Concepts, Background Art & Sound for Animation
Some old Art School friends have been submitting work for the London 48hr SciFi Film Challenge for a few years now. I helped out with some music, sound fx and some notional ideas for concept art style backdrops for live action last year (2018) which was loads of fun. Some of the discussions around the unused concept art ideas turned to discussions of an attempt at an animated entry this year which we did and we ended up getting short listed which was great, it was a huge effort in such a short time, and made even more interesting due to the team being spread across the UK, i.e. Cardiff, Norwich, Leatherhead, Cambridge, Bath and myself in Hull (see linked making of video).
The Final Film, a Making of Video and The Full Creative Credits can be found at the bottom of the post.
Wide and medium shots of the ship as concept art, later cut up and left on separate layers to facilitate animation.
Ship Designs based on early thumbnails by Andrew Segal.
Closer shots and interiors of the main ship, developed as sketches for testing shots then later painted over to become the final background art in the finished scenes.
Furtehr exterior shots of the ship, and the surface of the planet (with the shuttle), and an unused interior bunk background.
Elements of Planet Exterior based on early thumbnails by Andrew Segal.
An interior shot of the planetside lab, prior to the cake being added.
The interior of the lab structure, showing the gantry and how the figures would appear walking towards the camera in perspective.
Various Ship and Object Concepts and Prop Art.
The final Shuttle design, Wings and Doors etc all on separate layers to facilitate animation in AfterEffects.
Making the shuttle - Paintover in Procreate.
An early pencil sketch for the rear interior of the ship...
More early sketch work - The figure used here for scale against the weapons was designed and rigged by Damian Street.
Quick logo/glyph designs used in the animation.
A very early pencil concept looking at the facility planetside and some "storyboarding" of a shot exploring this scene.
MCPHERSON'S TOYS - The final submitted film - see end credits for all creatives.
Making of McPherson's Toys - looking at all aspects of creation.
