Nice titles Zi Chao! I think can somehow improvise until it leaves a deeper impression the first time we hear it, such that everytime we hear this title, we think of this film.
Hahaha, here's my humble attempt at improvising: 1)A man can still dream --> Still Dreamt 2)In another world --> Else World 3)Imagination --> Asylunation (cool~~) 4)See with your mind --> Mindsight
GOSH the intro anim looks super cool already!!! I think our webby will be awesome with this intro. Great effort Zi Chao! Keep us posted! :D
For now, let's LABEL our posts with "Mindsight" for documentation purposes :)
Hi all, wow its been a nong time since i've posted!
Here i am! In attempt to revive the liveliness in channelbox lol
Here are some suggestions for title of our short.
1)A man can still dream
2)In another world
3)Imagination
4)See with your mind
Here's the full story we've discussed, take a couple mins to read and visualise. If you guys have anything to edit, just feel free and do it.
[Cam is in P-O-V shot.
It begins in the Outdoors on a sunny day,
the character begins looking at the ground and sees his own shadow.(background is vibrant environment of the present we live in now)
He's like under the sun feeling the heat. Then he looks at the sun. (dark clouds are moving in to cover the sun)
When he looks back down he sees a cute and adorable little girl smiling at him! (background is like "28 weeks later" movie,empty and abandoned, dark and a feeling of infection)(though still resembles the once vibrant architecture and stuff, just the mood changed)
He calls out to the child in a panic manner, as if he's his long lost daughter.
But the kid playfully runs away. Our char gives chase and the kid turns into a corner.
Char turns into corner as well and sees a door. He continues on quickly and opens the door.
Behind the door theres 1 more door! (like the matrix shot with the keymaker)
behind it is and another, and behind this door there is a slightly longer corridor with a 90 degree turn.
He sees a slight glimpse of the kid running and turning at the end of the corridor and he gives chase.
After the turn, there's a door at the end of the corridor where the kid runs into.
He opens it and becomes a vast warehouse with robots and mech stuffs downstairs and they're on a platform
(a corridor-liked platform , like L4D the warehouse).
Char is awe strucked for a moment looking at the vast mechs and shit. But quickly takes focus back
onto the child who is running on the platform too. He gives chase and we can hear the sound of footsteps on metal.
The child goes thru the door and char follows too.]
But suddenly! after the door there is a vast artic plain, with the wind and snowing blowing at his face.
He steps out.
He can see the polar ice caps are melting, falling and crushing on the ground. Shaking the ground tremendously.
He sees the kid, and gives chase as she runs towards the dangerous place ahead where ice cracks and stuff.
The ice beneath him cracks.(the day after tomorrow)
He falls down into the dark bottom, panickly and try to grip at whatever but still falls into the dark bottomless pit.
The cam is now a long shot.
and the white slowly fades off and we see our char with his hands blocking the flash from his eyes.
The white fades away and reveals the guy in the asylum room with his uniform.
It then continues to zoom out and shows the CCTV of him in the room in tat pose and stands up slowly to
only run around again as if he's seen the kid again.
Further zooming out to reveal more TV screens of many more other rooms with other crazy ppl inside. and also
revealing the words "Asylum Security Room" or something.]
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Now, for research. Don't think i'm allowed to post any copyright pictures here, but its pretty straightforward. Like the present now, to resident evil those kind of environment, and to vast artic plains with polar ice caps falling. Gotta keep in mind theres lots of contrast and such.
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Channelbox Opening Animation.
Only blocked in about half the characters.
Final poses still not finished.
Probably need to edit the timing of the characters coming in, and the way they comes in.
Still alot to be done.
The next time i get to post might be a long time from now.
I Wish everyone nothing but the BEST in everything you do.
Let's give a production name for our short film.. Say.. Asylum (can think of a cooler name, but for now..)
Okay, so here's the current workload distribution for Asylum: Yong Yi: Character and Environment Design, Storyboarding Thumbnails Ronald: Storyboarding Thumbnails ZiChao (busy with NS): Research All: Story refinement
Channelbox Website workload distribution Yong Yi: Website and Blog design Ronald: Official Website and Blog Css and Html Coding ZiChao (busy with NS): Opening animation Ms Jong: Official Flash website execution
Channelbox is a group of CG Artists capable of animation preproduction, production and postproduction work.
Since its formation, Channelbox seeks to endlessly push the limits of creativity and technical execution, therefore joining creative competitions from time to time.
Channelbox is eager to take on many forms of creative challenges and is currently looking forward to more channels to unleash our creative potential. - Co-founder, Ronald Fong
