11 Second Club

Quick test with sound....Still need to fix timing:

sc 03 key test

Scene 03 painted-still animation, un-coloured test.

Water Studies

More studies from Joseph Gilland's Elemental Magic, Volume 1: the Art of Special Effects:

Splashes: the first shows a simplified version of both above and below the water surface.
The second shows a more detailed above shot of the splash.

Wave and water types/motions

a study of the movement of ocean waves.

Scene 04 (Old Lady and Murdo line test)

Old Lady and Murdo line-test with dialogue:


The Old lady jumps in this, one of the frames had moved. Hard to see lip sync with line tests, will double check with scanned files.

Scene 04 (Old Lady line test)

An Old Lady Line test, with lip sync to dialogue.

The line test is a little blurry, unsure if the test is too quick throughout the middle.

Fire studies

Sketches and notes from my sketchbook while studying Joseph Gilland's Elemental Magic, Volume 1: The Art of Special Effects Animation.

I found all of the images and notes in the book very useful in helping me gain an understanding of the nature and physics of fire and its movement.

Ellie's Monster line test

This is an incomplete line test of Ellie's Monster climbing out of the paper:

I took much of my inspiration from the Gobelins animation:

Nuit Blanche





And Daniel Greaves' Manipulation:

line boiling test in After Effects

I read online that you can simulate line boiling using after effects:

The team and I agreed that a hand-drawn boil would add to the aesthetic more, giving it a more loose and free feel. However this is yet to be tested.