Fantastic Voyage: Crit Presentation

Deluxe Making Of by Megan Doyle

Fantastic Voyage: Making Of...

Deluxe Making Of

Fantastic Voyage: (Life Cycle Of Moss) Final Animation

Fantastic Voyage: Voice Over Script

Performed in my final animation by Jim Johnson, this is the script for the narration:

· I’m going to take you through the life cycle of a moss.
· Firstly, a moss spore germinates to form a protonema.
· The protonema then grows a male or female gametophyte, depending on its sex cells.
· The antheridium develops on the male gametophyte and sperm are produced in the antheridium.
· The sperm are released with the help of moisture so they can swim over to the egg in the female archegonium.
· This is where a zygote is formed.
· The zygote divides by mitosis to form a sporophyte in the form of a stalk and capsule.
· New spores are produced by meiosis in the capsule and when it has ripened, the tip detaches to expose the spores.
· Moisture and wind help to release and disperse the spores away from the capsule.
· They are carried through the air and once they find a suitable ground, they can re-germinate and the cycle can continue.

Fantastic Voyage: Submission Disk Artwork

Fantastic Voyage: First Scene Render Test - with Voiceover

Here's a test render I have, along with music and professional voice over! As it stands, there are still changes I want to make (more vibrant, less reflective, and get some of my own mark making on those surfaces if I can). But anyway, work in progress!

@Phil - Fantastic Voyage: (Playblast) With Colour and Changes

So i've made a few changes that you mentioned and also added some colour though this is just a playbast so it will look different when properly rendered.

@Phil - Fantastic Voyage: Updated Pre-Viz

My last file you saw corrupted and so I had to do everything again. I think this is better than the original one anyway.

@Phil - Fantastic Voyage: Colour Test

Hey Phil, So here's a quick experiment in maya for the colour I'm aiming to achieve. There is still lots I'm going to change, such as the opening scene starts to quick at the moment and I was thinking that there should be more sperm cells released from the male and likewise when the spores are released from the capsule. I've currently left the last scene (the release of the spores) empty as I'm going to re-do the travel of the spores and camera tracking. I've also kept the music to it but I feel like I might have to find something a little longer for the animation not to feel rushed. Alternatively I could just have a voiceover + SFX. Let me know what you think :)

Fantastic Voyage: Maya Pre-Viz

Music Only Music and Narration This is what I have so far. Quite pleased with it but not sure about the camera movement in act three (where the new spores are released), maybe it is too frantic? And obviously if I am going to be having a voiceover, it will not be me (This is just an example for what it might be like). Feedback welcome :)

Fantastic Voyage: Animatic With Example Voiceover

I've kept the same animatic from 'The Pitch' on Monday, but added a short informative voice-over (which was advised) with the music lowered so you the audience can hear both parts. This will not be the final voice-over as it is my own voice and is just to show my idea of the narration as well as having the music to test how it works.

Fantastic Voyage: Influence Map

My most recent influence map for this project is based more on the style I'm aiming for. The idea is to have vibrant complimentary colours against a black background so it stands out, I've also been looking at heat-sensitive photography and Japanese art for inspiration.

Fantastic Voyage: 'The Pitch' Presentation

The Pitch Presentation

Fantastic Voyage: Concept Arts

Fantastic Voyage: Storyboard Colour Comps

Fantastic Voyage: Storyboard (With and Without Colour)

Fantastic Voyage OGR

Fantastic Voyage OGR

Fantastic Voyage: Further Inspiration

EPIC (2013)

I find the environments in 'Epic' so refreshing and satisfying to the eye. The mostly green colour palette throughout exploits nature at it's finest. I also really like how from afar the scenes seem perfectly normal and fairly realistic but the close-ups take you into a whole new world of fantasy where the plants are personified and really come alive in the most fascinating way. 

                                           

THE CROODS (2013)

'The Croods' is a more exotic adventure and again, the environments really catch my eye. With unworldly vegetation, species and vibrant colours, the audience really engage with the exciting palette and magical space.

With these two films being my main source of inspiration / influence, I aim to keep areas in my animation with hints of uniqueness and vibrancy like in The Croods and also personify and give some characteristics where possible in the 'moss reproduction cycle' like in Epic. I want to make a 3D journey that shows science in a magical and elegant way. 

*Images screen-shotted from YouTube trailers (see below for reference).

Fantastic Voyage: Reproduction Cycle Of...

MOSS

Fantastic Voyage: Possible Reproduction Cycles

SLIME MOLD

MOSS

FERN