Monday, April 30, 2007
Here's the first complete run through, start to finish roughly (ROUGHLY!) storyboarded. In fact, I'm inclined to point out they hardly qualify as storyboards since the characters aren't designed and the staging is so simple. More like thumbnail ideas of what might happen.
With that said, it's a bit shaky in spots but I personally think it's pretty funny and has a lot of good opportunities for fun animation. How do you like my surprise "it was all a dream" ending?
I intend now to work on designs and art direction, so we can live with this version for a bit and see how it holds up. This is an excellent stage to put forth ideas or raise concerns!
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cool man. it's looking great...i think the end is cool. can it be more of a daydream (like he's fantasising) rather than he's in bed asleep dreaming? maybe that's not even that important? dunno...maybe the kid's reading a comic book called ultrafoot and he's gone off into his own little fantasy world.
love the flicking the asteroid with his toe. and the damn breaking. are there any more unexpected emergencies / catastrophes he can avert? not sure what - i'll have a think. something you don't see coming at all...
I do imagine it to be a daydream, just one that takes place in his bedroom. I figure he's imagining being tossed up in the air by adoring fans but he's actually bouncing up and down on the bed pretending to be a superhero (something I spent countless hours doing!)
if we want UF to become a character that can have his own show or something maybe the dream ending isn't the best idea. then he would have to dream every episode since he's not really a superhero. i like that he’s bouncing on his bed and imagining fans are tossing him up and down though. but, still - He’s not actually a superhero, and I think we want him to be one.
Maybe there’s a clever way to tweak that end so it can do both things? is he really a superhero imaging he wasn't a superhero. so he's really being tossed up in air by fans, pretends he's jumping on his bed like any regular 7 year old, but then goes back to he's really being tossed in the air by fans. kinda says it's tough being a superhero, and sometimes superhero's wish they didn;t have all that power and adoration and could just be normal for a few minutes. don't know how easy it would be to convey all taht though. what do you think?
Only idea I’d like to add in is something over the line’all the bad guys run away because they know that he;’s got’. Maybe the bird that breaks the damn is a radio control bird and we see a bad guy running away with the controller 'cos ultrafoot has arrived on the scene. Seems like that would go better with the lyrics.
Good points! I'm okay with changing the ending. Of course then I started thinking maybe we want to change the GMO joke, and even the fact that he kicks the robber and the bully so violently, and now I worry about over-thinking the whole thing to keep it sellable.
I initially thought "takes off his shoe, takes off his sock, all the bad guys run away" was my opportunity for an ultra stink-foot joke. Then I got into the escalating disasters thing instead. Does somebody blowing up the damn unpleasantly bring up terrorism? Am I over thinking?
hmmm. hear you on the terrorism thing. but hey, it's a real problem these days - and the kids can't ignore it! let's not be pussies and shy away from it.
kind of like the stink joke idea...but i thinik the way you went is better.
the gmo joke is cool with me too. again, real issue.
i think it could be overthinking re kicking / bullying. but i know peopl get sensitive about that stuff. i dunno what the right answer is. chris?
hey, quick thought. maybe he can get a pedicure or reflexology at some point. could be funny?
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