed to be a research blog, anyway. I think it'll just turn into a general blog about animation, or something. I'm not really sure. Anyway, it's not about my thesis, so, let's put all of that behind us; new beginnings.

We just had our pre-thesis class class not too long ago, and Sheila told me to shorten my animatic, which I guess I'll put up here soon, and start animating. Both of those thoughts have been hanging over my head since summer started, so I guess I'm on the right track.

I've already put some thought into how I'm going to streamline my animatic. First and foremost, the flashback is no longer a flashback. It'll just be at the beginning, and I'll insert some shots that show that time has passed between the train crash and the bar scene. Thanks, faculty, for that one.

Also, the cowboy is just going to deal with one set of zombies the entire time. I feel like he is the one making the action sequences a little scattered and aimless, and I need to find a way to integrate him more or at least give him a purpose. The bartender/dancer/damsel/whatever character only deals with one group of zombies, and I think that really helps out.

I also don't think the scale of the zombie invasion is really being shown in my animatic. Maybe that's just an issue of inserting background zombies. We'll see. I'm thinking maybe I want to change the ending from an unfortunate accident destroying the town to a more planned finale. For example - maybe they put the gun powder barrels all over town, blow one up, and it sets off a chain reaction of explosions that destroys everything. Just a thought. Maybe that wouldn't work.

I've typed for too long. Catch you later, blogosphere.